#Seabattical paper just dropped!

The latest work in #GENETICS from @hoosierflyman.bsky.social presents the natural history, taxonomy, physiology, and genome of Leptopilina malgretoutensis, a virulent parasitoid of #Drosophila dunni flies from the Eastern Caribbean. buff.ly/H4imAKC

To learn about how glucose #metabolism interacts with the #mTor pathway to regulate #Drosophila larval brain growth, come to my talk on Saturday at 5 pm in Physiology, Metabolism and Aging II session.

Come for the science and stay for the most hilarious lab picture 🤭

#Dros26 #phdlife

I’d think that was really f*cked up. Hypothetically

My panels are on the roof under 16 inches of snow

Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending' YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.

Watch and share!

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Prepping my RPPR and it seems like “my NCBI” is currently non functioning due to shutdown? Anyone else having issues?

Successful presentations to our Joint Drosophila Group Meeting celebration excuse. W @vickylopez.bsky.social and Ian Peasley

Come join us!
Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st.

@iubiology.bsky.social
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Beautiful city!

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Poster prize for my student Ian Peasley at the Maggot Meeting!

So many great talks at the Maggot Meeting in Leipzig!

Now out in @natneuro.nature.com

What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed?

Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation

www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7

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IU professor sanctioned for violating ‘intellectual diversity’ law An Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law.

Whatever you do, don’t criticize the University in class. www.ipm.org/news/2025-08...

We fly folks had a good run while it lasted. This is such awful news

I am now officially “I put my wallet in the lower pocket of my cargo shorts” years old.

Hahaha not in this instance

Flies are not considered to be animals according to NIH guidelines. Shhhhh.

I didn’t understand the attack by Visma given that UAE could just sit on wheels, but then it seemed like the plan was for Matteo to go for the stage all along. Tricky!

The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress.

www.ascb.org/science-poli...

@warnock.senate.gov -I absolutely agree cuts to NIH are devastating for patients fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer. We must fight the Trump administration’s cuts to save lives and ensure Americans get the care they deserve.

“The Trump administration’s egregious, corrupt, and disgraceful abuse of power continues, this time by kicking dedicated scientists out of their building so HUD Secretary Turner can have a penthouse dining suite. For an administration so obsessed with claiming that it's cutting spending, how can Trump justify the tax-payer dollars it will take to meet Turner’s ridiculous demands, like a gym for his exclusive use or parking spaces for his five cars? Instead of investing in our future, the Trump Administration is investing in private perks for Secretary Turner. Where will NSF staff go? What is the Trump administration’s plan? Once again, science loses, the American taxpayer loses, and our competitors, like China, win.”

Statement from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ranking Member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee):

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.

NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project.
@joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social

BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses.

But hey! How are those egg prices??

scienceimpacts.org/fy26

Is this C. amoena?

Hell of a photo

We could have had her, America.

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