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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 5d

There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
#FlyBase #Drosophila

FlyBase Update – October 2025
The termination of the NIH/NHGRI FlyBase grant has placed the long-term sustainability of FlyBase at risk. However, thanks to the generous support of several key individuals and institutions, we are pleased to announce that FlyBase will remain operational through the coming year. We extend our deepest gratitude to Yukiko Yamashita, Cassandra Extavour, Hugo Bellen, Thom Kaufman, the Genetics Society of America / Drosophila Board, the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, an anonymous donor and the Wellcome Trust. We are especially thankful for a generous gift from Seemay Chou, Jed McCaleb, and The Navigation Fund. We also greatly appreciate the continued support from the broader Drosophila community – your donations and service fees have been vital in helping us stay afloat. Special thanks also go to Jessica Manning for her tireless administrative work at Harvard, to Ruth Lehmann, Hugo Bellen, and Paul Sternberg for advice and efforts, and to the Board of the European Drosophila Society for all their efforts. Sadly, we must also share that several long-standing FlyBase team members have recently moved on. We are immensely grateful to Susan Russo-Gelbart, Lynn Crosby, Gil dos Santos, Kris Broll, Victoria Jenkins, and TyAnna Lovato for their many years of dedicated service and contributions to FlyBase. Looking ahead, ensuring FlyBase’s sustainability beyond the next year – and successfully integrating with the Alliance – will require new funding sources. We kindly ask for your continued support:
• European labs: Please consider contributing to the Cambridge, U.K. FlyBase group
• U.S. and other non-European labs: Please consider contributing to the U.S. FlyBase groups
• Both U.K. and U.S. FlyBase are working diligently to establish an invoicing system. We appreciate your continued patience.
For more information on how to support us, please visit: Contribute to FlyBase wiki page https://wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Contribute_to_FlyBase

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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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Alex Gould Lab @alexgouldlab.bsky.social · 8d

🪰 Calling all Drosophilists interested in nutrition…HolFast, Sebastian Sorge’s new chemically defined diet works really well. We’ve given some free HolFast aliquots to @vdrc-flies.bsky.social Please contact them directly if you fancy trying it out. Hurry while stocks last!

VDRC (Vienna Drosophila Resource Center) @vdrc-flies.bsky.social · 8d

The HolFast holidic (chemically defined) diet for Drosophila, recently designed by @alexgouldlab.bsky.social, has wide applications in nutritional and metabolic studies of Drosophila development doi.org/10.1016/j.de.... Limited free samples distributed by the VDRC. See www.vdrc.at. #Drosophila

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 9d

The #EDS has the pleasure to announce that, after #EDRC2027 in Bonn, we will have #EDRC2029 in Szeged! Don’t forget these hashtags!

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you to all #EDRC2025 participants and a big applause to the organizing committee for this great #Drosophila meeting! See you all in Bonn for #EDRC2027

EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 10d

That’s a wrap! We are done with #EDRC2025 and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2027 for #EDRC2027 in Bonn!

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 12d

This is the organizing team behind #EDRC2025 María Dominguez, Javier Morante @morantelab.bsky.social , Juan Sanchez-Alcaniz @sanchezalcaniz.bsky.social , Pepe Pastor-Pareja @pastorparejalab.bsky.social and Ana Carmena

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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
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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 11d

Now the #EDB @flybase.bsky.social representative Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social is presenting #Flybase future plans

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 11d

The 2025 General Assembly is now on at #EDRC2025

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t forget the #flyEDS general assembly starts at 13:30!

European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 14d

The @fly-eds.bsky.social is having its general assembly this saturday at 13:30 at #EDRC2025 , please join us to discuss our society and to find out more about @flybase.bsky.social and the current funding crisis

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 13d

3, 2, 1 and we are on!!! #EDRC2025 is starting! Welcome to our more than 740 participants from more than 40 countries! Thank you to all our sponsors!

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 13d

Please DM us if you have not received the link by email

European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 14d

The @fly-eds.bsky.social is having its general assembly this saturday at 13:30 at #EDRC2025 , please join us to discuss our society and to find out more about @flybase.bsky.social and the current funding crisis

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 14d

Only a few hours left before our meeting starts! Are you travelling to #EDRC2025 now? Let us know by using the oficial #EDRC2025 hashtag!

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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 19d

#Drosophila community - look at this amazing lineup for #InDRC2025

Registration for #InDRC2025 is now open! Visit indrc2025.in to register and submit your abstract.

#genetics #devbio
@flybase.bsky.social

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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 22d

The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

Trump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit fly

This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.

www.nbcnews.com

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Matt Bertone @bertonemyia.bsky.social · 28d

**Attention fly enthusiasts!** We're looking for presenters for the Dipterists Society General Meeting at ESA @entsocamerica.bsky.social in Portland, OR (November 11th)

If you're interested in giving a talk, please DM me for a link to submit a title/abstract. Deadline to submit is October 10th.

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 25d

Abstract submission is now closed but you can still register to #EDRC2025 until the meeting starts! Looking forward to seeing you all in Alicante!

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Perrimon Lab @perrimonlab.bsky.social · 29d

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research

Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research | News | The Harvard Crimson

FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.

www.thecrimson.com

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · Sep 5

Attention #Drosophila PIs: registration for the 2026 #EMBO Crete Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila meeting is open!
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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!
meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...

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…

meetings.embo.org

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · Sep 4

There are only 8 days left to register to @edrc2025.bsky.social and we would like to thank all our sponsorss! We start acknowledging the support received from @biologists.bsky.social to #EDRC2025 Thank you!

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Morante lab @morantelab.bsky.social · Sep 2

There are only 10 days left to register for EDRC 2025! More information at edrc2025alicante.com
@edrc2025.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @neuroalc.bsky.social @umh.es @drosospain.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social

EDRC 2025 Alicante

edrc2025alicante.com

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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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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · Aug 14

Know an outstanding early career scientist in Drosophila neurogenetics? Nominate them for the Hugo Bellen & Catherine Tasnier Lecture! Winner gets $5K, conference travel, & a talk at #Dros26. Self-nominations welcome. Due Nov 6, 2025. buff.ly/5PqSXHw

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our next extraordinary biologist is Norbert Perrimon, a @dmmjournal.bsky.social Editorial Advisory Board member and author of one of @dev-journal.bsky.social's most cited papers. #100biologists
@perrimonlab.bsky.social

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