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Alfonso Martinez Arias @amartinezarias.bsky.social · 16h

John Gurdon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gu..., beacon of a generation that tackled head on the deepest question of biology: the development of an organism. The best tribute to him and his peers should be to remember and follow the path they forged for how to do Science in form and content.

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Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....

Male CNS Connectome

A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...

www.janelia.org

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 13

FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

Harvard University lays off fly database team

The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · Jun 3

Flybase lost all of the NIH support overnight - it is a disaster for the community. Please consider donating. I just did! 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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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you need a simple introduction to axonal cell biology and neurodegeneration for your students, here you go:

Shields, Silverdale, Prokop (2024) Understanding the underlying causes of degenerative neural diseases. InnovAiT, 17557380241298477 -- doi.org/10.1177/1755... (OA: tinyurl.com/5dysx3d3)

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Coleman Lab @colemanlab.bsky.social · Nov 19

By popular demand: the Axon Degeneration starter pack. Definitely incomplete so let me know who I missed.

go.bsky.app/5BH6mBE

Axon degeneration

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · May 23

Shit.

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Apr 10

If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social

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Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine (MCCM) @livunicancer.bsky.social · Apr 8

Good news for Kirsty (Biochemistry) and Marisa (MCCM) - Springboard Award winners. Congratulations to both! @livuni-ismib.bsky.social

University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · Apr 7

On #WorldHealthDay, we're celebrating #TeamLivUni biomedical researchers, Dr Kirsty McMillan and Dr Marisa Merino, who have been awarded prestigious Springboard Awards from the Academy of Medical Sciences! 👏💙

🔗 Read more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/07/s...

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Kyra Campbell @kyracampbelllab.bsky.social · Mar 27

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving scientist/mentor! ❤️

British Society for Developmental Biology @bsdb.bsky.social · Mar 25

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 Waddington Medal is Helen Skaer!
bsdb.org/2025/03/25/2...

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Feb 7

Paper alert! 🚀very happy to have been involved in this collaboration @livuni-ismib.bsky.social where we developed pexophagy reporters for use in Drosophila research. Great work from @drbaronefg.bsky.social‬

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jan 20

‘There is a worldwide shortage of scientists and because it’s a worldwide shortage, there’s worldwide competition,' says our Foreign Secretary Professor Alison Noble, as she warns that the UK's visa process and costs could put off scientists from moving to the UK: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

High visa fees putting skilled scientists and entrepreneurs off the UK

Leading scientists have now called on ministers to review the upfront costs that must be paid by workers in science, technology, engineering and maths fields.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Jan 17

🚀 Hot off the press! Our team findings @livuni-ismib.bsky.social on brain ageing unveil a novel connection between oxidative stress, neuronal microtubules, and the cytoskeletal protein EB1 driving neuronal atrophy. 🎉 A huge thank you to the fantastic team!
www.aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/...

Oxidative Stress Promotes Axonal Atrophy through Alterations in Microtubules and EB1 Function

<p>Axons are crucial for transmitting neurochemical signals. As organisms age, the ability of neurons to maintain their axons declines; hence, aged axons are more susceptible to damage or dysfunction....

www.aginganddisease.org

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Jan 17

There is still time to apply to this PhD opportunity funded BBSRC NWD PhD. Come join us at @livuni-ismib.bsky.social to study novel roles of Tau and Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules in neuronal ageing in Drosophila.
Deadline: 31/1/2025.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology @livuni-ismib.bsky.social · Jan 10

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a Gold #AthenaSwan Award from @advancehe.bsky.social!

Thank you to the ISMIB Athena Swan Team who made this all possible!

#GenderEquality | #TeamLivUni

bit.ly/4jcgcew

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Stephen Royle @steveroyle.bsky.social · Jan 13

It's @biologists.bsky.social Centenary and I am really looking forward to their Biologists@100 meeting in Liverpool. For cell biology folk, the @bscb-official.bsky.social annual meeting is incorporated and there are lots of great speakers. See you there?

Poster for the meeting showing photos of Liverpool's waterfront and a list of keynote speakers.

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Dave Sherry @myonlyneuron.bsky.social · Jan 14

This is a serious problem in science (and I would bet other professions, too). The profession cannot afford to lose such a wealth of talent.

Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jan 12

“women in the largest discipline (BIO) are 23.26% more likely to leave science after 10 years and 39.74% more likely to leave science at the end of the study period…Our data show that with the passage of time, women disappear from science in ever-larger proportions compared to men” 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽‍🔬

Leaving Science: Attrition of Biologists in 38 OECD Countries

This study examines biologists leaving science in 38 OECD countries in the past two decades. We use publication metadata from a global bibliometric database (raw Scopus data at the micro-level of indi...

www.biorxiv.org

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Jan 9

Wow, this is beautiful work!

Lorena Benedetti @lorenabenedetti.bsky.social · Dec 20

5/ and in neurons of the fly brain.

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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · Jan 6

A brief history of The Company of Biologists - 100 years of supporting scientists!👍👏
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years

Summary: As we begin celebrating our 100-year anniversary, we reflect on our extraordinary story so far, consider the Company's current support for our communities and prepare for some inspiring activ...

journals.biologists.com

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Drosophilosopher @hammedbadmos.bsky.social · Jan 6

The Interactive Fly @interactivefly.bsky.social · Jan 4

Okenve-Ramos, P., Gosling, R., Chojnowska-Monga, M., Gupta, K., Shields, S., Alhadyian, H., Collie, C., Gregory, E., Sanchez-Soriano, N. (2024). Neuronal ageing is promoted by the decay of the microtubule cytoskeleton. PLoS Biol, 22(3):e3002504 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Neuronal ageing is promoted by the decay of the microtubule cytoskeleton

Aging is associated with structural and functional changes in neurons thought to drive motor, sensory, and cognitive impairments. Using a Drosophila model of aging, the authors report that deteriorati...

journals.plos.org

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Dec 18

Funded BBSRC NWD PhD to study novel interactions and roles of Tau and Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules in neuronal ageing. Join the Sanchez-Soriano and Ashe (@markashe.bsky.social) lab.

Interested? Please email for details.
Deadline: 31/1/2025. Please share🙂

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

BBSRC NWD: Investigating the nexus between Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules and Tau during neuronal ageing at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - BBSRC NWD: Investigating the nexus between Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules and Tau during neuronal ageing at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · Dec 13

Now official: our next
@embl.org
course on #Drosophila
Genetics & Genomics will be held 3-8 Aug '25. Send in your applications!
@bsdb.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social
@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social @virtualflybrain.bsky.social

EMBL Events @events.embl.org · Dec 13

Hi Bluesky community! 👋

Are you looking forward to 2025 as much as we are? 👀

We just updated our 2025 Annual Poster to include even more events for you to join, so go and have a look!

➡️ s.embl.org/poster-bl

#EMBLEvents #molecularbiology #lifesciencetraining

The 2025 EMBL Annual Poster, listing all of the courses and conferences taking place in 2025 at EMBL

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Dec 8

Hello, could you also add me here? Work on the cell biology of neurons, with a focus on the cytoskeleton. Thanks!!

Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Dec 6

Hello, my team works on mechanisms of neuronal ageing. Would it be possible to be added?

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Natalia Sanchez-Soriano @natsansor.bsky.social · Dec 3

PhD alert!! (MRC DiMeN) in Barsukov and Sanchez-Soriano labs on novel roles of Shank3 with a unique approach: protein structure and cell biology in vivo 🧠 in Drosophila. Deadline Friday 13th December at 5pm (UK time) Interested? www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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