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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 8d

Hello everyone!
We decided to automate our sign-up process for the JEDI network. Please register using this link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Thanks to everyone who reached out! We are looking forward to building our community with you. Share and repost!!!
#Drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 12d

Dear JEDIs,
as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to [email protected] to be added to our database.
#Drosophila
@fly-eds.bsky.social

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · 14d

Learning from and doing experiments with Ed was one of the main reasons I became fascinated with flies during the curricular year of my PhD. Sad news, but what an amazing life to be remembered - a fantastic scientist and a wonderful person.

Maria Paz Fernandez @mariadelapax.bsky.social · 16d

Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.

We will miss you, Ed.

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Emmanuel Perisse @manuperisse.bsky.social · 23d

You just finished your PhD and you are looking for a postdoc to study stress-dependent modulation of learning. We are using the powerful fly model to understand the underlying circuits and mechanisms. You can apply here:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoc position (M/F) in Neuroscience, stress modulation of learning (H/F)

emploi.cnrs.fr

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Alex Gould Lab @alexgouldlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

Drosophila research without FlyBase would be untenable. Time for all labs who can afford it to step up.

Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Aug 14

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · Jul 21

#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social

docs.google.com

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Jul 2

Now proper out: doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Toward more sustainable research: reducing the environmental impact when working with Drosophila

Abstract. The ever-increasing amounts of plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide threaten our environment. Biomedical laboratories across the

doi.org

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 24

The lab's first PhD student, Mirjam Heinemans, co-supervised with the fantastic Marta Moita @moitalab.bsky.social, brilliantly presented and defended her thesis today! Massive congratulations Dr Heinemans!!!

Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social · Jun 24

#PhDone! Congratulations to our new #Doctor, Mirjam Heinemans, from Behavioural Neuroscience Lab at @champalimaudf.bsky.social.

We wish you all the best for your future, Mirjam 👏

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hey #Drosophila folks ! #FlyCROSS is back and #Mentor surveys are open NOW ! If you're a faculty/postdoc/ equivalent in any scientific career & have #Drosophila research experience - we'd be delighted to have you as mentors to empower early career scientists in the #Dros community !

Summer 2025 Survey For Mentors : FlyCROSS Mentor Mentee Matching Program

We appreciate you taking the time and volunteering to be a mentor! Add [email protected] to your email address book or safe sender list, so that you can receive our emails. To be a participating me...

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you @deepanshund.bsky.social for your participation and enthusiasm, and congratulations on winning a well-deserved poster award!

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 21

It was a lovely first Fly North(East) meeting, diverse and supportive. Thank you all for sharing your science and the enthusiasm in strengthening our community. Thank you @gensocuk.bsky.social for the sponsorship that made it possible.

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Jun 13

Towards more sustainable research: reducing the environmental impact when working with #Drosophila. Challiner, Saurya., Patel, Raff, Fostier, Prokop, A. (2025) @genetics-gsa.bsky.social‬, in press -- doi.org/10.1093/gene... - Always happy to discuss and hear your ideas and views!

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Dr. Tora K. Smulders-Srinivasan @toraks.bsky.social · Jun 20

We hosted the first North East Fly Meeting today! It was great to connect with people from all over as well as the local universities. A great learning and networking opportunity for us all! Sometimes it's just great to talk flies with all fly people! @clarahowcroft.bsky.social @dpdoupe.bsky.social

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 19

Featuring our keynote speaker @amandabretman.bsky.social and many members of northern fly groups @poppi62.bsky.social, @natsansor.bsky.social, @vincentcroset.bsky.social, @exdrososcientia.bsky.social, @wolfhuette.bsky.social, @stuartwigby.bsky.social, Marisa Merino, Alistair McGregor, Rebecca Clark.

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 19

It is already tomorrow, our first Fly North(East) England meeting at Northumbria University Newcastle! Co-organized with @toraks.bsky.social @dpdoupe.bsky.social. Looking forward to a day of bulding bridges and discussing how to nurture our network.

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Ines Hahn @exdrososcientia.bsky.social · Jun 6

Registration is open for the third #NeuroBioUK!! @dozenoaks.bsky.social @alexfellows1.bsky.social and I are excited to see you again in York!

Ali Twelvetrees @dozenoaks.bsky.social · Jun 6

Registration is now open for NeuroBioUK 2025!
This year we're looking forward to hearing from our plenary speaker @cathyabbott.bsky.social. As ever, all other talks chosen from submitted abstracts so get submitting - we can't wait to see you there!

neurobiouk.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/registration

An image montage advertising NeuroBioUK - 12th of September 2025 in York. The image is York cathedral superimposed over a fluorescent cortex mouse section coloured to look a bit like a dawn sky.

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 6

Me to, please. Thank you for setting it up!

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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Apparently we do not have a JEDI starter pack yet.
@fly-jedi.bsky.social
and everyone else: let me know which other Junior European #Drosophila Investigators are missing!

go.bsky.app/PcTGEMc

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 6

Proud to work @northumbriauni.bsky.social #pridemonth

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank you and all the organizing team for this fantastic meeting, full of great and diverse science and engaged and invested people!

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Mert Erginkaya @merterginkaya.bsky.social · May 2

Excited to share my PhD paper is out! We studied how motion vision is processed beyond the optic lobes to help flies walk straight. It has been a wonderful collaboration with @michaelreiser.bsky.social, @dddavi.bsky.social and many others not in bluesky!
Paper + digest here: bsky.app/profile/cham...

Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social · May 1

🪰How does a fruit fly walk or fly in a perfectly straight line — even at high speed? It’s not just sharp vision. A sophisticated neural computation is at work.
🧠New study led by @champalimaudf.bsky.social Eugenia Chiappe.
📖 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/researc...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Clara Howcroft Ferreira @clarahowcroft.bsky.social · Apr 12

It's great to see these two fantastic colleagues recognised!

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Northumbria University @northumbriauni.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congratulations to our biomedical sciences researchers Dr @emilyhume.bsky.social and Dr Monika Winter, who are among 62 UK researchers awarded grants to further their innovative work by the @acmedsci.bsky.social Springboard programme.

#Springboard25 #MedicalResearch

💡Discover more:

Academy of Medical Sciences funds new research from emerging scientific leaders

Two biomedical sciences researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded grants to further their innovative work by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

www.northumbria.ac.uk

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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · Apr 4

The International Society for Neuroethology has a grant for disadvantaged scientists investigating the mechanisms of animal behaviour. Apply for funds to help overcome any barriers you face!

Membership fees can be included in your application.

Details here: www.neuroethology.org/diversity-aw...

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