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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Aug 15

Flybase is free to use but not free to make. It takes large teams of people and millions of dollars a year to create the knowledgebas and tools for fly research. Please donate generously.

FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Aug 15

FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...

FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki

wiki.flybase.org

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Thanks to all who have expressed a willingness to support FlyBase. The wheels of bureaucracy are large and grind slowly. We expect to have a fee process in place by July. @flybase.bsky.social

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 6

Can’t transfer and even if Harvard eventually wins court case PI’s told they would have to reapply. No one really knows including NIH. Theme is Confusion and Chaos.

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 5

For those interested in the status of FlyBase. @flybase.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...

FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations

The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thanks. The current fundraising link is for EU labs to support FlyBase UK group. Still setting up to collect fees from U.S. and other labs, complicated. Stay tuned. Divided efforts across pond because of recent international firewalls.

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 4

The current fundraising link is for EU labs to support FlyBase UK group. Still setting up to collect fees from U.S. and all other labs. Stay tuned. Divided because of recent international firewalls.

FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Jun 3

We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jun 3

URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯

Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.

This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Yes, through Harvard.

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Jun 4

The current fundraising link is for EU labs to support FlyBase UK group. Still setting up to collect fees from U.S. and all other labs. Stay tuned. Divided because of recent international firewalls. @flybase.bsky.social

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · May 24

Remain calm and carry on. We at Flybase have a plan and will make an official statement very soon.

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Alliance of Genome Resources @alliancegenome.bsky.social · Dec 21

The Alliance of Genome Resources public API endpoints now return JSON payloads in which null fields are omitted for brevity, easier reading and easier parsing of JSON output. Alliance public APIs can be browsed on our Swagger API user interface page: OpenAPI UI (Powered by Quarkus 3.4.2)

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Dec 21

FlyBase release FB2024_06 is now live. Release notes are here flybase.org/static/new-t...

FlyBase: New In This Release

FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology

flybase.org

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · Dec 4

It's a new month, and that means fresh Latest Technical Advances! The papers submitted over the last month are here wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
Don't forget: if you've recently published a paper reporting a cool new technique, resource, or reagent, flag it when you Fast-Track Your Paper.

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