New posting! This is the latest instalment in the #MySciMoment series, in which #BIPOC/#BAME scientists talk not about their research, but about what inspired them to pursue a #career in #STEM.

Here, Ko-Fan Chen 陳克帆 (@kofanchen) discusses the accidental path that led from art to design to #Drosophila. Can you spot the pattern in the example he includes? (I couldn't).

If you'd like to contribute to this series, send me a message😃

👇
http://totalinternalreflectionblog.com/2023/08/20/myscimoment-ko-fan-chen-%e9%99%b3%e5%85%8b%e5%b8%86/

New posting! It was an honour and an absolute pleasure talking with Bruno Lemaitre about the impact of #narcissism on #science.

Bruno discovered the role of the #Toll pathway in the #Drosophila immune response to fungal infections, but the #Nobel prize went to his postdoc boss, Jules Hoffmann.

Besides the interview, there's also a link for the FREE download of his book on the topic. 👇

https://totalinternalreflectionblog.com/2023/08/17/science-and-narcissism-an-interview-with-bruno-lemaitre/

Research Assistant - Drosophila genetics and developmental biology @ErikClark

University of Cambridge

Join us in #Cambridge as a Research Assistant. #Drosophila #genetics, molecular biology, and confocal #microscopy.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-cambridge-27778-research-assistant-drosophila-...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-cambridge-27778-research-assistant-drosophila-genetics-and-developmental-biology/?feed_id=53476

Postdoc and PhD positions in SFB project "Polygenic adaptation"

SFB Polygenic Adaptation

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/sfb-polygenic-adaptation-27778-postdoc-and-phd-positions-in-sfb-project-polygenic-adaptation-2/?feed_id=53409

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research #biomathematics #genetics #modeling #Drosophila #adaptation #e...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/sfb-polygenic-adaptation-27778-postdoc-and-phd-positions-in-sfb-project-polygenic-adaptation-2/?feed_id=53409

The most recent Podcast I produced for EMBO was with Pavel Tomancak (and EMBO's Thomas Lemberger). One detail that might get missed in a wide ranging conversation about science, policy, science fiction and more was Pavel's passing comment on how one important consideration in his decision to return to Europe after a very productive time at UC Berkeley were serious reservations about the US healthcare system.
#Drosophila #OpenScience #DevelopmentalBiology #EMBOPodcast

https://www.embo.org/podcasts/who-reviews-the-reviewers/

"The genetically induced parthenogenetic #Drosophila melanogaster eggs exhibit de novo centrosome formation, fusion of the meiotic products, and the onset of development to generate predominantly triploid offspring. Thus, we demonstrate a genetic basis for sporadic facultative #parthenogenesis in an animal."

"A genetic basis for facultative parthenogenesis in Drosophila": Current Biology
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00913-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982223009132%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Postdoc and PhD positions in SFB project "Polygenic adaptation"

SFB Polygenic Adaptation

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/sfb-polygenic-adaptation-27778-postdoc-and-phd-positions-in-sfb-project-polygenic-adaptation-2/?feed_id=51539

#ScienceJobs #hiring #research #biomathematics #genetics #modeling #Drosophila #adaptation #e...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/sfb-polygenic-adaptation-27778-postdoc-and-phd-positions-in-sfb-project-polygenic-adaptation-2/?feed_id=51539

Postdoctoral Research Associate: Drosophila Connectomics Research Group

University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology

Post-Doctoral Research Associates wanted in the #Drosophila Connectomics Group, Department of Zoology, University of #Cambridge.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-camb...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/university-of-cambridge-department-of-zoology-27778-postdoctoral-research-associate-drosophila-connectomics-research-group/?feed_id=49048

A #phylogenetic profiling approach identifies novel #ciliogenesis genes in #Drosophila and C. #elegans
Jeroen Dobbelaere et al Dammermann Lab
https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2023113616

We are hiring! The fly connectomics group is looking for up to 2 new research assistants and up to 2 new postdocs. Come join us in beautiful #Cambridge - we have a great team and exciting new #neuroscience projects in the pipeline! #connectomics #opensource #drosophila

For details please see these links:

• RA ad
• postdoc ad

Closing date is July 6th.

Boosts would be very much appreciated!

If you're in fly research, gird your loins:
#Drosophila

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002138

Humble beginnings.
(from Robert Kohler's very readable history of drosophila research, Lords of the Fly)

#ScienceCommunication #SciComm #HistoryofScience #Drosophila #books #bookshelf #bookstagram

I moved back to #paris !
Starting a #postdoc with the Bellaïche lab at the @institut_curie (Sorry I brought the German weather with me.)
I'm so glad to work with #Drosophila again.

I moved back to #paris !
Starting a #postdoc with the Bellaïche lab at the @institut_curie (Sorry I brought the German weather with me.)
I'm so glad to work with #Drosophila again.

PhD project - Cellular functions of Micropeptides: a network-based approach @NetBioinfoMRS

Interested in studying micropeptides in #Drosophila using #computational #network-based approaches? join us! #marseille #france #bioinformatics #PhD

...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/tagc-theories-and-approaches-of-genomic-complexity-inserm-aix-marseille-university-27778-phd-project-cellular-functions-of-micropeptides-a-network-based-approach/?feed_id=42984

"In this study, we investigated the mechanism that one specific species of microbiota shortens lifespan and disrupts gut homeostasis of the aged flies, using a “fermented” fly diet. We found that the specific effects of this bacterium on fly healthspan were due to its capability of stimulating a specific receptor in the gut that recognizes peptidoglycan, a component of bacterial cell wall. Paradoxically, the same bacterium also increases stress resistance and defence against oral infection of a pathogen."
#Drosophila #Microbiota #ageing

https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010709

Postdoc in Drosophila Neurobiology @mariadelapax

A #neuroscience #postdoc position to study sex differences in the #Drosophila #Circadian Clock Network is available in the Barnard Neurobiology Lab.

https://jobrxiv.org/job/barnard-college-27778-postdoc-in-drosophila-neurobiology/?feed_id=42012

#ScienceJobs #job
New Y...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/barnard-college-27778-postdoc-in-drosophila-neurobiology/?feed_id=42012

#Transcription #preinitiation complex formation and composition is not as uniform as we thought:

@stark_lab @IMPvienna finds distinct PICs acting at housekeeping genes vs. #developmentally-regulated #promoters in #Drosophila cells

Another former #RefereedPreprint c/o @ReviewCommons

https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embj.2023113519

Models and their quirks:

"Here Muller was exceptionally lucky, because the somatic pairing of homologous chromosomes along their entire length—readily seen in #Drosophila—is not a general feature of eukaryotes."

https://academic.oup.com/genetics/advance-article/doi/10.1093/genetics/iyad015/7058543?searchresult=1

Heat shock during #Drosophila #embryogenesis results in maternal miRNA retention & downregulation of pre-MBT genes including Elba1, which may contribute to setting the stage for subsequent gene expression ➡️ https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/msb.202211148
from Anita Öst, Linköping University #miRNA #GeneRegulation #SystemsBiology