@tennessenlab.bsky.social
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Meet Madhulika Rai, member of the Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee! 👋 She studies how metabolism and growth pathways drive disease using Drosophila and is passionate about mentoring, science communication, and supporting postdocs. Read her spotlight: buff.ly/S3yACCB
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Meet Madhulika Rai, member of the Early Career Scientist Career Development Subcommittee! 👋 She studies how metabolism and growth pathways drive disease using Drosophila and is passionate about mentoring, science communication, and supporting postdocs. Read her spotlight: buff.ly/S3yACCB
In the most surreal Drosophila abstract submission day of my career, Thom Kaufman is submitting a poster abstract based on his work in my lab. Be sure to attend #Dros26 in Chicago and ask Thom to walk you through his poster on slgA and proline metabolism.
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In the most surreal Drosophila abstract submission day of my career, Thom Kaufman is submitting a poster abstract based on his work in my lab. Be sure to attend #Dros26 in Chicago and ask Thom to walk you through his poster on slgA and proline metabolism.
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Come join us!
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Come join us!
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.
@iubiology.bsky.social
@alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
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Just in time for the #EDRC2025: the #Drosophila metabolic network 'FlyCyc' has been updated at biocyc.org/organism-sum... Come and see poster P-335 on Saturday for more metabolic pathway models at #FlyBase.
biocyc.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Just in time for the #EDRC2025: the #Drosophila metabolic network 'FlyCyc' has been updated at biocyc.org/organism-sum... Come and see poster P-335 on Saturday for more metabolic pathway models at #FlyBase.
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Check out the new work from the Calvi lab ! #Drosophila #cellbio #polyploidy
@iubiology.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
@iubiology.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
New in #GENETICS: From a genetic screen, Yi-Ting Huang and Brian Calvi identified the Src42A-Shark-Slpr pathway as an upstream regulator of JNK in induced endocycling cells in #Drosophila wing disc. buff.ly/wJmn8lp
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Check out the new work from the Calvi lab ! #Drosophila #cellbio #polyploidy
@iubiology.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
@iubiology.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social
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EMBO meeting on "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026
Registration is now open!
Deadline next November 3rd!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
Registration is now open!
Deadline next November 3rd!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila
The principal theme of the EMBO Workshop is the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila. Supported by EMBO over four decades, this will be the 24th biennial “Crete meeting”.
With the a…
meetings.embo.org
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
EMBO meeting on "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026
Registration is now open!
Deadline next November 3rd!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
Registration is now open!
Deadline next November 3rd!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
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FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
wiki.flybase.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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In #G3journal, @tennessenlab.bsky.social and colleagues generated new loss-of-function mutations in the #Drosophila D2hgdh gene to study D-2-hydroxyglutarate, a potent oncometabolite, function during development and disease.
Read more: buff.ly/8ELi9GW
Read more: buff.ly/8ELi9GW
August 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In #G3journal, @tennessenlab.bsky.social and colleagues generated new loss-of-function mutations in the #Drosophila D2hgdh gene to study D-2-hydroxyglutarate, a potent oncometabolite, function during development and disease.
Read more: buff.ly/8ELi9GW
Read more: buff.ly/8ELi9GW
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Meet the six Associate Editors joining #GENETICS to grow our Primers series, overseen by Beth De Stasio! They’ll help students build skills in reading and analyzing primary literature—future scientists and citizens alike. 🔗 buff.ly/YrhAIim
July 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Meet the six Associate Editors joining #GENETICS to grow our Primers series, overseen by Beth De Stasio! They’ll help students build skills in reading and analyzing primary literature—future scientists and citizens alike. 🔗 buff.ly/YrhAIim
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Latest #MetabolismMondays interview has just dropped 👀
Find out more about #newPI @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social and her research 👇
Find out more about #newPI @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social and her research 👇
#MetabolismMondays
Meet @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social, #newPI at @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, alumni from @viktri08.bsky.social @embl.org - discussing metabolism of embryonic development using #gastruloids.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio #stemcell
Meet @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social, #newPI at @imbavienna.bsky.social @vbcscitraining.bsky.social, alumni from @viktri08.bsky.social @embl.org - discussing metabolism of embryonic development using #gastruloids.
#theNodeCorrespondents #ecr @the-node.bsky.social #DevBio #stemcell
Metabolic Origins: Steering of early developmental fate #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr Kristina StapornwongkulX:
thenode.biologists.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Latest #MetabolismMondays interview has just dropped 👀
Find out more about #newPI @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social and her research 👇
Find out more about #newPI @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social and her research 👇
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It's #summer & time to beat the heat! To find out about how insects adapt to temperature shifts by coordinating #metabolism and #hormones for seasonal adaptations check out this article featuring @karinburg.bsky.social's work in #butterfly.
@the-node.bsky.social
#evolution #devbio #newPI #ecdysone
@the-node.bsky.social
#evolution #devbio #newPI #ecdysone
The Season's Script: Tales of Metabolic adaptation #MetabolismMondays - the Node
All the world's a metabolic dance, early career scientists are leading the way! Emerging perspectives in metabolism Dr. Karin van der Burg, faculty,
thenode.biologists.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's #summer & time to beat the heat! To find out about how insects adapt to temperature shifts by coordinating #metabolism and #hormones for seasonal adaptations check out this article featuring @karinburg.bsky.social's work in #butterfly.
@the-node.bsky.social
#evolution #devbio #newPI #ecdysone
@the-node.bsky.social
#evolution #devbio #newPI #ecdysone
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Exciting news from the IU Biology Greenhouse!
Wally, our corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), is officially preparing to bloom! 🪴🌸
🎥You can watch the livestream: go.iu.edu/8tM8
📷: Jessica L. Hooten, Department of Biology
Wally, our corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), is officially preparing to bloom! 🪴🌸
🎥You can watch the livestream: go.iu.edu/8tM8
📷: Jessica L. Hooten, Department of Biology
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Exciting news from the IU Biology Greenhouse!
Wally, our corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), is officially preparing to bloom! 🪴🌸
🎥You can watch the livestream: go.iu.edu/8tM8
📷: Jessica L. Hooten, Department of Biology
Wally, our corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), is officially preparing to bloom! 🪴🌸
🎥You can watch the livestream: go.iu.edu/8tM8
📷: Jessica L. Hooten, Department of Biology
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Thanks to all who have expressed a willingness to support FlyBase. The wheels of bureaucracy are large and grind slowly. We expect to have a fee process in place by July. @flybase.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thanks to all who have expressed a willingness to support FlyBase. The wheels of bureaucracy are large and grind slowly. We expect to have a fee process in place by July. @flybase.bsky.social
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🚨#G3journal has announced a new article type: Omics Report! Share high-quality results from transcriptomics, proteomics, & more—even if big insights are still developing. Learn more and submit your data today: buff.ly/ZkmoLYJ
June 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🚨#G3journal has announced a new article type: Omics Report! Share high-quality results from transcriptomics, proteomics, & more—even if big insights are still developing. Learn more and submit your data today: buff.ly/ZkmoLYJ
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If you haven't heard already: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations
The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
If you haven't heard already: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
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FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations
The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
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The Flybase grant at Harvard has been canceled by Trump. Bloomington and Cambridge canceled too. Flybase is on life support. Please donate to keep it alive.
Drosophila Genetic Database
The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Flybase grant at Harvard has been canceled by Trump. Bloomington and Cambridge canceled too. Flybase is on life support. Please donate to keep it alive.
Congrats to @superflymr.bsky.social on her latest publication in PLoS Genetics!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Glycolytic disruption restricts Drosophila melanogaster larval growth via the cytokine Upd3
Author summary Animal development requires precise coordination between growth, metabolism, and nutrition. When animals are raised under ideal conditions, dietary nutrients support optimal growth by d...
dx.plos.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Congrats to @superflymr.bsky.social on her latest publication in PLoS Genetics!
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
For my fly colleagues interested in oncometabolites or links between metabolism and chromatin modifications, we generated two Crispr alleles in D2hgdh. Description can be found here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
For my fly colleagues interested in oncometabolites or links between metabolism and chromatin modifications, we generated two Crispr alleles in D2hgdh. Description can be found here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#NewpreprintAlert 📣📣
New #Drosophila genetic model to study the role of D-2HG in physiology, metabolism, aging and disease in a context dependent manner !!
@tennessenlab.bsky.social @superflymr.bsky.social @iubiology.bsky.social
New #Drosophila genetic model to study the role of D-2HG in physiology, metabolism, aging and disease in a context dependent manner !!
@tennessenlab.bsky.social @superflymr.bsky.social @iubiology.bsky.social
New alleles of D-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase enable studies of oncometabolite function in Drosophila melanogaster https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.27.645621v1
April 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#NewpreprintAlert 📣📣
New #Drosophila genetic model to study the role of D-2HG in physiology, metabolism, aging and disease in a context dependent manner !!
@tennessenlab.bsky.social @superflymr.bsky.social @iubiology.bsky.social
New #Drosophila genetic model to study the role of D-2HG in physiology, metabolism, aging and disease in a context dependent manner !!
@tennessenlab.bsky.social @superflymr.bsky.social @iubiology.bsky.social
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FlyCROSS - getting a shout out today at #Dros25 !!! A year ago I proposed this program and it's been an amazing journey so far !!
Thank you to all the mentors who volunteered and to the committee!!
Hope all matched mentors/mentees are having a fantastic mentoring time !!
#Drosophila #community
Thank you to all the mentors who volunteered and to the committee!!
Hope all matched mentors/mentees are having a fantastic mentoring time !!
#Drosophila #community
March 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
FlyCROSS - getting a shout out today at #Dros25 !!! A year ago I proposed this program and it's been an amazing journey so far !!
Thank you to all the mentors who volunteered and to the committee!!
Hope all matched mentors/mentees are having a fantastic mentoring time !!
#Drosophila #community
Thank you to all the mentors who volunteered and to the committee!!
Hope all matched mentors/mentees are having a fantastic mentoring time !!
#Drosophila #community
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📢Let’s welcome the new Node correspondents – @sciwhye23.bsky.social, @iamshef.bsky.social and Mariia Golden!
We look forward to working with them to bring you a range of interesting content for the Node. Stay tuned for their posts 👀
Find out who they are and what they plan to write about:
We look forward to working with them to bring you a range of interesting content for the Node. Stay tuned for their posts 👀
Find out who they are and what they plan to write about:
New correspondents for the Node – welcome! - the Node
Let's welcome the three new Node correspondents – Dosh Whye, Mariia Golden and Shefali! We look forward to working with them to bring you a wide range of
thenode.biologists.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📢Let’s welcome the new Node correspondents – @sciwhye23.bsky.social, @iamshef.bsky.social and Mariia Golden!
We look forward to working with them to bring you a range of interesting content for the Node. Stay tuned for their posts 👀
Find out who they are and what they plan to write about:
We look forward to working with them to bring you a range of interesting content for the Node. Stay tuned for their posts 👀
Find out who they are and what they plan to write about:
Thank you @asbmb.bsky.social for awarding Geovana Garcia a 2022 PROLAB award (www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...)! The research you supported is now out on bioRxiv!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And thanks to Geovana and Marco Oliveira for inviting us to collaborate with them on this project!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And thanks to Geovana and Marco Oliveira for inviting us to collaborate with them on this project!
doi.org
February 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Thank you @asbmb.bsky.social for awarding Geovana Garcia a 2022 PROLAB award (www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...)! The research you supported is now out on bioRxiv!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And thanks to Geovana and Marco Oliveira for inviting us to collaborate with them on this project!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And thanks to Geovana and Marco Oliveira for inviting us to collaborate with them on this project!