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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

Hi Philipp,
We decided we need a sign-up form, so now you can add yourself! Here's the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Welcome to the JEDI Network!

Dear JEDI mates, This is the first step toward creating a complete list of the Junior European Drosophila Investigators (JEDI). We believe this is an important milestone - that will not only to improv...

docs.google.com

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

Hi Daniel - glad to see you already registered!
Hi Dennis - this is the link to the registration form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Welcome to the JEDI Network!

Dear JEDI mates, This is the first step toward creating a complete list of the Junior European Drosophila Investigators (JEDI). We believe this is an important milestone - that will not only to improv...

docs.google.com

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

Hi Mark, we now created a sign-up form. Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Welcome to the JEDI Network!

Dear JEDI mates, This is the first step toward creating a complete list of the Junior European Drosophila Investigators (JEDI). We believe this is an important milestone - that will not only to improv...

docs.google.com

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

Hi Luisa, please register here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Welcome to the JEDI Network!

Dear JEDI mates, This is the first step toward creating a complete list of the Junior European Drosophila Investigators (JEDI). We believe this is an important milestone - that will not only to improv...

docs.google.com

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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 · 10d

Update from #EDRC2025! Four days of amazing talks and poster sessions and JEDIs have reconnected across geographical boundaries. Dinner was fun and we are looking forward to everyone at the next #Drosophila conference!

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

If you wish to be added, contact us with your name, institute, position, email address and research interest!

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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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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 19d

#Drosophila!

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 19d

Dear JEDIs, the #EDRC meeting is coming soon! Who is joining? Looking forward to meeting everyone next week!

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Michael Rera @michaelrera.bsky.social · Sep 2

@fly-jedi.bsky.social please note that @droseu.bsky.social is now on Bluesky

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · Jul 9

It is time to appreciate our sponsors for making the last #Drosophila JEDI meeting possible! Thank you!
@fly-eds.bsky.social ‪
@ijmonod.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
@upcite.bsky.social

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Michael Rera @michaelrera.bsky.social · Jun 15

@richardsever.bsky.social @marialep.bsky.social and Prof. Almut Kelber for the panel discussion

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Michael Rera @michaelrera.bsky.social · Jun 15

Was a great pleasure to co-organise with @drosostalis.bsky.social @nkonst4.bsky.social @ksiudeja.bsky.social @linneweberlab.bsky.social
Let's try to further the build and amplify that network!
(and many thanks to @giorgio.gilest.ro for the transmission)

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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · Jun 15

We want to thank everyone who attended this year's #Drosophila JEDI meeting at Château du Feÿ! Three days of amazing talks, great ideas and chat at the camp fire. We are looking forward to meeting everyone again at the next meeting!

Group photo of the JEDI meeting 2025 at Château du Feÿ.

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Levente Kovács @kovilevi.bsky.social · Jun 6

Good food, nice venue, exceptional company and fantastic science. Food for body, soul and mind. My impression is that's the chemistry of a good flyJEDI meeting @fly-jedi.bsky.social

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Vasso Theodorou @vassotheodorou.bsky.social · Jun 7

Very happy to be in the vibrant JEDI community and present my IMBB work, great science and fantastic people! @fly-eds.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @scentinel.bsky.social and special thanks to the organizers!

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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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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · Jun 5

Very happy to share our latest lab publication!
The hard work of @bboumard.bsky.social, Gwenn Le Meur and collaborators!
Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila: Developmental Cell
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lDFi_Yv6z...

Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila

Boumard et al. demonstrate gap-junction-dependent tissue-scale nucleotide sharing, which impacts cellular sensitivity to perturbation of nucleotide homeostasis and replication stress. Drosophila wing ...

www.cell.com

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Jun 5

The problem of unreasonable demands for more experiments came up at @fly-jedi.bsky.social (and many recent meetings).

And remember the editors response: we ask for these because _you_ demand them as referees…

Adam Gracz @graczlab.bsky.social · Jun 4

This would be a great time for everyone to be cool when reviewing manuscripts and *not* request $25,000 worth of new experiments that don’t substantially advance or validate the study...

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

Context

Attendees in the orangerie at château du Feÿ

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

Ending the evening talks with @ksiudeja.bsky.social presentation of mobile elements in the génome of somatic cells

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