I am pleased to inform you of the publication of the Drosophila immunity handbook. The pdf version of the book is free, or a physical version of the book is available for purchase at EPFL press.epflpress.org/produit/1514/9…

Marvellous anatomical atlas of #Drosophila melanogaster adult morphology using scanning EM by Achim Paululat and colleagues Uni Osnabrück published Genetics Society of America academic.oup.com/genetics/artic…

📢We are recruiting!! 2 positions are available to join my team @IGFLyon @ENSdeLyon : - 1 postdoctoral position to work on #3Dgenome organization. - 1 technical assistant with expertise in Drosophila genetics and molbiol. More info here: ghavihelmlab.com/join-us/ Please RT 🙏 #job

Delighted to share our latest study exploring how #glycolysis pathway alterations in fat body #adipocytes control remotely the integrity of body-wall #muscles in #Drosophila larvae. Excellent review process by EMBO Reports doi.org/10.1038/s44319…

👏 New paper from Simonelig's team at InstituteHumGenetics CNRS Biologie CNRS Occitanie Est Université de Montpellier : "piRNAs are regulators of metabolic reprogramming in stem cells" Nature Communications 2024 Sep 27;15(1):8405. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52709-4. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39333531/

Can a fly be an object of intricate beauty? 🪰 We sure think so! Just look at these stunning images from the latest chapter of #FlyBook in #GENETICS: bit.ly/3NfI0Q8 1/2 🧵

Yasmine Belkaid sur la nécessité de préserver la recherche fondamentale : "Si on n'investit pas dans le début de la chaîne, il n'y a pas de chaîne", donc à terme pas de nouveaux médicaments ou traitements #le710Inter

We have a #PhDposition to investigate host - #microbiome interactions using #Drosophila and model gut #bacteria. Details in the picture attached. Be part of our new group @COSHeidelberg in beautiful Heidelberg! Please RT

Welcome to the #EDRC2025 account of the 28th European Drosophila Conference which will take place in Alicante from the 25th to the 28th of September 2025! Stay tuned for the upcoming news!

Only 11 months to go until #EDRC2025 ! Here are the plenary speakers who look forward to welcoming you! #Drosophila #EDRC

Great days at the #35thDrosoFrance Meeting—inspiring science, conviviality, and plenty of oysters! See you all in Rennes in 2026!

Postdoc position available in the Röper lab at the University of Cambridge! PDN Cambridge Join us and discover the role that control of cytoskeletal dynamics, crosstalk and cell adhesion play in the formation of the nephron tube in human renal organoids! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48947/

📢We have a 3y postdoc position available in our interdisciplinary team Institut Curie #Paris Join us if you're interested in epithelial tissue morphogenesis using live imaging, quantitative biology & (opto)genetics. institut-curie.org/team/bellaiche Please RT!

Chercheur en biologie cellulaire, Paul Conduit étudie les microtubules, nécessaires à la croissance et à la stabilité des neurones. Retour sur son sujet de recherche, récompensé par le programme Impulscience en 2023 👉 l.sciencesetavenir.fr/g3y Fondation Bettencourt Schueller Institut Jacques Monod @cnrs

Calling European Drosophila researchers! With EDRC2025 coming soon in Alicante, and EDRC 2027 in Bonn, we are opening the call for a host city for the 30th European Drosophila Research Conference in 2029! If your city's fly community is interested, go to: tinyurl.com/2b74ab4s

40 years since the Heidelberg genetic screen that revolutionized developmental and cell biology Read this Perspective article from Mark Peifer Mark Peifer, revisiting the genesis of the Heidelberg screen and the stories behind the experiments: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…

For the membrane trafficking crowd, we are thrilled to share our BioID map of RAB GTPases! It was a collective effort from many individuals initiated by Benoît, Raphaëlle, and Dominique and followed up extensively by Véronique! Many thanks to everyone! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🚨 Exciting opportunity! SFBD needs 5 new board members, including a Treasurer (French-speaking) and a lead for social media/website communication. PhDs, postdocs, and young scientists welcome to apply. Deadline: Nov 27 at [email protected] #DevelopmentalBiology #YoungScientists

Once more with feeling! Hey! Are you using a script to scrape FlyBase? Just stop. NOW. You're crashing the site for everyone. Yes, we mean YOU.