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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · 5d

🎓 Huge congratulations to Amanda González, from our Development and Growth Control Laboratory (@milanlab.bsky.social), on successfully defending your doctoral thesis today! 🎉

Here’s to many more milestones in this exciting new chapter, Dr. González! 🥂

#PhD #PhDChat #PhdDone

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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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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!
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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!
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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Rangan Lab @ranganlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Registration is officially open for the 2026 EMBO Drosophila Meeting in Crete 🪰☀️. This flagship meeting brings together researchers from around the world to share discoveries, foster collaborations, and celebrate the power of Drosophila in advancing biology. Consider applying!

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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!
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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Katja Röper @katjaroeper.bsky.social · Aug 15

If you run a fly lab and have not yet contributed to save FlyBase, please look at our wiki page for the latest information!

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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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · Aug 16

Why would anyone want to be a scientist? url: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Why would anyone want to be a scientist?

It is difficult to fathom why anyone intelligent enough to be a scientist would actually choose to be one. Doing good science requires the utmost exertion of body, mind and spirit, yet is consistently...

journals.biologists.com

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Perrimon Lab @perrimonlab.bsky.social · Aug 15

gsas.harvard.edu/news/better-...

A Better Way to Treat Obesity

PhD student Muhammad Ahmad has pinpointed important genes that regulate the retention and burning of fat in fruit flies and mammalian cells. His goal? To develop gene-editing therapies that could be a...

gsas.harvard.edu

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · Aug 16

Beautiful!!!!!! Congrats, Laur(ita)!!!!

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Brian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · Aug 15

Flybase is free to use but not free to make. It takes large teams of people and millions of dollars a year to create the knowledgebas and tools for fly research. Please donate generously.

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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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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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · Jun 25

Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...

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Eileen Furlong @eileen-furlong.bsky.social · Jul 30

To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept ‪@embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab –great package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Group Leader - Genome Biology Unit

Are you ready to lead groundbreaking research in Genome Biology? Join us at EMBL! We are seeking a motivated scientist to lead an independent research group addressing exciting and original biological...

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com

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EMBO @embo.org · Aug 13

Join junior group leaders using #Drosophila to understand development, #CellBiology, #evolution and more at the EMBO Workshop on Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, 21–27 June 2026 in Kolymbari, Greece.

Deadline: 3 November

meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
#EMBOevents #GeneSky 🧪

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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Norwegian Centre for Molecular Biosciences and Medicine (NCMBM) @ncmbm.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups!

🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!

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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations to @fly-eds.bsky.social board member Gábor Juhász @juhg.hu and to Oren Schuldiner @schuldinerorenlab.bsky.social for their election to EMBO membership!
#Drosophila

EMBO @embo.org · Jul 1

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪

Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025

Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO

Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond

www.embo.org

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congrats and welcome to Barcelona, Mónica!!!

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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · Jul 1

🧪 Don't miss our double #seminar session this week, with Dr. Hector Herranz (University of Copenhagen-@ucph.bsky.social) and Dr. Salvador Herrera (@cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social-Universidad Pablo de Olavide).

Host: @milanlab.bsky.social

Register here ➡️ https://shorturl.at/GcxTO

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · Jun 29

Enhorabuena!!!!
La investigación sobre la causa del autismo, premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia 2025 www.lavanguardia.com/vanguardia-d...

La investigación sobre la causa del autismo, premio Vanguardia de la Ciencia 2025

El descubrimiento de un fallo en el desarrollo del cerebro que causa autismo ha sido elegido por los lectores de La Vanguardia como la investigación científica liderada

www.lavanguardia.com

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Mathew Kiang @mathewkiang.com · Jun 25

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

ki.se/en/about-ki/...

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions

Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

ki.se

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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · Jun 27

elpais.com/opinion/2025...

El Roto: la biología y la ideología

Viñeta del 27 de junio de 2025

elpais.com

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IRB Barcelona @irbbarcelona.org · Jun 18

🧐 What's happening here? It may not be obvious but they're cells competing between each other.

⚔️ This battle of red vs green is one of @milanlab.bsky.social 's findings: aneuploid cells are actively eliminated by neighbouring cells through cell competition.

📰 Read the news here ➡️ shorturl.at/Ektif

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

Congratulations to the winner of the #EDS best PhD thesis prize Jack Holcombe, for his work "Dissecting Stress Resilience Mechanisms During Epithelial Homeostasis and Repair” conducted in the lab of Helen Weavers at the University of Bristol europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...

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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to @jackholcombe.bsky.social for his #EDS best PhD thesis award! Jack will give a plenary talk at #EDRC2025

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Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · Jun 3

FlyBase needs our help.

Lucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · Jun 3

#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate!

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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