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Bassem Hassan @bassemh.bsky.social · May 7

Hot off the press:
The excellent Maheva Andriatsilavo and colleagues show how a temporal sequence of stochastic molecular mechanisms allow the emergence of stereotyped individualised neuronal circuits. Just published in Nature Neuroscience:
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Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Neuroscience - The developmental origin of behavioral individuality is unclear. The authors show that a temporal sequence of genetically encoded stochastic mechanisms explains variation in...

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Zhixing Chen @zhixingchen2.bsky.social · Jul 16

Check it out at PNAS today. Thank you Alexandre for the collaboration!!

PK Mem probes offer long time-lapse imaging of cell membrane dynamics. Made possible by
Jing Ling, Yitong Liu, and all the collaborators!

Available @spirochrome.com

Alexandre Dumoulin @axonsalex.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thrilled to collaborate with @zhixingchen2.bsky.social Lab @pku1898.bsky.social !
We tested new PK Mem dyes—gentle, photostable tools to label the plasma membrane in live neurons, making it easier to track growth cone motility & axonal transport. #liveimaging #neuroscience
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 16

This isn't a coincidence, IMO. The fly community is generally super rigorous - because there are so many tools and techniques available, people expect you to really nail things in order to get published (and keep getting funded)

W. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · Jul 16

Model organism communities are fantastic. Good work, "Drosophilists"! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible

Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.

www.nature.com

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thomashkidd.bsky.social @thomashkidd.bsky.social · Jun 27

Visitor at work today @unr-biologybuzz.bsky.social

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Alexandre Dumoulin @axonsalex.bsky.social · Apr 30

This time-lapse captures 17 hours of axonal growth from a chicken dorsal root ganglion explant, visualized through the actin cytoskeleton using live confocal imaging.
I just submitted this video to the Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Today is the last day to upload yours! 😉
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Ilan davis @ilandavis.bsky.social · Feb 19

You maybe interested in this film I made in a very remote part of Tibet while I was doing my PhD in Developmental Biology, shown on BBC2 in 1988.

A pilgrimage to Mount Kailas - the centre of the universe to Tibetan Buddhism.

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A pilgrimage to Mt Kailas, Tibet 1987. BBC2 14min 50sec

YouTube video by Ilan Davis Lab

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thomashkidd.bsky.social @thomashkidd.bsky.social · Feb 7

Very interesting! Buaiahug brand?

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Meet Zandawala @zandawala.bsky.social · Jan 6

We are pleased to report publication of the Drosophila circadian clock connectome in @naturecomms.bsky.social. Check out the final version for additional analyses not present in the preprint. @unrcabnr.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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thomashkidd.bsky.social @thomashkidd.bsky.social · Dec 22

Vaccinated for hepatitis? Any evidence of getting into human food or medicines? Any ponds with algae nearby?

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Alexandre Dumoulin @axonsalex.bsky.social · Dec 20

For this #FluorescenceFriday, let's watch an axonal growth cone (for a change) displaying its most beautiful filopodia (this time)! 🤩 They are so dynamic! 1 image taken every 500 ms for 5 min played at 15 fps. 🧪

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Samantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · Dec 20

Please retweet! Open rank faculty search in the basic sciences at UCLA David School of Medicine. Multiple positions are available - the application deadline is 19th January. Please apply here:

recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062

Open Rank Faculty Position in David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.apo.ucla.edu

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Dirk Rieger @flyingclocks.bsky.social · Dec 5

#FörsterLab #ZandawalaLab #YoshiiLab #circadianClocks
#connectome #Drosophila #chronobiology
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Dirk Rieger @flyingclocks.bsky.social · Dec 5

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Synaptic connectome of the Drosophila circadian clock

Synaptic connectome of the Drosophila circadian clock

Nature Communications - Circadian clocks are a fundamental biological system which orchestrate various physiological and behavioral processes in response to daily environmental changes. Here, the...

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Alexandre Dumoulin @axonsalex.bsky.social · Nov 15

Let's unleash the axonal growth cones for this #Fluorescencefriday ! #neuroscience #Liveimaging #microscopy #Axonguidance

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Alexandre Dumoulin @axonsalex.bsky.social · Nov 13

May commissural axons find their way in here 🙏
#Microscopy #LiveImaging #AxonGuidance #Neuroscience

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John Chilton @axonology.bsky.social · Sep 26

These Pooh and Piglet neurons are #lost without ROBO receptors. More about the wonders of axon guidance: axonology.com/how-to-build...
#SciArtSeptember #SciArt #neuroskyence 🧪

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet neurons walking in circles #SciArtSeptember

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