#PrideMonth seems like a good time to restate that Everyone is Welcome in the Halfon Lab and on the REDfly team!

We're hiring a research tech.  Great for a post-bac interested in genetics, development or cancer biology.  bilderlab.berkeley.edu Will update w/ official posting but feel free to reach out now, esp. candidates w/ model organism experience #drosophila. Please RT.

This week’s #FluorescenceFriday #onlywithHCR spotlight is on Marc Halfon! #HCRimaging enabled Marc Halfon to obtain more accurate results (over those obtained from traditional whole-mount ISH techniques), as he and his team were able to prove using orthogonal methods like

Very happy to share that our paper on regulatory #evolution of the #Drosophila and #Aedes aegypti sim locus is out today in PLOS Genetics. Kudos to Isabella, Bill, and Geyenna for tackling this massive project and bringing #mosquito genetics to our lab! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a…

The deadline for applications to our summer workshop has been extended to May 24th. Please help us get the word out!

Wife profiled in ASCO Post: ascopost.com/issues/june-3-…

#PLOSONE: Improved methodology for fixation and preparation of Aedes aegypti embryos dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Kudos to Bill and Geyenna on their beautiful writeup of our protocol for working with #Aedes aegypi embryos, complete with detailed how-to videos!

How cool is it that The Company of Biologists plants trees to acknowledge reviewers? Just protected For a peer review by Marc Halfon forest.biologists.com/landscape/?id=…

Faculty position: Asst Professor in Integrative Molecular, Cell, or Developmental Biology . Special interest in researchers using any invertebrate, including the breadth of research in these areas; also will consider vertebrate & non-animal models 1/2 careers.k-state.edu/jobs/assistant…

Our first µPublication! Kudos to Geyenna for her thorough analysis of this region and recognition that what at first appeared to be just another enhancer is more likely a sequence with a different regulatory role. Hopefully we will have more on this story in the near future.

Another opening MSU Assistant Professor for functional genomics! Non-traditional models are encouraged. #evodevo #genomics

Major new update! Not only did we add ~50 new reporter constructs and update info on over 800 more, we introduced the beta version of our new Search and Download interface with vastly expanded and improved functionality. Try it out! #cisreg #enhancers #drosophila

REDfly is moving to Bluesky! Please follow us at @redfly-database.bsky.social for all our latest updates #drosophila #arthropods #genomics #gene-regulation

ICYMI: REDfly database has moved to Bluesky! Follow us at redfly-database.bsky.social for news and updates. Come try our new Search interface (beta) at redfly.ccr.buffalo.edu

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It's sobering on this day to reflect this week, the U.S. has (1) proposed a Federal registry of people with autism & (2) sent a questionnaire to Barnard employees asking if they are Jewish. nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n... cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...