We're sharing the tentative schedule for the upcoming #Drosophila #NewPI JEDI conference! Register now to join an outstandingly collaborative environment. We cover diverse topics including #CellBiology, #DevBio, #neuroscience, #omics, #behavior, #DiseaseModel and many more!
View of the historic hotel Pousada Castelo in Palmela.
Calling all #Drosophila #NewPI #researchers!
A few spots remain for the upcoming JEDI Conference - and you won’t want to miss this!
Every attendee gives a talk, making the exchange dynamic, personal, and highly interactive - all at a stunning venue that inspires collaboration and creativity.
The registration is open! Junior #Drosophila PIs, join us for inspiring scientific discussion, contribute a talk and listen to our keynote speaker, Eugenia Chiappe. We meet in Palmela, Portugal from June 1st to 3rd. Register soon as spots are limited!
congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...
Great news! The next JEDI #Drosophila conference is now officially @embo.org funded! We are more than grateful for the support!
Registration will open soon for the next JEDI meeting: June 1st - 3rd in Palmela, Portugal! Join us and our keynote speaker Eugenia Chiappe. Her #neuroscience lab studies how #Drosophila estimates its own movement and integrates sensory inputs to control locomotion.
chiappelab.org
Dear #Drosophila researchers, the year starts with good news! The date and venue for our next meeting is confirmed: June 1st to 3rd at the beautiful Historic Hotel Castle De Palmela in Portugal! Mark the dates, registration will open soon!
Coming soon :)
Hi folks,
Check out our updated website!
Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon!
fly-jedi.org
AI-generated image of a lightsaber-wielding figure conquering Portugal.
Preparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!
FlyBase Update – October 2025 The termination of the NIH/NHGRI FlyBase grant has placed the long-term sustainability of FlyBase at risk. However, thanks to the generous support of several key individuals and institutions, we are pleased to announce that FlyBase will remain operational through the coming year. We extend our deepest gratitude to Yukiko Yamashita, Cassandra Extavour, Hugo Bellen, Thom Kaufman, the Genetics Society of America / Drosophila Board, the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, an anonymous donor and the Wellcome Trust. We are especially thankful for a generous gift from Seemay Chou, Jed McCaleb, and The Navigation Fund. We also greatly appreciate the continued support from the broader Drosophila community – your donations and service fees have been vital in helping us stay afloat. Special thanks also go to Jessica Manning for her tireless administrative work at Harvard, to Ruth Lehmann, Hugo Bellen, and Paul Sternberg for advice and efforts, and to the Board of the European Drosophila Society for all their efforts. Sadly, we must also share that several long-standing FlyBase team members have recently moved on. We are immensely grateful to Susan Russo-Gelbart, Lynn Crosby, Gil dos Santos, Kris Broll, Victoria Jenkins, and TyAnna Lovato for their many years of dedicated service and contributions to FlyBase. Looking ahead, ensuring FlyBase’s sustainability beyond the next year – and successfully integrating with the Alliance – will require new funding sources. We kindly ask for your continued support: • European labs: Please consider contributing to the Cambridge, U.K. FlyBase group • U.S. and other non-European labs: Please consider contributing to the U.S. FlyBase groups • Both U.K. and U.S. FlyBase are working diligently to establish an invoicing system. We appreciate your continued patience. For more information on how to support us, please visit: Contribute to FlyBase wiki page https://wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Contribute_to_FlyBase
There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila
Hi Philipp,
We decided we need a sign-up form, so now you can add yourself! Here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...
Hi Daniel - glad to see you already registered!
Hi Dennis - this is the link to the registration form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...
Hello everyone!
We decided to automate our sign-up process for the JEDI network. Please register using this link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...
Thanks to everyone who reached out! We are looking forward to building our community with you. Share and repost!!!
#Drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social
JEDI folks having dinner at #EDRC2025
Update from #EDRC2025! Four days of amazing talks and poster sessions and JEDIs have reconnected across geographical boundaries. Dinner was fun and we are looking forward to everyone at the next #Drosophila conference!
Dear JEDIs,
as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to katja.rust@uni-marburg.de to be added to our database.
#Drosophila
@fly-eds.bsky.social
If you wish to be added, contact us with your name, institute, position, email address and research interest!
Dear JEDIs,
as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to katja.rust@uni-marburg.de to be added to our database.
#Drosophila
@fly-eds.bsky.social
Dear JEDIs, the #EDRC meeting is coming soon! Who is joining? Looking forward to meeting everyone next week!
@fly-jedi.bsky.social please note that @droseu.bsky.social is now on Bluesky
Sponsors of the 2025 JEDI meeting
It is time to appreciate our sponsors for making the last #Drosophila JEDI meeting possible! Thank you!
@fly-eds.bsky.social
@ijmonod.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@upcite.bsky.social
@richardsever.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social and Prof. Almut Kelber for the panel discussion
Was a great pleasure to co-organise with @drosostalis.bsky.social @nkonst4.bsky.social @ksiudeja.bsky.social @linneweberlab.bsky.social
Let's try to further the build and amplify that network!
(and many thanks to @giorgio.gilest.ro for the transmission)
Group photo of the JEDI meeting 2025 at Château du Feÿ.
We want to thank everyone who attended this year's #Drosophila JEDI meeting at Château du Feÿ! Three days of amazing talks, great ideas and chat at the camp fire. We are looking forward to meeting everyone again at the next meeting!
Good food, nice venue, exceptional company and fantastic science. Food for body, soul and mind. My impression is that's the chemistry of a good flyJEDI meeting @fly-jedi.bsky.social
Very happy to be in the vibrant JEDI community and present my IMBB work, great science and fantastic people! @fly-eds.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @scentinel.bsky.social and special thanks to the organizers!
Apparently we do not have a JEDI starter pack yet.
@fly-jedi.bsky.social
and everyone else: let me know which other Junior European #Drosophila Investigators are missing!
go.bsky.app/PcTGEMc