Steven Marygold

Also a lot of new #MetabolicPathway reports: NUCLEOTIDE-SUGAR BIOSYNTHESIS flybase.org/reports/FBgg..., HEME BIOSYNTHESIS flybase.org/reports/FBgg..., IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER ASSEMBLY flybase.org/reports/FBgg..., Mo-MOLYBDOPTERIN COFACTOR BIOSYNTHESIS flybase.org/reports/FBgg...,

gold crispr-cas9 enamel pins

drosophila embroidered patches and enamel pins

IgM antibody enamel pins in purple and cyan

All proceeds from my #sciart Etsy shop will now be donated to
@flybase.bsky.social . Due to fed cuts, this beloved resource that I use daily has lost it's funding, and I'm helping in my small way. Now's a good time stock up on #STEM & #drosophila gifts & swag!
www.etsy.com/shop/Picosti...

Why a database of bug genes could be one of Trump’s most devastating cuts at Harvard FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter for your health.

MassLive.com recently interviewed several Harvard FlyBase people and wrote this news article about the importance of FlyBase: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f

Michael Ashburner FRS was an influential figure in the fields of Drosophila genomics and early sequencing database initiatives such as @ebi.embl.org.

Read about their contributions across genetics and bioinformatics in the new biographical memoir: buff.ly/f01zNat

@geneticscam.bsky.social‬

Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.

After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.

I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵

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 ...

European-based researchers can help support future #flybase curation by donating at this site: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

FlyBase needs your help!

Because of recent changes to government funding, the NIH grant that supported FlyBase has been "terminated." flybase.org

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 ...

This vital resource @flybase.bsky.social is in acute peril: its funding blocked by the vindictiveness of Trump. Emergency funds needed *now*, pending longer term solutions. Personal donations from Europe can be made here (UK taxpayers can gift-aid); other routes also possible. US appeal to follow.

FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.

If you haven't heard already: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...

#Drosophila @flybase.bsky.social requires 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 help if you can!

European Fly PIs: please respond to the email we sent out yesterday and help save FlyBase!

The #Drosophila community can donate to the European side to save FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social at the following link:
www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

NIH killed grants on orders from Elon Musk’s DOGE Court documents and internal correspondence show the cost-cutting force has broad control over the world’s largest public biomedical funder.

Who's calling the shots at NIH?

Sworn testimonies and internal e-mails reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest public biomedical funder.

DOGE has provided lists of hundreds of grants to cut, and DOGE is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released

This story was possible thanks to NIH employees who reached out; I'm always looking for more sources, so please DM me or find me on Signal (mkozlov.01).

PS: If you hit a paywall trying to read the story, making a free account will open up the full story.

Vacatures - Postdoc GO-CAM modelling of synapse functions in SynGO - Amsterdam UMC Are you excited to work as an experienced scientist in bioinformatics or computational biology for the CNCR in Amsterdam for three years? Apply now!

Synapse pathway modelling (GO-CAM) #biocuration opportunity at SynGO:
werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...

FlyBase has added new #MetabolicPathway reports in FB2025_02: NAD(+) BIOSYNTHESIS VIA THE SALVAGE PATHWAY flybase.org/reports/FBgg..., TRICARBOXYLIC ACID (TCA) CYCLE flybase.org/reports/FBgg..., PROTEIN O-GLYCOSYLATION flybase.org/reports/FBgg..., PROTEIN O-GalNAcYLATION flybase.org/reports/FBgg...,

short animation of the various features of the functionome.geneontology.org website

THE PAN-GO #FUNCTIONOME IS LIVE! Read our brand new #openaccess @nature.com paper and explore the PAN-GO Functionome, our most accurate and complete resource ever!

Paper links, press release, how to contribute and more on the @alliancegenome.bsky.social Forums: community.alliancegenome.org/t/8343

New #MetabolicPathway Reports include CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS flybase.org/reports/FBgg... CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN CATABOLISM flybase.org/reports/FBgg... HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS flybase.org/reports/FBgg...

New publication about #Drosophila paralogs encoding enzymes of carbohydrate #metabolism: www.micropublication.org/journals/bio...

Read the thread for a story that explains, in part, why the community loved having Scott as a part

FlyBase Metabolic Pathways report for CHITIN BIOSYNTHESIS.

New #GeneGroups subset: Metabolic Pathways!
These manually curated reports aim to facilitate metabolic research in Drosophila by providing high-quality gene lists and visual representations of fly metabolic pathways, integrated with the other rich data in FlyBase.

For the FB2024_06 release, we provide a first set of 20 pathways involved in carbohydrate metabolism. More will be added in the coming months. Current list is here: flybase.org/lists/FBgg/m...

The new Metabolic Pathway reports on FlyBase provide manually curated, high-quality gene lists and visual representations of #Drosophila #metabolic pathways, integrated with the other rich data in FlyBase. E.g., see the report for GLYCOLYSIS (flybase.org/reports/FBgg...).

OPEN LETTER CAMPAIGN - Global Biodata Coalition Careers at the Global Biodata Coalition.

The Global Biodata Coalition has an open letter campaign to show support for sustainable funding for biodata resources. Please take a minute to read and decide if you want to sign globalbiodata.org/open-letter-...
#biocuration #bioinformatics