reason #753 why the FLY community is THE BEST! #FlyCROSS is the initiative of grad student Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social to match early stage fly researchers with experienced scientists aligned to their interests and goals. nearly 200 mentors and mentees signed up this year! see you all at #Dros26 🪰💪
Huge shout out to the #FlyCROSS committee chaired by me and Laurel Raftery; and our current committee members including @shyama13.bsky.social @jocmcdonald.bsky.social @frankmac.bsky.social @armstrongflylab.bsky.social and Jonathan Andrews - who all have put in tremendous amount of work. (3/n)
#Drosophila #FlyCROSS 2025-26 updates -
84 mentor-mentee matches were made ✅
Out of which 90 % of mentees were matched to one of their preferred mentors.
Keep and eye for the future program notifications. See you all at #Dros26
Below are the mentee demographics and response summary.
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#Drosophila folks 📣
#FlyCROSS update: We had 80 mentees sign ups for this cycle and the committee has finished the matching processes ✅👩🏽🔬🥳🪰
Keep an eye out for emails from us starting next week. 👀
And please keep supporting @flybase.bsky.social and continue to donate generously !
#FiveDaysToGo 👇🏽
Call for #Drosophila #earlycareer researchers who are looking for mentorship, participate in #FlyCROSS & be matched with #mentor of your preferences !
#icymi #FinalReminder #academia
#phdlife #postdocs #gradstudents
#pretenurefaculty
Are you an early-career researcher using Drosophila in your research?
Sign up to be matched with a mentor as part of FlyCROSS 2025-26.
Apply by 1 September 2025.
thenode.biologists.com/mentees-flyc...
#Drosophila #DevelopmentalBiology #Mentor #Career #Biology #FlyCross
I received a few wonderful notes of appreciation for #FlyCROSS this week. Highlighting the program advertisement once again for #earlycareer scientists from the #Drosophila #community. In these testing times let's all have each other's backs.
#Dros26 #Genetics💪🏽
Thankyou @asbmb.bsky.social for helping us spread the word !
#Drosophila #earlycareer researchers including #grads #postdoc & #pretenure #faculty are welcome to participate as mentees in #FlyCROSS. Fill up the mentee survey by Sept 1 !
👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#academia
Sure thing! We are always looking for opportunities to add, so please tag us any time. Here's the link featuring #FlyCROSS: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/....
heads up fly folks! 120 awesome members of our community volunteered to be external mentors to fly scientists at ALL levels, from students and pds to junior faculty. now, you can sign up to get matched, just fill out the survey.
please share #FlyCROSS, yet another reason 🪰 community is the BEST!
The #Flyboard and #FlyCROSS committee including me, Laurel @shyama13.bsky.social @jocmcdonald.bsky.social @frankmac.bsky.social @armstrongflylab.bsky.social & Jonathan look forward to having you on board.
#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
Hey #Drosophila folks - its #fivedays to go to sign up as #FlyCROSS #mentor 👀
If you're faculty/postdoc/ equivalent in any scientific career & have #Drosophila research experience - fill up the mentor survey by July 14 to empower #earlycareer scientists in #Dros #community!
@flybase.bsky.social
#FlyCROSS call for #Mentors from #Drosophila community! Fill up the survey 👇🏽👇🏽
@the-node.bsky.social
@biologists.bsky.social
#devbio #Dros26 #2025SDB #2025ICDB #Evol2025
#FlyCROSS is a mentor-mentee matching program for the fly community. They're looking for mentors from all career paths (academia, industry, policy etc.) who have experience with #Drosophila research and are eager to support the next generation of fly scientists.
Apply to become a mentor by 14 July:
Hey #Drosophila community we are seeking #mentors for #FlyCROSS until July 14th. Whether you are in #academia , #biotech , #scicomm or beyond - this is a wonderful opportunity to #payitforward. Help us spread the word & fill up the mentor survey now to pass on the fly torch 🔦👩🏽🔬🔬🧬👇🏽
#Dros25 #EDRC2025
Thank you for sharing Rachel - much appreciated, it's lovely to hear about your positive experience with the #FlyCROSS program.
Hopefully the program continues to grow and help many more early career #Drosophila scientists 🥹👩🏽🔬🔬🧬
amidst bad stuff these days, check this awesome initiative Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social started last year, and expanding in 2025. #FlyCROSS is a mentor-mentee matching program to help early career Fly scientists at all levels. not only students and PDs, but young faculty. pls participate and share!🪰
Hey #Drosophila folks ! #FlyCROSS is back and #Mentor surveys are open NOW ! If you're a faculty/postdoc/ equivalent in any scientific career & have #Drosophila research experience - we'd be delighted to have you as mentors to empower early career scientists in the #Dros community !
If you are an #EarlyCareerResearcher (grad student, postdoc, pre-tenure faculty) using #Drosophila, consider the new mentoring initiative #FlyCROSS. Complete the survey (link and QR code in the reposts) by Jan 5 to get matched up with a mentor.
