I'm pleased to release some truly incredible work from my lab. Presenting ADAPTERS: Ancestral DNA Across Phylogenetic Tree Evolutionary Reference Sequences drive.google.com/file/d/1NNJO...

🧵 New preprint led by @bingbrunton.bsky.social, @elliottabe.bsky.social, @lawrencehu.bsky.social

We gave a worm brain control of a fly body and it walked

What did we learn? Nothing, other than deep reinforcement learning is effective

We call it the digital sphinx

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Time flies like an arrow… fruit flies like a banana 🍌🪰For 100+ years, Drosophila has powered biomedical discovery—~85% of human disease genes have fly homologs.See our Autoinjector at @genetics-gsa.bsky.social in Chicago—and bring your best fly joke 😄 #Dros26

A cartoon by Paul Noth. See all the cartoons in this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Uh2urE

FlyBase Homepage FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology

🪰 folks! Despite Harvard lawsuit outcome, FlyBase NIH grant was not released. FlyBase now runs on the public, like NPR, PBS etc. If we don't step up, it can go away! Donations site on flybase.org homepage. Note: it links to IU stock center, but its for FlyBase, see instructions. pls give+share! 2/2

Highly bespoke Pop Song Correspondence?

Objective Biotechnology was proud to sponsor the European Drosophila Research Conference in Alicante! 🚀 The Autoinjector was a huge hit, and we’re officially launched in Europe.
Alicante is stunning—rich history, walkable streets, and perfect weather. Highly recommend a visit! 🌞 #EDRC #Biotech

FlyBase needs your help! Visit the link below for more information, and please consider donating to help save this amazing resource. wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

Fly labs — Now is the time to show some solidarity and chip in support for this vital resource!

Really excited to share this milestone! It has been so fun to see this instrument evolve from the initial prototype in my and @suhasabk.bsky.social's labs to a commercial product. Congrats to the @objectivebio.bsky.social team!

Dear all, PLEASE add comments on the importance of model organism research at this link:

Devastating indeed. A vital resource, currently clinging to life by crowdfunding

Introducing the Autoinjector by Objective Biotechnology — an affordable, bench-top instrument that automates microinjection for gene editing research.

🔬Book your demo today: objectivebiotechnology.com/autoinjector
#Autoinjector #CRISPR #GeneEditing #ObjectiveBiotechnology

Members of Congress oppose NIH's payment cut plan, urge appeals court to maintain block A group of lawmakers opposes NIH's indirect cost reimbursement cap in appeals court, supporting states and universities against the Trump administration's 15% rate limit plan.

157 House of Representatives members signed an amicus brief calling on the First Circuit to uphold a block on the NIH's planned cap on indirect cost reimbursements. Did your representative sign? In MN, only Angie Craig, Betty McCollum, and Kelly Morrison signed.
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Go right now, don't wait, and read Harvard's response to the government's demands. Everyone needs to fight. Remember Columbia caving got them absolutely nothing back. You can see the gov demands from a link inside Harvard's response.

view.hu.harvard.edu?qs=351b45ebf...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Lisa Rothstein. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/QAnwGsj

Amazing! Congrats @synbiogaolab.bsky.social!

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

A hundred years ago, the average life expectancy was <50. Today, it is ~80.

What made the difference? Public Health. Public health, however, is not some magic entity happening in a vacuum - it requires people.

Without those people, there can be no Public Health. That serves no one.

Wake up.

Public Statement on Supporting Science for the Benefit of All Citizens TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE We all rely on science. Science gave us the smartphones in our pockets, the navigation systems in our cars, and life-saving medical care. We count on engineers when we drive acr...

>1900 members of the National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine issued a statement supporting science for the benefit of all citizens, and ... 1/2
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Immigrant Nobel Prize Winners Continue To Impress Immigrants now have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000.

Maybe it's a good time to remind everyone that 40% of US Nobel Prize winners are immigrants.

America benefits when we welcome global talent. When we block international scientists, we diminish our own future

www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

The NIH Scientific Integrity Policy has just been rescinded: how is that not incredibly concerning for the future of science and medicine in the US?!.... Excellent 🧵 by @carlbergstrom.com

Inaugural post on BlueSky! We’re here to share our latest news and connect with you. Give us a follow and help spread the word!

Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.

Trying to make sense of the current situation, I put together some thoughts in an op-ed for @elife.bsky.social on what we, as scientists, can do – and what institutions MUST do – to protect science right now

elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Yes, we are doing C. elegans as well with this pricing!

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

Photo of the Autoinjector instrument and the Objective Biotechnology booth.

Excited to launch the Autoinjector instrument at the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Drosophila Research Conference #Dros25! This device automates microinjection into embryos for gene editing and other genetic manipulations. Learn more here: www.objectivebiotechnology.com

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/dE5ukWH

Great turnout at #Stand_Up_For_Science in St. Paul, MN!

Philly is out in full force to Stand Up for Science!!