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Mehmet Keles
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fly brain stuff. www.keleslab.com
Reposted by Mehmet Keles
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...
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.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reposted by Mehmet Keles
Dynamics of glia and neurons regulate homeostatic rest, sleep and feeding behavior in Drosophila 🧪🧠

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamics of glia and neurons regulate homeostatic rest, sleep and feeding behavior in Drosophila - Nature Neuroscience
Animals alternate between active periods and periods of rest or sleep. This study in fruit flies points to brain metabolism as a cause for this and shows that a network of glial cells interacting with...
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April 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am proud to share that our work of 4+ years has finally been published. We wondered if there are distinct behaviors that mark sleep in 🪰, where sleep has been defined as prolonged immobility.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
FlyVISTA, an integrated machine learning platform for deep phenotyping of sleep in Drosophila
A machine learning platform identifies and characterizes the dynamics of microbehaviors during fly sleep.
www.science.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM