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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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Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio · 9d

@dennispauls.bsky.social

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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · Sep 1

I rarely dive into circuit-mapping papers, but this blockbuster from @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social lab is a doozy! Check it out.

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

From Sensory Detection to Motor Action: The Comprehensive Drosophila Taste-Feeding Connectome

In Drosophila , the gustatory system is distributed across multiple body parts and tightly couples sensory input to value-based behaviors such as feeding, foraging, and social interactions. Despite th...

www.biorxiv.org

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Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio · Sep 1

Meine gehört zu haben, dass das als Foltermethode ausgenutzt wurde indem der zu Quälende über einem Bambusspross angebunden wurde...

Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio · Aug 24

Amazing opportunity, join the Manzini Lab and become part of the Institute of Animal Physiology in Giessen!

Ivan Manzini @xenofrog.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 We are looking for 2 PhD students! 🧠🐸👃

Join the Manzini Lab @jlugiessen.bsky.social to explore the olfactory system in #aquatic #vertebrates.

We mainly use #amphibians, combining:
🔬 Imaging
👩‍🔬 Cell biology
🐝 Behavior

👉 bit.ly/neurophd
🌍 bit.ly/manzinilab

Please share!

#PhD #neuroscience #job

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Jan M. Ache @jan-ache.bsky.social · Jul 28

Preprint Alert! Walking mostly feels natural and easy to us - but the neuronal control of walking is actually incredibly complex. We leveraged the fruit fly as a genetically tractable animal model with a compact nervous system to ask how the brain controls walking direction: tinyurl.com/flywalk. 🧵..

a baby wearing a black space racer shirt

ALT: a baby wearing a black space racer shirt

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Carolina Rezaval @crezaval.bsky.social · Jun 26

We're hiring! Two exciting opportunities in our Lab @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Come work with us on decision-making and neural circuits in Drosophila. Please share!

Senior Research Technician + Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Deadline: 10 July

More info here: www.rezavallab.org

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Anna Cavazzini @annacavazzini.bsky.social · Jun 26

Keine Regenbogenflagge auf dem Bundestag?
Dann halt direkt auf der Tribüne!
Liebe Grüße an Julia Klöckner 🙃🏳️‍🌈

Man sieht ein Bild aus dem Bundestag. Die Grüne Fraktion ist gekleidet wie ein Regenbogen.

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Paolo Panza @paolopanza.bsky.social · Jun 18

I have started my tenure-track Professorship for Lung #Organoids at⁣⁣ @jlugiessen.bsky.social — and 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 #𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 !⁣⁣
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Join us as a #PhD student to work on fascinating 3D #lung models, #stemcells, and disease mechanisms! 🫁🔬⁣⁣
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Please repost &⁣⁣
Apply here! tinyurl.com/lungorganoids

PhD student (m/f/d) in the field of organoids, stem cell research and lung development and disease

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Molly Gale (Gale-Hammell Lab) @mollygale.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · Jun 3

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · Jun 4

Christa Rhiner presenting the mechanisms involved in brain injury response in flies 😲

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tomtom-auer.bsky.social @tomtom-auer.bsky.social · May 7

We are #hiring! Interested in comparative neuroscience? Check details here (www.unifr.ch/bio/en/depar...). We look for a motivated #PhD student or #PostDoc to combine genetics, physiology, neural circuit tracing, and behaviour to study taste processing evolution in #Drosophila. Please repost.

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Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio · Jun 4

Best treatment of homesickness? Meeting Portuguese friends at French castles for Drosophila science meetings! @carvalhosantosz.bsky.social @clarahowcroft.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social 🏰🪰🇫🇷 #flyjedi #science #meetings #drosophila

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · Jun 4

@nkonst4.bsky.social introducing the round table with Prof. Almut Kelber @giorgio.gilest.ro @richardsever.bsky.social and @marialep.bsky.social on the following subjects

A picture of Nikos presenting our panel discussion

Topic 1: Preprints, Peer Review, and the Publishing Ecosystem

Do funders and hiring committees take preprints seriously?

Is publishing in high-impact journals still essential for early-career success?

Should peer review remain central, or is it time for new models?

What is the future of journals?

Topic 2: The Funding Landscape for Young Investigators

Do funders prioritize innovation or track record?

Are small, early-career labs truly competitive in collaborative or interdisciplinary grants?

Are funding agencies adapting to open science?

Is there an implicit bias against Drosophila or model organisms?

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Jun 4

Honorary (fly) JEDI today - inspiring group of young investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social flyjedi.sciencesconf.org

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Daniel Münch @dahaniel.muench.bio · May 22

Congratulations @jlugiessen.bsky.social 🥳

Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU) @jlugiessen.bsky.social · May 22

Herausragender Erfolg in der #Exzellenzstrategie: Gleich drei #Exzellenzcluster für die #JLUGiessen – #Herz-#Lungen-, #Batterie- und #Wahrnehmungsforschung konnten im Wettbewerb überzeugen @cpi-exstra.bsky.social @heroldlab.bsky.social @dfg.de @wissrat.bsky.social www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...