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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing paper on how metabolites act as signaling factors which impact growth and development by ways which are not limited to merely changes in flux, energy production and biogenesis.
#Drosophila #metabolism #ecdysone #Ampk #interorgancommunication

Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 5d

💫NEW: @telemanlab.bsky.social & co demonstrate that #AMPK can be activated by signaling metabolite, #adenosine, under non-stress conditions during #Drosophila development. The intestine regulates adenosine levels, thus, remotely controlling wing disc AMPK activation and growth.
bit.ly/4gX6njF

Remote control of AMPK via extracellular adenosine controls tissue growth - Nature Cell Biology

Zhang et al. demonstrate that AMPK can be activated by signalling metabolite, adenosine, under non-stress conditions during Drosophila development. The intestine regulates adenosine levels, thus, remotely controlling wing disc AMPK activation and growth.

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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 21h

This is our privilege to maintain our long lasting collaboration!

Laboratory of Gnotobiology @gnotobiology.bsky.social · 23h

What a privilege to host our wonderful collaborators - Renata C. Matos, Tiphaine Fargeot, and Jean-Louis Thoumas - from Dr François Leulier’s lab in Lyon, France! 🇫🇷✨ Big applause for their fantastic talks and discussions👏@francoisleulier.bsky.social @renatafcmatos.bsky.social @mbuavcr.bsky.social

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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 2d

... and we had the pleasure of the live detailed explanation today @igflyon.bsky.social by Richard himself!
Tks for coming to our external seminar series.

Richard Benton @bentonlab.bsky.social · 3d

Having personally sworn for years that insects don’t use GPCRs for odour detection, Suguru Takagi (@sugurutakagi.bsky.social) discovers that, in fact, they sometimes do …

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

A GPCR signaling pathway in insect odor detection

Odor detection differs fundamentally in vertebrates, which use G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and insects, which employ ion channels. Here, we report the first evidence for a GPCR defining tunin...

www.biorxiv.org

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Richard Benton @bentonlab.bsky.social · 3d

Having personally sworn for years that insects don’t use GPCRs for odour detection, Suguru Takagi (@sugurutakagi.bsky.social) discovers that, in fact, they sometimes do …

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

A GPCR signaling pathway in insect odor detection

Odor detection differs fundamentally in vertebrates, which use G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), and insects, which employ ion channels. Here, we report the first evidence for a GPCR defining tunin...

www.biorxiv.org

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 3d

#ExpertsCNRS 🔎 Journalistes, en lien avec le #NobelPrize de médecine, le bureau de presse du @cnrs.fr vous propose des scientifiques pouvant vous éclairer sur les travaux des lauréats.

Si vous êtes intéressés :
📞📩 cnrs.fr/fr/contacts

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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to know more about the science behind the latest @nobelprize.bsky.social in Physiology and Medecine awarded to the "FoxP3-Tregs" field have a look at this:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
A very detailed account!

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

www.nobelprize.org

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 5d

Using gnotobiotic mice to decipher effects of gut microbiome repair in undernourished children on tuft and goblet cell function https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.02.680046v1

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Nature Cell Biology @natcellbio.nature.com · 5d

💫NEW: @telemanlab.bsky.social & co demonstrate that #AMPK can be activated by signaling metabolite, #adenosine, under non-stress conditions during #Drosophila development. The intestine regulates adenosine levels, thus, remotely controlling wing disc AMPK activation and growth.
bit.ly/4gX6njF

Remote control of AMPK via extracellular adenosine controls tissue growth - Nature Cell Biology

Zhang et al. demonstrate that AMPK can be activated by signalling metabolite, adenosine, under non-stress conditions during Drosophila development. The intestine regulates adenosine levels, thus, remotely controlling wing disc AMPK activation and growth.

bit.ly

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Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · 12d

#edrc2025 European #drosophila Society meeting announces the 2029 meeting location : see you all in Szeged (and Bonn in 2027 of course)!

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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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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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Olivier Neyrolles @oneyrolles.bsky.social · 16d

Excited to share Wendy Le Mouëllic’s PhD work, now published in @pnas.org!
It reveals that M. tuberculosis depends on inorganic sulfate import to survive inside host cells—fueling essential processes such as redox balance and stress resistance.
Huge congrats to Wendy & colleagues!
shorturl.at/WbFQC

Inorganic sulfate is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung tissue colonization and redox balance | PNAS

Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease caused by a single pathogen, highlighting the urgent need for novel therapies. A deeper under...

www.pnas.org

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 15d

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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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 15d

Fly PIs from @igflyon.bsky.social en route to #EDRC2025!
Starring @yghavi.bsky.social, Samir Merabet (incognito, not on Bluesky), and @enriquezlab.bsky.social - already conducting ‘field research’ on Alicante delicacies 😋

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fly paper broadcast @fly-broadcast.bsky.social · 19d

Pathogen-induced damage in Drosophila: Uncoupling disease tolerance from resistance
#Drosophila

Pathogen-induced damage in Drosophila: Uncoupling disease tolerance from resistance #Drosophila

PubMed link

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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EnriquezLab @enriquezlab.bsky.social · 20d

We are recruiting postdocs and PhD students! 🎓🔬

Check out the offer here 👉 igfl.ens-lyon.fr/equipes/j-en...

Please share, thanks! 🙏

a man with a beard blowing a horn with the letter x on his belt

ALT: a man with a beard blowing a horn with the letter x on his belt

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 21d

Open Call for Expressions of Interest: become a Max Planck Director & redefine what’s possible in science! We offer scientific independence, long-term stable funding & exceptional infrastructure. Lead your own department & open new frontiers of research. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 → www.mpg.de/directors

Directors

The Max Planck Society offers Directors a unique platform for groundbreaking research and leadership in diverse scientific fields.

www.mpg.de

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IBENS @ibensens.bsky.social · 21d

📢Call for Junior Group Leader in Functional Genomics

The Institute of Biology of the École Normale Supérieure is seeking to recruit a junior group leader in the area of Functional Genomics.

Deadline: October 31st, 2025

#IBENS #joboffer

🔗 www.bio.ens.psl.eu/depbio/spip....

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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 22d

Tks to the awesome jury composed of @bardinlab.bsky.social
Ditte Andersen (sharing bluesky account with @colombani-lab.bsky.social)
@leopoldlab.bsky.social
@mollereaulab.bsky.social

François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 22d

Big day today for our own @longweibai.bsky.social
Now Dr Bai!
Congratulations, proud of you!

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bioRxiv Physiology @biorxiv-physio.bsky.social · 23d

Gut hormone signaling drives sex differences in metabolism and behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.10.675306v1

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Dr Sian Gramates @drglam.bsky.social · 23d

The situation with FlyBase has made the national news 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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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 22d

Big day today for our own @longweibai.bsky.social
Now Dr Bai!
Congratulations, proud of you!

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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · 24d

📢 Lancement de la campagne ATIP-Avenir 2026

@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social et @inserm.fr ouvre la campagne ATIP-Avenir 2026, destinée à soutenir des projets de recherche innovants portés par de jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs.

📅 Toutes les informations : buff.ly/5DH6mpd

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25d

This is a disaster if the EU doesn't follow up by doubling the budget 😬🧪

Derek Severi Lundberg @derekseveri.bsky.social · 25d

record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals

This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

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François Leulier @francoisleulier.bsky.social · 25d

Similar huge trend at last round of @erc.europa.eu grant application. @ec.europa.eu must adapt to this trend!

Derek Severi Lundberg @derekseveri.bsky.social · 25d

record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals

This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

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