Frank the Fly Guy
@frankmac.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in SoCal. Developmental biologist by training, but I’m a shameless science dilettante. He/him/his.
Assistant Professor in SoCal. Developmental biologist by training, but I’m a shameless science dilettante. He/him/his.
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Hydra (Hydra vulgaris) ✨Small but mighty! Hydra can regenerate its entire body, even its head 🧠 A classic model for regeneration, stem cell dynamics, and body axis patterning 📸 Image by Daniel Bressan de Andrade #ModelMonday #DevBio #Regeneration
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hydra (Hydra vulgaris) ✨Small but mighty! Hydra can regenerate its entire body, even its head 🧠 A classic model for regeneration, stem cell dynamics, and body axis patterning 📸 Image by Daniel Bressan de Andrade #ModelMonday #DevBio #Regeneration
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
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The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
Trump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit fly
This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.
www.nbcnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The FlyBase situation has made the national news www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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Calling #Drosophila #grad students #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty to participate in FlyCROSS and be matched by a #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs !
#genetics #dros25 #phdlife
@flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social
#genetics #dros25 #phdlife
@flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Calling #Drosophila #grad students #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty to participate in FlyCROSS and be matched by a #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs !
#genetics #dros25 #phdlife
@flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social
#genetics #dros25 #phdlife
@flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social
Nothing like a great research conference to get one’s mind off the current state of science funding in the USA. Thank you #Dros25 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social 🪰🧬
March 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Nothing like a great research conference to get one’s mind off the current state of science funding in the USA. Thank you #Dros25 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social 🪰🧬
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There is a 0.0% chance that this was written or approved by anyone at NIH with any experience.
2/n
2/n
a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
ALT: a man wearing headphones is smiling with the words no way written above him
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is a 0.0% chance that this was written or approved by anyone at NIH with any experience.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
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The Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social is "advocating for science and for scientists. We seek to cultivate an inclusive, diverse research community that engages with the public...& serves as an authoritative source of information." Pls consider joining genetics-gsa.org/membership/
January 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social is "advocating for science and for scientists. We seek to cultivate an inclusive, diverse research community that engages with the public...& serves as an authoritative source of information." Pls consider joining genetics-gsa.org/membership/
This is astoundingly incorrect. At conception, everyone is sex-less. Through early development, everyone is female-presenting. Cis XX men exist. Cis XY women exist. Intersex people exist. Trans people exist. This is a blatant attempt at justifying further attacks on body autonomy.
January 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
This is astoundingly incorrect. At conception, everyone is sex-less. Through early development, everyone is female-presenting. Cis XX men exist. Cis XY women exist. Intersex people exist. Trans people exist. This is a blatant attempt at justifying further attacks on body autonomy.
Great perspective. There needs to be a paradigm shift in how ‘mechanism’ is defined not only in #devbio but in other fields as well.
A case for broadening our view of mechanism in developmental biology
Read this Perspective Article from B. Duygu Özpolat @biyolokum.bsky.social , Swathi Arur @swathiarur.bsky.social and Mansi Srivastava:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/2/dev204605/365016/
Read this Perspective Article from B. Duygu Özpolat @biyolokum.bsky.social , Swathi Arur @swathiarur.bsky.social and Mansi Srivastava:
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/2/dev204605/365016/
January 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Great perspective. There needs to be a paradigm shift in how ‘mechanism’ is defined not only in #devbio but in other fields as well.
November 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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People are totally unprepared for what is about to happen to American higher education
November 12, 2024 at 1:48 AM
People are totally unprepared for what is about to happen to American higher education
Gonna inform my research group that our focus has shifted from unlocking gene regulatory mechanisms of organogenesis to determining which crystals cure depression in fruit flies.
November 12, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Gonna inform my research group that our focus has shifted from unlocking gene regulatory mechanisms of organogenesis to determining which crystals cure depression in fruit flies.
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A sensational Tiger Moth found in the Ecuadorian cloud forest. The coloring of this moth reminds me of playing cards.
(Amaxia sp.) Tandayapa, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) Tandayapa, Ecuador
November 11, 2024 at 11:22 PM
A sensational Tiger Moth found in the Ecuadorian cloud forest. The coloring of this moth reminds me of playing cards.
(Amaxia sp.) Tandayapa, Ecuador
(Amaxia sp.) Tandayapa, Ecuador
Developmental time course of migrating fruit fly muscle cells, taken with a laser confocal microscope over a span of 5 hours. Happy Pride 🏳️🌈
June 2, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Developmental time course of migrating fruit fly muscle cells, taken with a laser confocal microscope over a span of 5 hours. Happy Pride 🏳️🌈
Taints & Sinners
Change a letter, ruin a show:
Will and Grave
Will and Grave
Change a letter, ruin a show:
Goonlighting
Goonlighting
April 25, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Taints & Sinners
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Never gonna get over how gorgeous this is. Art by Pablo Delcan. Out July 30, with Authority and Acceptance.
April 5, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Never gonna get over how gorgeous this is. Art by Pablo Delcan. Out July 30, with Authority and Acceptance.
I should start doing this with my own papers. Can anyone recommend some fly-themed pieces? 🪰
An anthropology professor at the University of South Florida recently published a paper she knew barely anyone would read. At least, not outside her field.
A professor worried no one would read an algae study. So she had it put to music
Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition.
www.npr.org
April 4, 2024 at 10:23 PM
I should start doing this with my own papers. Can anyone recommend some fly-themed pieces? 🪰
First workout of 2024: Done.
First caloric setback of 2024: Also done.
First caloric setback of 2024: Also done.
January 2, 2024 at 7:13 PM
First workout of 2024: Done.
First caloric setback of 2024: Also done.
First caloric setback of 2024: Also done.
Wanna do an #artshare? Drop some original pieces. Any medium. No AI bullshit. Reskeet. Share. Follow artists. Make bluesky a beautiful place 🖤🎨🙏
December 19, 2023 at 1:57 PM
Wanna do an #artshare? Drop some original pieces. Any medium. No AI bullshit. Reskeet. Share. Follow artists. Make bluesky a beautiful place 🖤🎨🙏
