Female octopuses throw rocks at males that bother them, documented in Octopus tetricus

It could be worse - the male colleague at least performed for what he was acknowledged for. 🤪

Time-Series RNA Sequencing Reveals Temperature-Specific and Temperature-Compensated Circadian Genes in Drosophila www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11....

Time-Series RNA Sequencing Reveals Temperature-Specific and Temperature-Compensated Circadian Genes in Drosophila www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11....

Sharing bullets-like cross vine from my backyard.

congrats! Seth and team!

Just spell out the genotype.

This made my day! Thank you for giving it a try!

New video by Stacey F

I was thrilled to be with thousands in Washington Square park, proud to speak at the NYC Stand Up for Science rally today.

We must stand together, this is one fight, against fascism, across so many sectors of our society.

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100s of people at the Stand up for Science rally in Washington Square Park. They’re holding signs in front of the Wash Square arch

Lots of people at the rally in New York!
Josh Dubnau from Stony Brook gave the speech the moment demands: attacks on science funding are bad, but they’re downstream of fascism, and we need to fight the fascism even when we’re not the targets

When the exhaustion sets in mid-semester, I always have the opportunity to listen to David again by teaching my molecular cell biology course. He will keep all of us going, right?

congratulations to Catherine and Ding! An advancement in understanding the perception of social isolation.

Our paper @dulaclab.bsky.social on social homeostasis is online today! We characterized “social rebound” behavior after social isolation in multiple mouse strains and revealed its neural basis. Intriguingly, soft touch plays a key role in satisfying social need!
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Is social connection a basic need like food, water? — Harvard Gazette New research exploring the neurological basis behind the urge to be with other people suggests touch is an important factor.

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@dingliu.bsky.social @harvardmcb.bsky.social

School band teachers are the most amazing educators and leaders!

the most comforting "tweet" this year.

Please provide the following to Jessica.Treisman@med.nyu.edu: Name and contact information A 1-page summary of the program, including an explanation of how the program would broaden participation among Drosophila scientists Budget justification of up to $2000

Outreach funding opportunity, sponsored by the Fly Board:
Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered

You and Kart are looking fabulous!

what a role model!

The silver lining of this chaotic time is that Mike is posting actively again! “Ask Mike” 🤣

Deep Lab Cut

Thanks to everyone who loved and shared DeepCook. I am so excited to connect with many new/old fly friends there through sharing the idea. It has been too long...I missed you!

Hi, Ana, I bought it from Walmart in the US. I DM you the link. You probably need to search "nut milk machine". Pay attention to the volume. Machines with larger volumes are available in China, but I can't find them in the US.

https://buff.ly/4aR70rT

Being a new PI taught me that having a good food operation is one of the most important assets of a fly lab. Therefore, I want to share DeepCook, a culture-inspired method for fly food making. See my website for a detailed protocol. #Drosophila https://buff.ly/4aR70rT

Magically, at the end of the cooking, I just added water and some dish soap and pressed the self-clean button to get a thorough wash! I have been a “flyologist” for almost two decades. Every fly cook who has supported me is a saint. ❤️ 🫶

The “keep it warm” function also makes adding other ingredients easy, for example, adding retinal to the special food for optogenetics experiments. I imagine that we can also prepare a variety of diets (high fat, high protein, fruit-containing, etc) with this simple machine.

I then added the molasses and blend/boil for 10min. After that, the “keep it warm” button can keep the mixture at around 60C, perfect time to add propionic acid and Tegosept. Since it was kept warm, I took my time to fill in bottles without worrying about the solidified agar.

I have tested a simple recipe of the standard molasses food - I simply poured in the dry ingredients and used the “soy milk” or “chowder” program, which brings the mixture to a boil for 20-30min with intermittent powerful blending (all automatic).

I discovered during the holidays that the soy milk machine has improved dramatically - it combines a powerful food blender, programmed boiling/blending routines, a self-cleaning function, and even a “keep it warm” program, making it my dream equipment to make fly food.🧑‍🍳🪰🍔