Wrapped up my postdoc in the @broderickflylab.bsky.social last week. Grateful for the science, @nabroderick.bsky.social mentorship, and the chance to mentor an outstanding group of undergrads! Bittersweet goodbye, but I leave with deep gratitude for the friendships that shaped my time in the lab.

An amazing scientist holding a print of lightening bugs, same amazing scientists with her undergraduate mentees.

Bittersweet week in the lab as we wished congrats and safe travels to postdoc @krystalmayam.bsky.social who returns to Mexico to start her own lab at CINVESTAV! We can’t wait to see all the amazing things she’ll do with her future trainees. She’s been an excellent mentor to a group of undergrads.

University of Minnesota Genomics Center Model Organism Sequencing Service Flyer. $25 for a 30x Drosophila genome.

Hey fellow Drosophila researchers - if you haven't heard, the UMGC is offering ultra low-cost genome sequencing! See here to learn more: z.umn.edu/UMGC-MOSS #Dros25

A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis course, which will run July 24 to August 26, 2025. Applications are now due March 31, and financial assistance is available. The image also includes the hashtag #ScienceStartsHere, a logo for the MBL, and a picture of a cephalopod

A flyer for the MBL's 2025 Visual Neuroscience course, which will run from August 1 to 16, 2025. Applications are now due April 1, and financial assistance is available. The image also includes the hashtag #ScienceStartsHere and a logo for the MBL.

Course updates! ⚠️ Molecular and Cell Biology of Symbiosis is REOPENING applications (deadline March 31), and Visual Neuroscience is EXTENDING applications (deadline April 1).

Flyers below ⤵️ Read more and apply here: bit.ly/4acDH2V

#ScienceStartsHere

Exciting cluster hire of post-docs and PhD students at U Puerto Rico, on Butterfly Functional Genomics and more.

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Program note on poster number 816T and the annual fly meeting. The title is the interplay of the gut microbiome and diet on oogenesis.

Sadly had to cancel travel to #Dros25. Will miss the science & catching up w/colleagues. @taylarmouton.bsky.social will rep the lab at Poster 816T. Taylar and @dreadarby.bsky.social are also hosting a workshop Fri PM on the impact & history of bias on STEM teaching. Go learn and support them!

A conserved bacterial genetic basis for commensal-host specificity Animals selectively acquire specific symbiotic gut bacteria from their environments that aid host fitness. To colonize, a symbiont must locate its niche and sustain growth within the gut. Adhesins are...

Drosophila and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in the spotlight (again), what a wonderful model (disclaimer I am biased ;-) ).

Congrats Will and team!

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A group of fly-microbe scientists don festive/silly hats, glasses, boas for a holiday party picture.

Lab door decorations- flies and microbes enjoy a snow day!

Some fun end of year shenanigans with the lab!

Pleased to share preprint to which we contributed a small role to collaboration with the Xin Chen Lab! "Modulating DNA Polα Enhances Cell Reprogramming Across Species" @broderickflylab.bsky.social

Good morning TAGCers! Busy Saturday for the @nabroderick lab. Check out talks from Taylar and Krystal. And posters from Benji and Harjit!

Snapshot of program from the allied genetics conference showing poster and talk numbers for members of the Broderick Lab.

The Broderick Lab will be well represented at #TAGC24! Looking forward to sharing our science and discussing with friends/colleagues old and new!