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📢There is still time to register for our #DevPres webinar on #stemcells and #organoids, taking place on Wednesday 13 August at 16:00 BST (UTC+1).

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Perks of having early morning time points include beautiful #deer stings on campus. #iubloomington

🧪 the battle for knowledge and discovery is ageless. Thanks @heiman.bsky.social

In this 1892 lecture, the poet A. E. Housman advocates for basic curiosity-driven discovery research:
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~martinh/poe...

I've copied some of my favorite parts below.

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I think a good rule of thumb is to spend at least as much time thinking about your data as you did obtaining it. It's common for people to spend a lot less time thinking than doing which gives rise to all kinds of problems.

A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Reveals ZDHHC8-Dependent Gαq Palmitoylation as a Key Regulator of GPCR Signaling G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that couple to the Gαq signaling pathway control diverse physiological processes, yet the full complement of cellular regulators for this pathway remains unknown. H...

A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Reveals ZDHHC8-Dependent Gαq Palmitoylation as a Key Regulator of GPCR Signaling
Muhammad Ahmad, Norbert Perrimon, Raghuvir Viswanatha, Ah-Ram Kim
bioRxiv 2025.08.06.668953; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Super stars! Congratulations all! @needhibhalla.bsky.social @kjverhey1.bsky.social @luskinglab.bsky.social @veronicasegarra.bsky.social @olzmannlab.bsky.social

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

Small parasitoid wasp Trichogramma kaykai genome assembly published in #G3journal is one of the highest-quality genomes for the genus to date. This will serve as a resource for understanding the evolution of sex and selfish genes.

Read more: buff.ly/bSlvpol

📢 Applications are open for the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics! Now’s the time to gather your materials to apply. 🗓 Deadline: September 18

You can use it to support your attendance to #Dros26 in March & other conferences!

🔗 buff.ly/Gez7A2S

Congratulations Needhi, this is amazing 🥳🥂🎊

I am honored to be selected as an ASCB fellow! SO much thanks to those who nominated me and provided letters of support!

And congratulations to the other Fellows selected! 🎉🥳🎊

Here's our new "micropublication" - it's a cool format for publishing isolated results (not every study has to be a "full story")-"Reduced insulin/IGF-1 signaling and loss of pals-22 promote repetitive DNA silencing in C. elegans "https://micropublication.org/journals/biology/micropub-biology-001747

Exciting update: In addition to my role as Chief Editor of CSH Protocols, I’m happy to now also play an editorial role at CSH Perspectives in Biology & CSH Perspectives in Medicine, two outstanding reviews journals.

I’m always looking for great ideas for collections & review articles! Let's talk 😊

attention 🪰folks. many of you received a survey from @genetics-gsa.bsky.social about potential future sites of the US Fly meeting. We are excited for #Dros26 Chicago, but future sites are in question, for many logistical reasons. GSA is hard at work planning, but we need to hear from you. please RT!

This is by far one of the coolest papers I have read in a while ! Congratulations @planaria1.bsky.social and team 🎉👏🏽
Everyone go and read the paper - this is so inspiring 😊👩🏽‍🔬

Differential regulation of eye specification in Drosophila by Polycomb Group epigenetic repressors Highlighted Article: Distinct gene sets are differentially expressed in response to the knockdown of Polycomb Group (PcG) members, suggesting that multiple avenues may exist for the eye to be transfor...

My lab's newest research paper on the Drosophila eye is published in Development today. Thanks to the editorial staff for writing a research highlight and interviewing us about our work.

journals.biologists.com/dev/article-...

In #G3journal, @tennessenlab.bsky.social and colleagues generated new loss-of-function mutations in the #Drosophila D2hgdh gene to study D-2-hydroxyglutarate, a potent oncometabolite, function during development and disease.

Read more: buff.ly/8ELi9GW

Wonderful opportunity for folks interested in science communication and #community building for the #Devbio and #stemcell research community. @the-node.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social are wonderful and amazingly enriching teams to work with 🎉
#evodevo #genetics #scicomm #earlycareer

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Joaquín Navajas Acedo Joaquín Navajas Acedo is a Postdoc in the lab of Dr Alexander Schier in Biozentrum at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He is interested in how the nervous system evolves and develops at the singl...

In case you've ever wondered, I talked with @amjeve.bsky.social about science, myself, and the future of #DevBio as part of the Pathway to Independence Fellowship @biologists.bsky.social 🧪 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

A queen butterfly in side view with its wings closed, hanging from a bush.

A large, robust scoliid wasp with bright yellow spots on its abdomen, drinking nectar from the bizarre round flower head of a wooly butterfly bush.

A giant blue-black tarantula hawk wasp with orange wings climbing up a sunlit zizotes milkweed.

I’m gonna ruin my reputation for bug photography by posting phone photos. But, it was quite a day in the garden so here are some phone photos.

Early-career #Drosophila biologists (grad students, postdoc, pre-tenure faculty) looking to add a me tore to your mentoring network, be sure to complete the survey by 9/1 so that you can be matched to the best mentor possible.

It's the first time in these many years I am seeing so many people in Bloomington on the streets!
#TasteofBloomington #foodfair

I spoke to Renaud Pourpe (of @lonelypipette.bsky.social fame with @epigenetique.bsky.social) about the unique challenges faced by postdocs and early-career PIs worldwide on the transition from postdoc to PI.

Lots of useful advice shared (by others):

www.alba.network/diversity-po...

Check it out.

Totally 😂
We can exchange notes too ☺️

Which bar did you try ? They have a nut butter pretzel bar which is really good!

Potato evolved from tomato 9 million years ago. http://dlvr.it/TMFCK8

Sandra Knapp, Loren H. Rieseberg,Jianquan Liu, Sanwen Huang
@cp-cell.bsky.social

Friday movie night it is ☺️
#minions #movienight

Slido is by far my favorite interactive presentation tool so far. It works really well.

FlyCROSS 2025–26: Call for early career scientists - the Node Do not miss this call for mentees from the Drosophila community. The Fly Board is excited to announce the second cycle of FlyCROSS (2025–2026). The goal

Are you an early-career researcher using Drosophila in your research?

Sign up to be matched with a mentor as part of FlyCROSS 2025-26.
Apply by 1 September 2025
thenode.biologists.com/mentees-flyc...

A wonderful article for aloo (potato) lovers ☺️