Wonderful talk by @neilshubin.bsky.social! Exciting story of his discovery of tiktaalik and finding your inner fish! Also, incredible to hold a real life fossil of tiktaalik head 🧬🐟

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... - PhD manuscript with revised results. “Peroxisomal import is circadian in glia and regulates sleep and lipid metabolism”.

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

Excited to be presenting my work at #ASBMB26 on how glucose metabolism interacts with mTor signaling in #Drosophila in the Integrated Metabolism session on March 9 at 2.50 pm in the Cherry Blossom room.

It's my first time attending #ASBMB and we are having a wonderful time here in DC ☺️

Lovely seeing you today, Shefali! It was wonderful reconnecting! :)

Congratulations Syed! @neuroseq.bsky.social Must have been an excellent talk!

The best keynote talks make you wish you studied the question the speaker is presenting. In that respect, this amazing talk by Amita Sehgal (UPenn) on how and why flies sleep (which is likely the same reason we do) is just so amazing it’s hard to describe. Mind is truly blown. #Dros26

Blood cells circulating in the head of a fruit fly.

Face of a fruit fly that helped #HHMIInvestigator Amita Sehgal and team uncover how sleep acts as a critical "cellular housekeeper," keeping our neurons healthy (and so much more) — findings that could drive a better understanding of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s: bit.ly/3ZKNFnK.

Congratulations, Matt!

Sleep-dependent clearance of brain lipids by peripheral blood cells - Nature Peripheral macrophage-like haemocytes in Drosophila promote sleep by clearing lipid buildup in the brain, helping to maintain metabolic homeostasis and brain function and fitness.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congratulations to Bumsik & Amita! Brilliant work

David Clapham in a lab

After 50 years in science, former #HHMIInvestigator David Clapham’s advice is simple: “You have to see problem-solving as fun.” From training with Nobel laureates to deepening our understanding of ion channels & leading at HHMI, he retires with a lasting legacy: hhmi.news/3O3kYji.

David Clapham: A Life in Science Chasing Ion Channels | HHMI Over a 50-year career, former HHMI scientist and leader David Clapham reshaped our understanding of ion channels by relentlessly pursuing experimental evidence across scientific disciplines.

www.hhmi.org/news/david-c...

An inspiration ✨ @m-bmoser.bsky.social ; “Brain is the most important tool we have” afterall!

Good luck!

Congratulations, Shefali!

Drosophila models have been highly useful in dissecting the physiological roles of PINK1 and Parkin in #mitophagy

Led by 3 talented PhD students, we wrote a review summarising recent exciting discoveries and discussed these in context of current in vitro studies

portlandpress.com/biochemj/art...

Merry Christmas, Annika! 🎄🎅

Congratulations!

Neuronal fatty acid oxidation fuels memory after intensive learning in Drosophila - Nature Metabolism Neurons are shown to use fatty acid β-oxidation as a fuel source for memory formation upon intensive learning in Drosophila, challenging the view that neurons are unable to use fatty acids for energy ...

Textbooks said neurons don’t burn fatty acids for energy🤔. Our study delivers the first in vivo demonstration that fatty acid oxidation in defined memory neurons fuels memory formation.

Closing chapter of my PhD 🥳, out today in Nature Metabolism💥 @natmetabolism.nature.com

Pablo Villar and team uncover molecules and receptors underlying octopus mating.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Ive seen this work from Prof Liqun Luo’s presented a few times now and its stunning and heroic.

Congratulations Trevor!

A funny conversation with a newcomer at the contra dance in Woods Hole last night:
Me: What brings you to Woods Hole?
He: I’m a neuroscientist, working on octopuses.
Me: I’m a neuroscientist too! I study patches of human cortex that do ridiculously specific things.
He: Oh like that Kanwisher stuff?

Astrocytes, hidden puppet masters of the brain Astrocyte signaling pathways influence neuronal networks and behavioral responses to neuromodulators

Three new papers in Science report that astrocytes are indispensable for neuromodulatory signaling across diverse neural circuits, behavioral contexts, and species.

Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/43iprSX

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... How astrocytes modulate neural circuits & behavior is a fundamental question. Amazing work led by Kevin in Marc Freeman’s lab to reveal octopamine-tyramine exposure enables astrocytes to respond to neurotransmitters by adrenergic gating.

I got into Hopkins and went to Jefferson for my PhD due to Reasons™️. I had an amazing experience at Jefferson and was able to balance my other needs. Partners, caregiving, proximity to family, hobbies, or cultural community are also valid considerations when selecting an academic home!

Congratulations, Penelope! 🥳

Awesome program (booklet and speaker list) organized by our students for our annual symposium at Snowbird!

Looking forward to a phenomenal weekend of science and catching up with old and new faces at the Midwest #Drosophila Meeting !

P.S Shameless talk plug in -
Oct 18th, 4.15 pm on how Gpdh1 interacts with Tor signaling to control brain growth.

#neurobio #metabolism #devbio

@flybase.bsky.social

Good luck Shefali!