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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 2d

So sorry to hear this. Same happened to me 2 weeks ago. Luckily it cleared up in a week. Hoping the same for you.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic essay! Sent it to my lab group today. Wish we could get a nice PDF version of it though?

the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 8d

The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab

Entertaining post from @sameerthukral.bsky.social kicking of a series imagining what would transpire if Daniel Kahneman—the “grandfather of behavioural economics”—took a sabbatical and worked in a fly lab. 🪰

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The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab - the Node

The Kahneman Chronicles #1: When a Nobel Laureate Fixed Our Lab's Scheduling Disasters Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 7d

Sad news about Jane Goodall. She was an inspiration to me growing up and I feel so fortunate that I was able to meet her when she received an honorary degree from SFU in 2018. She was truly a legend.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 14d

Our latest published paper on developmental consequences of a human DVL1 variant in a Drosophila model of Robinow Syndrome.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks Tim!!

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks for these explanations! Makes a lot of sense and helps understand the phenomenon!

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks for the info - and apologies if this is a dumb question - I just don't know what you mean with "which likely reflects the use of temperature sensitive components"? In a simple Gal4>UAS cross we generally don't have additional 'ts' components.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks Paul!

Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks. I know it works often based on phenotypic severity. I'm just curious how it works.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 16d

Question for fly folks - we talk about using Gal4 drivers at different temps to get more UAS-driven expression at higher and reduced at lower. In PMID: 12324939 Duffy states the following but give no reference for the statement (see pic). Is it just more active?

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 16d

So sorry for your loss Tim. Our pets give us such unconditional love. Hope you're doing OK.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 16d

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 19d

Great opportunity in a fantastic department in Toronto 🇨🇦

Cell & Systems Biology (CSB) @uoftcellsysbiol.bsky.social · 19d

The Department of Cell & Systems Biology at University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the field of Animal Morphogenesis.
#CellBiology #DevelopmentalBiology #mechanobiology #TissueMorphogenesis
#SystemsBiology

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Assistant Professor - Animal Morphogenesis

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 23d

Congrats to MSc student Karm Grewal on an excellent thesis defense!!

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Rachel Smith-Bolton @rachelsmithbolton.bsky.social · 23d

We are hiring! The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Cell and Developmental Biology is hiring a faculty member in the area of Aging, broadly defined. Come join us! Deadline is soon! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Urbana, Illinois job with University of Illinois, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology | 12843703

Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor Department of Cell and Developmental Biology School of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of I...

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 26d

Another new paper from our lab!

bioRxiv Cancer Bio @biorxiv-cancer.bsky.social · 26d

A Novel Drosophila Model of Cancer Cachexia Reveals Conserved Jak/Stat Dependent Glucagon-like Akh Activation as a Driver of Metabolic Reprogramming and Systemic Wasting https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.10.675448v1

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 26d

Our latest paper posted on bioRxiv!

bioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 26d

Uncovering functional insights into human pathogenic variants in CDK19 using Drosophila models https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.10.675453v1

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DMartin @drddom.bsky.social · 27d

Save the Date for the next @csmb-scbm.bsky.social meeting:
Membrane Proteins in Health & Diseases
April 8-12, 2026 in beautiful Banff!
Looks like there's something for everyone.
event.fourwaves.com/2026csmb/pages

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · 27d

Canada!

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · Sep 5

They do a candidacy exam once in the PhD stream, but that is the same for anyone - even those who do come already with an MSc. So there is no requirement per se, but at many unis you don't enter right into the PhD program.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hi Zoe, writing from Canada 🇨🇦. Many of our universities have entry into the MSc program as a first step, but most students who want to do a PhD transfer in their 2nd year without having to write a thesis.

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · Sep 4

What do folks think about the eLife model these days? Happy with the 'version of record' status? Anyone encountered negative reactions to publishing there?

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · Sep 4

What do folks think about the eLife model these days? Happy with the 'version of record' status? Anyone encountered negative reactions to publishing there?

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

EMBO meeting on "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026
Registration is now open!
Deadline next November 3rd!
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Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila

The principal theme of the EMBO Workshop is the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila. Supported by EMBO over four decades, this will be the 24th biennial “Crete meeting”. With the a…

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Esther Verheyen 🇨🇦 @estherverheyen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Off to teach my first class of the fall term - Cell signaling in development and disease! Looking forward to sharing my passion of this topic with 71 fourth year undergrads!

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