Heartbreaking story.

selfie of me and Esther at NoKings march in Bloomington IN

Esther and I were able to join in the #NoKings march today despite traveling in Bloomington IN!

Over 1,100 American clergy across all Jewish denominations unite to stand with refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants.

Together, they affirm our core Jewish values that declare our responsibility for the dignity, humanity and rights of ALL who dwell within our borders.

Award for "REDfly Database Team and FlyBase Developer Team, Development of online repositories for the dissemination and analysis of Drosophila data"

Incredibly honored to be awarded the #Drosophila Community Service Award this morning at #Dros26. A huge 'thank you' to all our users and all the data generators whose hard work has made our own possible.
Look for our completely revised interface with improved search & download coming soon!

Insect research has used Drosophila as a model organism for over a century. But today’s tools now open up a much wider spectrum of insects which deserve to be studied. See the recent commentary in @fly-journal.bsky.social by @peterkdearden.bsky.social, ‘Why just fly?’ doi.org/10.1080/1933...

What a Gene Regulatory Network Is — and What It Is Not ! thenode.biologists.com/what-a-gene-...

Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.

Everyone--EVERYONE--in the U.S. should read this column.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...

We have a new date for the 2025-2026 i5k Annual Meeting: February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...

#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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"Stolperstein" outside Vienna apartment where the Halfon family lived in the 1930s. In German, roughly translates to: As Jews Robbed, expelled, murdered Family Halfon Adele (dates of birth and deportation/ murdered in Opole) Paul, Susi, Peter Saved by escape Another 56 Jewish citizens Lived in this house

@harmitmalik.bsky.social, appreciate your post (as I often do). But this one was particularly moving; here's the Stolperstein in Vienna outside where my father was born. He said recently he now truly understands what it must have felt like for his parents leading up to their decision to flee.

Breakthrough FDA approval of targeted leukemia drug has ties to Roswell Park A major breakthrough in the treatment of an aggressive form of leukemia is bringing new hope to patients and it started in Buffalo.

Good day for the spouse:
www.wgrz.com/article/news...

Almost like being back at the bench...

Assistant or Associate Professor HS, Department of Biochemistry The Department of Biochemistry is seeking (2) faculty positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. We seek candidates who will develop a research program in understanding the molecular bas...

Hey everyone:
UB Biochemistry is hiring! 2 positions at the Asst or Assoc Professor level. Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, metabolism, dev biol, neuroscience, gene expression, protein structure/function.
www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/60078

Even Marie Antoinette at least offered cake...

Pumped for our virtual December 2025 Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar, presented by Dr. Marc Halfon @marchalfon.bsky.social from the University at Buffalo on Monday, December 8th at 2pm CST. Hope to see you there!

IMPORTANT UPDATE:
Due to the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown, the i5k Annual Community Meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 has been postponed. The meeting will be rescheduled for a future date once the government has re-opened. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Please RT and try to alert any federal employees who will not be receiving email notification of the cancellation!

New registration information will be provided once the meeting is rescheduled.

***PLEASE NOTE: IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AS OF OCTOBER 10, THIS MEETING WILL BE CANCELLED AND RE-SCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE***

Workshop: Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution. Organisers: James Hombría and Antónia Monteiro. 14-17 June 2026, Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK. Early-career researchers apply for funded places.

Calling early-career developmental biologists!

Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution.

Application deadline: 5 December

www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...

#DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking

Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila Abstract. A major hurdle in understanding the molecular changes responsible for metazoan diversity is the characterization of cis-regulatory elements (CREs

Excited to be part of this study of enhancer redundancy and modularity in a fly pigmentation GRN. Amazing job by Williams lab following up SCRMshaw predictions!

Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Hmmm. "Long papers are all alike, but each brief report is unique in its brevity"?

Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_...

#i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects
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#GoBills | #BillsMafia

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Knowledge and teaching in the age of information The advent of the World Wide Web in the turn of the last century completely transformed the way most people find and absorb information. Rather than a world in which information is stored in books or ...

I have published a post on the Oxford University Press blog that outlines my teaching philosophy, and the philosophy behind my Textbook "Organismic Animal Biology - An Evolutionary Approach". Have a look, and if you agree with my philosophy, buy the book and use it.
blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...

Anyone else getting a sore neck from all the whiplash?

With you in spirit...

this does not help: bsky.app/profile/nyti...

I'm recalibrating from "incredibly worried" to "absolutely terrified"

the sad thing is how much is reads like a very poorly-executed 8th grade English assignment

Sign!!