If you attended #Dros25 back in March, you should recognize this patch of pavement …
Take Exit 3, make a right turn at the end of the ramp, follow signage & turn left into the T&C hotel grounds.
Y’all were there!
The live-fire action on Saturday took place in an area you _know._
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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
Are you doing #genetics & #genomics #research in flies but missed this year's #Dros25? Have no fear, recordings are here! 🪰
Access recordings of the full meeting program through May 30.
Purchase at $50 for members or $100 for non-members: buff.ly/aA6hbDT
Join us in congratulating the #Dros25 Poster Award recipients 👏 Read more about these #undergrad and #GradStudent GSA members' research in a post in Genes to Genomes: buff.ly/zXN4nsB
And a big thank you to our dedicated judges!
Applications for DeLill Nasser award are due Apr 14th !
As a past awardee, I'd highly encourage senior #grad students and #postdocs to apply. This is an excellent opportunity to find funding for conferences/workshops in the field of #Genetics.
#fellowship #travelaward
#Drosophila #Dros25 #Dros26
..."women _and the poor._"
At #dros25 I had a conversation with several #Drosophila people who are far better known than I am. One is the scientist-daughter of a very famous, now deceased, Fly Person. None of them knew about this provision. The women were particularly incensed. As they should be!
At #dros25, I heard these concerns voiced by #Drosophila attendees at every point in the academic career path.
Their anxieties aren't limited to scientific pursuits. They spanned the full range of the assaults on civil liberties and the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
The Drosophila Immunity Handbook cover, showing flies that are either glowing green or not. All flies are infected by a green-expressing bacteria, but only red-eyed flies glow green because those flies are missing immune genes needed for resistance to infection.
Some hashtags:
#immunity #Dros25 #Drosophila #antimicrobialpeptides #NFkB #inflammation #ImmunoSky #Infection #pathogen
And if you want to learn more about these modules and how you could incorporate them in your research, check our our free book: "The Drosophila Immunity Handbook"
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Good food helps: cooking stuff I enjoy eating !
I'd also say - attending #Dros25 helped, meeting and chatting with folks who feel the same and are with you in this !
#drosophila @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
This comes too late for #dros25 but maybe we should all keep this mind ⬇️ for forthcoming air travel originating inside the US, no matter where we go, no matter the purpose, no matter our citizenship or immigration status.
www.huffpost.com/entry/tsa-fa...
The #CABD was represented at #Dros25, 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in San Diego (CA), by Daniel Barcenilla Merino from James Hombria’s lab and Genoveva Guerrero from Fernando Casares’ lab!
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I had missed this but saw it at #Dros25 this is so cool #InterOrganCommunication stuff!
Glycolytic Disruption Triggers Interorgan Signaling to Nonautonomously Restrict Drosophila Larval Growth | bioRxiv
Goodbye San Diego, you are beautiful !!!
Until the next time !!!
#springbreak #Sandiego #beaches #sunset
#Dros25 #Dros26
A photo of the members of the FlyCROSS mentor matching committee at the Lapper restaurant in Town & Country Resort, San Diego
Nothing like a great research conference to get one’s mind off the current state of science funding in the USA. Thank you #Dros25 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social 🪰🧬
Ok one more #Drosophila #Dros25 Q:
I've never used the NIG-FLY RNAi lines, but will be. Anything I should know?
I guess they're generated with a method similar to GD lines from VDRC (i.e. random insertion, long hairpins). Also PMID27730578 notes may be poorly balanced?
NIG = great price tho! 🤩
I am right there too but wanted to say that attending the amazing Drosophila research conference was a balm for the soul. Super grateful to #GSA and the #Dros25 organizers for putting it together
IISAGE makes a presence at the 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference! Our team of fly scientists showcased their work to the public, engaging the science community with recent discoveries regarding aging in the Drosophila species! 🪰 #Dros25
After walking for 10 miles (26000 steps) and 9 hours, I can totally say that labmates who walk for 10 miles together stay together ❤️
#SanDiego #Zoo #labmemories
#Dros25
Ready to flight back to Paris after amazing time in San Diego and at #Dros25! Thanks to all the the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social organizers for this fantastic meeting! Glad to met some old friends and new ones!
Other people on seeing Giraffes - they are so pretty !!
Us Grad students- ohh their brains are small, their cardiovascular system has more valves, their feet have super tight muscles which all helps them bend down to have water 😅
They are such tall, elegant creatures ❤️❤️❤️!!
#SanDiego #zoo #Dros25
At #dros25, two classic song lyrics characterized the mood: "What a long strange trip it's been" for Denise Montell's plenary talk & for Linda Restifo's poster.
"You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" covered the politics.
But re. this ⬇️ : "You're so vain."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
We're so happy to hear this—makes it all worth it!
And we second a shoutout to our fantastic organizers, Todd Nystul, Michelle Bland, @leilarieder.bsky.social, Amanda Croker, & @justinmcrocker.bsky.social 👏
We'd love to hear about fruitful collabs born from #Dros25 🪰 Tag us or DM us your stories!
Hey #Drosophila Sky and #Dros25 folks, I'm looking to help someone screen some candidate genes in muscle via RNAi.
Any recommended Gal4s? Right now planning on Mef2-GAL4, but in past have noticed this driver has some lethality in parent stock (in my old lab), so another option would be good.
I'd like to second all the accolades being given to the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social staff — especially Suzy Brown — who helped make #Dros25 such a success.
Top honors, as always, go to the #Drosophila community for the inventiveness & imagination that underlie the great science we were immersed in!
This is already _old_ news, as it does not discuss the new proposal, being reported today, to disband ≈100 "advisory committees" responsible for guiding research in diabetes, cancer, and human organ transplantation.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
#Dros25 #Drosophila @genetics-gsa.bsky.social
Special thanks to the organizers of the #Dros25 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social! Fantastic conference that provides opportunities for undergrad students to present their work and for trainees at all levels to network. The Fly Meeting fosters a welcoming environment, which makes it a joy to attend 🪰❤️
Just wrapped up an incredible few days at #Dros25. Full of brilliant science, amazing discussions, and the buzzing energy of fly people geeking out together.
