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Is there a topic you'd like to hear about in an upcoming webinar, or a speaker (especially one from outside the Alliance) you'd like to suggest? Our DMs are open!

There's no Alliance webinar this month; you can always check the schedule at the Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar.

We're considering holding an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session in January or February; if you've got questions you'd like to ask us, you can DM this account.

It will also be posted later today at the Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar, where you can find links to recordings of all previous Alliance webinars, as well as a link to register for upcoming webinars.

Today's webinar, 'Introduction to MicroPublication Biology', presented by Tim Schedl. It's now posted at the Alliance YouTube channel youtu.be/RFXXu-4nc2E, so you can review it, share it with a colleague, or see it if you missed it.

#KnowYourZDM or ‘Know Your Zebrafish Disease Model’ features ways the miniature fish is helping doctors and researchers fight human diseases. Stay tuned for more on this series!

This month's Alliance webinar is TOMORROW (Thurs Nov 20) at noon ET. Come learn about www.micropublication.org. To get the Zoom link, register here tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by midnight ET tonight (Nov 19).

Want to learn more about the journal MicroPublication, in which you can publish a brief scholarly report in which data is presented in a single figure? Come to Thursday's Alliance webinar at noon ET (Nov 20). Preregister by midnight Wednesday (11/19) for the Zoom link tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt

Calling thesis advisors, department chairs, and supervisory committee members! 📣 Nominate an outstanding PhD/PhD candidate working with Drosophila for the Larry Sandler Award. They'll present at #Dros26. Learn more and submit a nomination: buff.ly/mtfDbBD

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We have a schedule of upcoming webinars & a registration link on the Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

This month's Alliance webinar "Introduction to MicroPublication Biology", presented by Tim Schedl, will be Thurs. Nov. 20 at noon ET. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Nov. 19 (before midnight ET). Note: you can now request to registered for all future webinars.

This chilly autumn day brings the October #TechnicalAdvances wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase....
If you'd like your paper with a new technique, resource,or reagent featured in an upcoming month, make sure to flag it when you #FTYP.

Developing #genomic resources for species of #conservation concern? Submit an abstract for the upcoming #PAG33 conference! @ebpgenome.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social @jgi.doe.gov @alliancegenome.bsky.social @genomecanada.ca @canadianbiogenome.bsky.social

FlyBase secures funding for year, but future still uncertain The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.

There is still “an urgent need for donations from the community,” says Eric Lai, president of the Fly Board.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...

two leopard cubs are playing on a slide at philadelphia zoo ALT: two leopard cubs are playing on a slide at philadelphia zoo

It's #InternationalSnowLeopardDay. Check out GO's new October release for Unica unica #GOannotations, as well as over 9.4 million other annotations for other organisms!

More information about the release on the @alliancegenome.bsky.social Forums:
community.alliancegenome.org/t/8546

Zebrafish embryo undergoing gastrulation. Credit to Dr. Gopi Shah at EMBL. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Welcome to Bluesky, European Drosophila Population Genomics Consortium @droseu.bsky.social.

We've added you to the Model Organism Research Resources starter pack go.bsky.app/Npxsd7h

YouTube video by Alliance Of Genome Resources A practical guide to Using the Alliance as a research resource

ICYMI: Yesterday's Alliance webinar, 'A practical guide to Using the Alliance as a research resource' is now posted to our YouTube channel youtu.be/fr7T5Y1hxAI
You can find all our previous webinars on the Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

An impressive multi-authored thread on the Drosophila adult male connectome!

The next Alliance webinar "A practical guide to Using the Alliance as a research resource" is TOMORROW (Oct 16), noon EDT

Register here tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt to get the Zoom link by midnight EDT TONIGHT (Oct 15)

Hey! Good to see you! You've been missed.

#zebrafish | Zebrafish Rock! The Francis Crick Institute and The University of Manchester have invited you to the UK #zebrafish husbandry meeting on Wednesday 22 October at the University of Manchester. Tickets are £10 and inclu...

Don’t miss out on the UK #zebrafish husbandry meeting at the University of Manchester on Wednesday 22nd October. Ticket sales end in two days (15th). More details in the LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/zebraf...

The next Alliance webinar is THIS Thursday (Oct 16, noon EDT). Register by midnight EDT the night before (Weds Oct 15) to get the Zoom link tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt (if you're already registered, you can expect a link tonight).

Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Julia Wucherpfennig | Whitehead Institute Julia Wucherpfennig is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member and director Ruth Lehmann’s lab studying the relationship between Wolbachia bacteria, which infect many insects around the world, and the...

"Fruit flies have a lot of fun gene names. Some of my favorites are Asterix and Obelix, which are named after a French comic book, because I have childhood associations with them," Julia Wucherpfennig says. #WhiteheadPostdocProfiles wi.mit.edu/news/meet-wh...

You can find a schedule of upcoming Alliance webinars on the Alliance Event Calendar www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar, along with a registration link (you can register for any/all of the webinars), as well as links to recordings of all previous webinars.

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

The next Alliance webinar "A practical guide to Using the Alliance as a research resource" is Thurs. Oct 16, noon EDT Paul Sternberg will demonstrate how he uses the Alliance for comparative genomics in support of his research.

Register here to get the Zoom link by Weds Oct 15 tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt

‘International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium: Insights from the Past, Shaping the Future’ Which will be held virtually on Thursday 22 January 2026 from 11:00-18:00 EDT / 17:00 – 00:00 CET This online meeting will focus on three pillars. First, it will briefly present the progress and achievements of the IMPC programme to date (Session I). Second, it will showcase the extent to which the programme has impacted basic and applied biomedical research along with its translational effects on understanding disease mechanisms and advancing human health (Session II). This Session will also include the presentation of the IMPC survey results. Third, it will solicit ideas and opinions from IMPC members and the scientific community at large on the value and justification for continuing and KOMP/IMPC programme as well as suggestions for future directions and priorities (Session III). Registration is free, but mandatory.

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The IMPC Strategic Conference will be held virtually on Thursday 22 January 2026

Registration is free but required: www.mousephenotype.org/news/2025-vi...

@impc-phenotypes.bsky.social @mousegenome.bsky.social

Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.

Nature has published an article on the crisis facing MODs
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@zfinmod.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @yeastgenome.bsky.social @mousegenome.bsky.social @ratgenome.bsky.social @geneontology.bsky.social @nature.com

📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #G3journal, @squarehare.bsky.social, @judithmank.bsky.social, and team generated a genome assembly of the Amazon guppy, Poecilia bifurca and showed how this species shares sex chromosomes with related species, albeit with substantial Y chromosome degeneration. buff.ly/lM7etkw

In the apple eye of evolution: Camera-type eye regeneration - the Node Behind the paper stories from "A genetically tractable non-vertebrate system to study complete camera-type eye regeneration" We are all stepping into a

#ICYMI
Check out my new article at @the-node.bsky.social where Alice and Alejandro share #behindthepaper stories !

Come for the science, stay for learning about curiosity, philosophy, mentorship & joy of discovery!

#devbio #regeneration #stemcells #scicomm
#pax6 #cellbio #eye #organogenesis

Brown and green morphs of Ptychadena robeensis. A locus near FoxD3 is associated with dorsal coloration in Ptychadena robeensis.

Many frogs can be either green or brown—two colors that can help them stay hidden depending on their environment. A study explores how evolution can maintain multiple color morphs for millions of years through long-term balancing selection. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...