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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · 9d

And so fabulous to dine out with former postdocs Anne Classen @classenlab.bsky.social, Thomas Vaccari @vaccarilab.bsky.social and Lucy O’Brien. Many laughs, fond memories, and talk of bright futures for all of them. #EDRC2025

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · 9d

Honored to share stage with all the great plenary speakers at #EDRC2025. Exciting science and great vibes from Drosophila researchers worldwide – Let’s keep the American, Euro, and APAC communities coordinated and strong!

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Aug 8

Beautiful paper from former student @dy-chen.bsky.social now postdoc in Zernicka-Goetz lab. Human embryos, stem cell models & mice: BM heterogeneity drives AP symmetry breaking. High-end microscopy, live imaging, physical modeling, mechanistic tests. Tour de force. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Basement membrane perforations guide anterior–posterior axis formation - Nature Communications

Chen et al. show that in mice, extracellular matrix remodeling drives early migration of the anterior signaling center, establishing the body axis sooner than expected—a mechanism potentially conserve...

www.nature.com

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Amazing and multitalented postdoc @ongkaty.bsky.social taking time out from writing her new paper with this generous initiative. #genetics, #CRISPR, #drosophila, hallmarks of #cancer and more. For a great cause; support @flybase.bsky.social!

Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · Jul 10

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

drosophila embroidered patches and enamel pins

IgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · Jul 10

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

Happy to share a new publication: an introduction to comparative oncology in @natrevcancer.nature.com‬. Thanks to the leaders in the field for welcoming me as an invertebrate researcher.
rdcu.be/etKdN

Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology

Nature Reviews Cancer - Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular...

rdcu.be

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · May 13

New paper from superb postdoc Hui-Yu Ku about how proteases pattern extracellular matrix to precisely sculpt an organ.
She will soon be an independent PI at National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan, expanding to study how ECM regulates egg activation. Congratulations! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · May 11

Thursday, May 22 from 1 – 2:15 pm ET, Wu-Min Deng,
@perrimonlab.bsky.social and I will discuss fly cancer models during a #BeyondMammals webinar held by the NCI. Register for free to hear some of the many ways that Drosophila can contribute to #CancerResearch. events.cancer.gov/dcb/beyond-m....

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berkeleyMCB @berkeleymcb.bsky.social · Mar 31

Congrats to MCB's Diana Bautista and David Bilder for being named as AAAS Fellows @aaas.org! @bilderlab.bsky.social 👏 🎉https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/27/seven-faculty-members-named-fellows-of-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

We have also donated our anti-Grnd (one of two #Drosophila TNF Receptors) monoclonal —coming soon (5/5)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A Drosophila Tumor Suppressor Gene Prevents Tonic TNF Signaling through Receptor N-Glycosylation

Drosophila tumor suppressor genes have revealed molecular pathways that control tissue growth, but mechanisms that regulate mitogenic signaling are fa…

www.sciencedirect.com

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

Anti-Hemese staining of plasmatocytes —essentially #Drosophila macrophages. Dm 1.2/1. Image by Yoshiki Sakai in the lab. (4/5)

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

Anti-NimC1 staining of plasmatocytes —essentially #Drosophila macrophages. Combination of Dm N1/9 and Dm N47/7. Image by Yoshiki Sakai in the lab. (3/5)

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

These donations continue the spirit of the “Fly worker ethos” —others are encouraged to do the same! (2/5)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28684603/

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 25

#Drosophila community: Dr. Istvan Ando has generously donated his invaluable anti-hemocyte monoclonal Abs to the #NIH-founded public repository @dshb-antibodies.bsky.social in #Iowa. We’ve tested several of them and they look great. See the🧵 for details.
(1/5)

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Katy Ong @ongkaty.bsky.social · Feb 25

Citrus tasting at the annual @bilderlab.bsky.social Lunar New Year Party 🍊

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Jan 9

Thursday, January 30 from 1 – 2:15 pm ET, Wu-Min Deng, @perrimonlab.bsky.social and I will discuss fly cancer models during a #BeyondMammals webinar held by the NCI. Join to hear some of the many ways that Drosophila can contribute to #CancerResearch. events.cancer.gov/dcb/beyond-m....

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Nov 15

Part of our lab studies #Drosophila cancer models. Delighted to announce ‘Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models” webinar held by NCI, hopefully in advance of funding opportunities. I’m speaking with @perrimonlab.bsky.social and others incl #Zebrafish and #Celegans PIs. Registration free.

Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models Webinar Series (Overview) | Events Registration

Overview The Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models series will feature three webinars, each focused on one non-mammalian animal model and its applicability to cancer research. Each webinar will high...

events.cancer.gov

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Mar 25

Hosted a joint lab retreat with @LOBrienLab. Shared lots of science, some lore, and a bit of history, and introduced the Stanford folks to some of the joys of Berkeley.

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Mar 25

New lab preprint —longtime project finished in Hong Kong by new investigator @Jung_Kim_PhD.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Mar 8

Now accepting applications- come join us in Berkeley!
#Drosophila #Celegans
careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPL...

@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 26

We are hiring a research technician for June here in Berkeley.
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.

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Feb 26

We are hiring a research technician for June here in Berkeley.
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.

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The Interactive Fly @interactivefly.bsky.social · Nov 20

The Interactive Fly (www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/ai...) is a guide to fruit fly development. It describes the literature of over 1,700 genes, dealing with developmental pathways and gene regulation. Sections include Drosophila as a model for human diseases, evolutionary biology, and neural circuits

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thomas Brodsky has arrived on Bluesky! Tom runs The Interactive Fly website and tirelessly surveys the #Drosophila literature. He won one of the inaugural Drosophila Community Service awards last year. Please follow him, like his posts, and welcome him here!

The Interactive Fly @interactivefly.bsky.social · Nov 20

Prasad, D., Illek, K., Fischer, F., Holstein, K. and Classen, A. K. (2023). Bilateral JNK activation is a hallmark of interface surveillance and promotes elimination of aberrant cells. Elife 12. elifesciences.org/articles/80809

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Nov 16

Nice @berkeleyMCB turnout tonight for @nkwhiteman.bsky.social 's triumphant talk about his book 'Most Delicious Poison'!

@gastrulateordie Don Rio Georjana Barnes @DavidGDrubin @Choano_Lab
n/s @danfeldman.bsky.social @mfeller.bsky.social @nickingolia @lianafaye.bsky.social
Sabeeha Merchant

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@bilderlab @bilderlab.bsky.social · Oct 31

#bullettime

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