sgt1372 · @sgt1372
363 followers · 15076 posts · Server sfba.socialA fruit fly infestation would be devastating to fruit farmers in Brentwood and other areas around the greater Bay Area. 🙁
Thomas Sandmann · @thomas_sandmann
344 followers · 1038 posts · Server genomic.social
A rare #nature paper with negative results: "No evidence for magnetic field effects on the behaviour of Drosophila"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06397-7 Lots of hard work over a span of six years, large sample size (= number of fruitflies) and rigorous #stats Debunking science is hard work - this paper is very well done. #science #fruitflies #drosophila
#nature #Stats #science #fruitflies #drosophila
Journal of Exp Biol · @J_Exp_Biol
341 followers · 75 posts · Server mstdn.science
In his #JEB100 ECR Spotlight, HyoJong Jang tells us about his research into how #fruitflies respond to external stimuli and how he would like to develop a miniature wireless head-mounted microscope to monitor the behavior of cells in the brain of freely moving fruit flies
#neuroethology #comparativephysiology #neuroscience #behavior #vision #brain #drosophila #zoology #science #entomology
https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb245943/307119
To read all about his research go to https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/8/jeb244790/307120
#jeb100 #fruitflies #neuroethology #comparativephysiology #neuroscience #behavior #vision #brain #drosophila #zoology #Science #entomology
IT News · @itnewsbot
3071 followers · 255511 posts · Server schleuss.onlineJellyfish and flies use the same hormone when they’ve had enough to eat - Enlarge / A Moon jellyfish. (credit: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1929739 #biochemistry #fruitflies #jellyfish #hormones #science #biology #hunger
#hunger #biology #science #hormones #jellyfish #fruitflies #biochemistry
Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
659 followers · 15128 posts · Server mstdn.io"Researchers have discovered an entirely new kind of taste receptor that allows fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) to detect alkaline substances — those that have a high pH — and avoid toxic meals and surfaces."
#fruitflies #senses #taste #alkaline #chemistry #genetics
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1307 followers · 12631 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Exposure to high levels of #ozone significantly #increases #MaleMale #courtship among #FruitFlies while making the #OzoneExposed #males #LessAttractive to #females finds a #NewStudy .
As #OzoneLevels rise due to #industrial #pollution & #anthropogenic activities, it can #harm a number of #species of #insects that rely on #SexDetermining #pheromones to find a suitable mate, it added.
#science #entomology #biodiversity #biology #ecological #environmental #research
#exposure #ozone #increases #malemale #courtship #fruitflies #ozoneexposed #males #lessattractive #females #newstudy #ozonelevels #industrial #pollution #anthropogenic #harm #species #insects #sexdetermining #pheromones #science #entomology #biodiversity #biology #ecological #environmental #research
Ste Cook · @Polypompholyx
292 followers · 523 posts · Server mastodon.social
This afternoon’s teaching is sold to the students as evolutionary genetics and an opportunity to practice transferrable skills in Python programming, but it is also - at a rather more fundamental level - going to involve them each watching about an hour of amateur fruitfly pornography. #fruitflies #Drosophila
Bongolian · @Bongolian
141 followers · 1466 posts · Server universeodon.com@JoParkerBear "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a #banana." — Anthony Oettinger
#time #fruitflies
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/time-flies-arrow/
Steve S · @Steve98052
10 followers · 167 posts · Server dice.camp@dungeonmistrix
In my usual game, there was an encounter that included spiders and Lolth cultists.
My cleric indignantly denounced the Lolth cultists:
"Your spiders are heresy! Spiders are supposed to be our faithful household companions, defending us from the fruit fly menace."
yasboogie · @yasboogie
1 followers · 10 posts · Server toot.community“It's difficult to study #pain in #fruitflies because they don't respond to #morphine. However, they are partial to #cocaine.”
#pain #fruitflies #morphine #cocaine
Vitasta :pika: · @baavri
238 followers · 542 posts · Server mastodon.social“They are fruit flies, but they eat leaves. And to feed themselves, the females scrape and scoop vegetation with — this is what researchers actually sometimes call them — vaginal teeth. Then they turn their mouths to the plant juices they’ve liberated, and lap them up.” | While Other Insects Played, This Species Evolved the Blade - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/science/fruit-fly-vaginal-teeth.html #insects #fruitflies #nyt #evolution
#insects #fruitflies #nyt #evolution
Jamilla AZ · @jamillaaz
149 followers · 72 posts · Server mstdn.social#introduction 👋
I am a #bioinformatics scientist based in the Bay Area working for Karius, an #infectiousdisease diagnostics company. Before that I did my #PhD in the cross-section of #genetics, #evolution, #behavior of #fruitflies at the de Bivort lab, where my main project was to test the hypothesis that fruit fly thermal preference follows a #bethedging strategy ☀️ ❄️
I love learning about #statistics (esp. #bayes), #python, #microbiology and always down to chat about fruit fly behavior.
#microbiology #Python #bayes #statistics #bethedging #fruitflies #behavior #evolution #genetics #phd #infectiousdisease #bioinformatics #Introduction
Plants EFSA · @Plants_EFSA
13 followers · 690 posts · Server respublicae.eu
Darren Kriticos about the use of #CLIMEX weekly maps to support real-time #PestRiskModelling for #FruitFlies
Today at #IPRRG2022
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🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1579470268371996672
#CLIMEX #PestRiskModelling #fruitflies #IPRRG2022
Plants EFSA · @Plants_EFSA
13 followers · 690 posts · Server respublicae.eu
The global #invasion from non-native #tephritid #fruitflies is accelerating: a very interesting paper from Trombik et al., Journal of Pest Science, investigates patterns and drivers of the invasion, and eradication success: https://bit.ly/3yFY6ws
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Plants_EFSA/status/1526552692180537345
#invasion #tephritid #fruitflies
Cleo of Topless Topics · @toplesstopics
286 followers · 1620 posts · Server eldritch.cafeLove watching my #treefrogs morphed from #tadpoles chow down on some #fruitflies. #omnom. #frog #herp #amphibian #pet #frogpet
#treefrogs #tadpoles #fruitflies #omnom #frog #herp #amphibian #pet #frogpet