The European Drosophila Society is now on Bluesky: @fly-eds.bsky.social See you there for the latest European fly news! #Drosophila #EDRC2025

Looking forward to an amazing European fly meeting in Alicante!!! #EDRC2025 #Drosophila 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Calling all PhD students and supervisors! @Fly-EDS PhD prize application deadline Feb 28 2025! europeandrosophilasociety.or…

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

Calling #Drosophila #grad students #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty to participate in FlyCROSS and be matched by a #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs ! #genetics #dros25 #PhD #AcademicTwitter #phdlife @FlyBaseDotOrg @flystocks

Submissions for the Drosophila Image Award, presented at #Dros25, are open until 1/31/25 More info here drosophila-images.org/ and here genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-…

Nominations are open (until Dec 13) for the Larry Sandler Award, presented each year to an outstanding recent graduate who has completed a PhD in an area of Drosophila research. They'll present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture at #Dros25 genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-…

The Global Biodata Coalition has an open letter campaign to show support for sustainable funding for biodata resources. Please take a moment to read and consider signing this important letter supporting sustainable funding for biodata resources. globalbiodata.org/open-lette…

Join our FREE virtual series to empower women in #biomedical #research globally (from Nov 25th-29th, 2024): Connect and learn from global experts. Register now! bit.ly/VIRTUALPROJECTWRAP 🚨With 560 applicants for the physical spot in our Women’s Biomedical Research Advancement Project (WRAP), competition was fierce. We are excited to now offer a virtual training series as part of the WRAP events. Specific Dates and Times will be communicated upon registration.

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

Alicante will host the XXVIII edition of the European Drosophila Research Conference @edrc2025 👏 The local organizing committee is made up of @NeuroAlc researchers @sanchezalcaniz, @CarmenaLab, @MDominguez_Lab, @Morante_Lab & @PastorParejaLab More info 👇 in.umh-csic.es/en/alicante-s…

The 10th meeting of the Portugal Drosophila research community is loading…⏳ We hope you are as excited as we are to bring together this community again to discuss, share and develop research ideas using our beloved fruit fly model!🤓🍌🪰 Registrations are opening soon🤞🏾

The FlyBoard is happy to announce the call for nominations for the Drosophila Community Service Award. Please submit your nomination by 01/17/2025 by email to: drosophilaserviceaward@gmail.com. Please repost. 🧵1/4

The Fly Board introduced a new Mentor-Mentee program, which aims to foster the development of early-career scientists by connecting them with mentors beyond their immediate circles. Fill out a brief survey to volunteer to be a mentor docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

A fantastic lineup of plenary speakers! See you in Alicante at #EDRC2025, 25-28 September 2025. #Drosophila

Welcome to the #EDRC2025 account of the 28th European Drosophila Conference which will take place in Alicante from the 25th to the 28th of September 2025! Stay tuned for the upcoming news!

I am pleased to inform you of the publication of the Drosophila immunity handbook. The pdf version of the book is free, or a physical version of the book is available for purchase at @EPFL press.epflpress.org/produit/1514/9…

A special issue of #PhilTransB on host-microbe interactions in the #microbiome with several #Drosophila articles.

And not forgetting Pablo Wappner from the Leloir Institute in Buenos Aires, elected as an #EMBO associate member!