January 20th 2025 seems like the right day to finally stop using X.
From now on, we will only be posting on Bluesky:
@alexgouldlab.bsky.social
Come on over! Huge numbers of scientists have already migrated there.
Hope to re-meet you all soon…
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FlyBoard elections are open through Feb. 16, 2025. Please look for Genetics Society of America email: Select future FlyBoard leadership! Here is a link to access the candidate statements and ballot: genetics-gsa.org/2025-fly-bo…
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#Dros25@GeneticsGSA
Our institute @MRC_LMS is recruiting! #NewPI
Come join us in London to establish your own research group, in vivo models (including #Drosophila) are encouraged!
🚨Deadline for applications is Monday 13th January (midnight UK-time)
lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacancies…
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A new preprint from our group was posted at bioRxiv:
Stress-induced organismal death is genetically regulated by the mTOR-Zeste-Phae1 axis biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Desaturase-dependent secretory functions of hepatocyte-like cells control systemic lipid metabolism during starvation in Drosophila. Li J, Huang K, Dibra I, Liu Y, Perrimon N, Simons M. 2024 11:rs.3.rs-5566817. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5566817/v1. PMID: 39711529
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Our latest paper by @ItsJoshSurely in collaboration with @cerys_manning has been accepted just in time for Christmas! We show that protrusions present on spinal cord neural progenitors mediate long-range signalling extending it beyond immediate neighbours biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Are you a company interested in joining us at #EDRC2025 ? We are looking for sponsors and companies who would like to participate in our meeting in September! Please RT @DSHB_antibodies@BFKLab
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The #EDRC2025 will select proposals for six workshops, each with up to nine speakers (12 minutes presentations 3 minutes Q/A). If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please send a one-page proposal to edrc2025alicante@umh.es by May 5, 2025
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Second edition of the EMBO workshop on Developmental Timing across species.
Second edition organized by @bassemh1@MDiazCuadros @VanderhaeghenP2 and I. #EvoDevoTempo
Cool speakers & fun networking activities organizers.
More details coming soon. Save the date!
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Calling European Drosophila researchers! With @edrc2025 coming soon in Alicante, and EDRC 2027 in Bonn, we are opening the call for a host city for the 30th European Drosophila Research Conference in 2029! If your city's fly community is interested, go to:
tinyurl.com/2b74ab4s
Only one week left to apply if you are Interested in doing a PhD @TheCrick in London. Our lab are proposing a project on metabolic roles of the blood-brain barrier in neural stem cell proliferation
More details here: tinyurl.com/mr4bbjc2
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ALT Proliferating neural stem cells in the developing Drosophila CNS
Just one week left to apply for our 2025 PhD programme! Join us for:
🔬Innovative science
🗺️International, collaborative environment
💰£26,125 tax-free stipend tuition and visa fees
Applications close midday on Tuesday 5 November ⬇️
crick.ac.uk/careers-and-stud…
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Meeting alert! Registration deadline 15th November! Join us next year @TheCrick in London for The Beddington Dev Bio symposium. A stellar lineup of speakers, additional talks to be selected from submitted abstracts. You don't want to miss this
crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the-3rd…
Looking forward to unveiling our latest research on new tools for cell-type specific labelling and imaging of metabolites at #ISSCR2025, taking place in Hong Kong on 11-14 June 2025. Register here: invt.io/1txbzxlcubn@ISSCR
David Ish-Horowicz FRS (1948-2024): outstanding scientific discovery, with a unique touch of selfless humanity
An Obituary by Ilan Davis (@ilandavis), with his personal reflections on David's unique approach to science and scientific friendship:
journals.biologists.com/dev/…
ALT David as a young graduate student at the LMB (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge).
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We have a #PhDposition to investigate host - #microbiome interactions using #Drosophila and model gut #bacteria. Details in the picture attached. Be part of our new group @COSHeidelberg in beautiful Heidelberg! Please RT
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We are now accepting applications for the next cohort of #PhD students to start October 2025 @MRC_LMS. Checkout the wide range of collaborative projects including one from us with @omer_karin! We welcome applications from diverse fields and backgrounds. lms.mrc.ac.uk/study-here/phd…