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Anne Simon @simonsocial.bsky.social · May 20
"The Drosophila adult brain: short overview of structure, function, and resources Graphical Review Paper": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Drosophila adult brain: short overview of structure, function, and resources Graphical Review Paper
This short review is targeted at researchers new to the Drosophila model (thereafter: a Drosophilist) in the field of neuroscience. We aim to provide …
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Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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crozell.bsky.social
Please repost! We're hiring a postdoc to work with me and
@salagapan.bsky.social on an exciting interdisciplinary project in human neuroscience and brain-body interactions underlying effortful behavior in health and mood disorders.

siplab.gatech.edu/postdoc_ad_2...
SIPLab
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July 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
simonsocial.bsky.social
Hi, if you are looking to come to Canada for a post-doc or a PhD, consider my lab to study the genetic basis of social interactions, using the fruit fly! My university (Western University) has a new program to welcome you! See below! #drosophila #postdoc #canada #PhD #social #behaviouralneurogenetic
July 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
I wish journals could figure out how to make this work, cooperating w one another

Want to submit? Review first please

Yes, this sounds somewhat tedious

But think of

✳️ faster reviews
✳️ less exploitation by unscrupulous peers (ie. more fairness)
✳️ (possibly) more thoughtful review

#AcademicSky
July 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Research in flies suggests #circadian systems differ in #males and #females. In PNAS Journal Club: www.pnas.org/post/journal...

#CircadianRhythm #SleepWakeCycles #Drosophila #neurons
Adult female fruit flies proved less sensitive to disturbances of their circadian system through experimental disruptions of a peptide in their brains (green). Image credit: Eva Scholz-Carlson, Indiana University Bloomington.
June 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
simonsocial.bsky.social
"The Drosophila adult brain: short overview of structure, function, and resources Graphical Review Paper": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@arielframe.bsky.social
@ibangs.bsky.social
@brentsinclair.bsky.social
‪@westernu.bsky.social‬
The Drosophila adult brain: short overview of structure, function, and resources Graphical Review Paper
This short review is targeted at researchers new to the Drosophila model (thereafter: a Drosophilist) in the field of neuroscience. We aim to provide …
www.sciencedirect.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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poppi62.bsky.social
If using Bloomigton #Drosophila Stock Center stocks, pls. acknowledge them & their NIH funding (P40 OD018537). Papers listing this no. are being harvested as evidence. We massively depend on the @bdsc.bsky.social & they need our support in these dire times! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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The fly as a model for unravelling the mechanisms of #sleep regulation. @giorgio.gilest.ro explores a @plosbiology.org study which refines the key neuronal circuits involved in the regulation of sleep in fruit flies #Drosophila 🧪 Paper: plos.io/42uPczp Primer: plos.io/4iVHgxR
Dissecting dFB regulation of sleep in Drosophila. Left: The commonly used 23E10 GAL4 drives expression in the green cells located in the brain and the ventral nerve cord. Jones and colleagues have obtained a refined split-GAL4 line that limits expression in the brain cells only, excluding the peripheral VNC-SP cells. Top right: Optogenetic stimulation of the dFBsplit cells at frequencies higher than 10 Hz for 24 h leads to an increase in baseline sleep and promotes long-term memory consolidation. Chronic inactivation also paradoxically leads to an increase in baseline sleep and mildly affects sleep homeostasis. Bottom right: Optogenetics activation of cholinergic neurons also leads to an increase in baseline sleep, while inactivation leads to a decrease in sleep rebound but only in stronger regimes of thermogenetic silencing.
April 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🗳️ Tomorrow is Election Day—let’s prioritize the future of Ontario’s universities. Underfunding affects education quality and affordability. Vote for a stronger, more accessible education system! #OntarioElection2025 #ONpoli #ONpse
February 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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caut.bsky.social
“The lack of substantive consultation with faculty, or the imposition of pseudo-consultative gestures, undermines the spirit and functionality of collegial governance.”

Read the latest President’s Message: https://buff.ly/4gYuHA9
Promotional image for the January-February 2025 issue of the CAUT Bulletin.
February 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Low funding forces universities to rely on contract faculty who often reapply every term, earn less, and lack benefits. Stable, permanent jobs and increased funding will strengthen campuses and communities. 🗳️ Make your voice heard — vote on Feb 27th! #ONpoli #equalpayforequalwork @ocufa.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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🚨 Western is considering outsourcing first-year international student programming to Navitas, a for-profit provider. This threatens academic integrity, job security, and faculty governance. UWOFA stands against privatization—reinvest in our own programs and people!

📰 Link to release in bio.
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Amidst all the terrible things, it's nice to have some good news - our paper on the architecture of fly taste circuits is published now! Led by Emory undergrad Sydney Walker and grad student Marco Peña Garcia.
Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Summary here: devinenilab.org/news/connect...
Connectomic analysis of taste circuits in Drosophila - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Connectomic analysis of taste circuits in Drosophila
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February 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Brown, M. P., Verma, S., Palmer, I., Guerrero Zuniga, A., Mehta, A., Rosensweig, C., Keles, M. F., Wu, M. N. (2024). A subclass of evening cells promotes the switch from arousal to sleep at dusk. Curr Biol, 34(10):2186-2199 www.cell.com/current-biol...
A subclass of evening cells promotes the switch from arousal to sleep at dusk
Brown et al. show that E1 clock neurons in Drosophila promote the switch from wake to sleep at dusk in a light- and time-dependent manner. By contrast, E2 neurons regulate canonical evening anticipati...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Genes, Brain & Behavior 2024 Western University, June 3-6 Early registration until March 30th Program:https://conftool.pro/ibangs2024/index.php?page=browseSessions… Details: ibangs.org/genes-brain-...
https://ibangs.org/genes-brain-and-behavior-2024…
March 27, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Come and enjoy great science at the 2024 Genes, Brain and Behaviour conference at Western University!

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February 7, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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estherverheyen.bsky.social
Not yet, but the Interactive Fly posts all sorts of fly-related papers! bsky.app/profile/inte...
December 7, 2023 at 9:52 PM
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Call For Symposia Proposals Genes, Brain and Behavior 2024 Western University, London, Ontario, Canada June 3-6th, 2024. Details here: www.ibangs.org/genes-brain-... @karlakaun.bsky.social @simonsocial.bsky.social
November 19, 2023 at 6:38 PM
simonsocial.bsky.social
Petition to the Prime Minister
Whereas:
Canada demand an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict;
Read more here:

petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/...
November 9, 2023 at 10:36 PM
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ejrideout.bsky.social
So grateful for the opportunity to sit down with amazing interviewer and author @kristalamb.bsky.social to share why it’s important to consider biological sex as a variable in research!
kristalamb.bsky.social Krista Lamb @kristalamb.bsky.social · Nov 2
Season three of Diabetes: From Beta Cells to Bicycles is out! @ejrideout.bsky.social discusses the importance of considering biological sex at every level of research - including in beta cells. Listen now. diabetes-from-beta-cells-to-bicycles.simplecast.com/episodes/dr-...
November 4, 2023 at 12:12 AM
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It took us 11 years but: Dopaminergic systems create reward seeking despite adverse consequences

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Dopaminergic systems create reward seeking despite adverse consequences - Nature
In Drosophila, a subpopulation of reward-encoding dopaminergic neurons antagonizes punishment-encoding neurons and can override punishment or hunger cues in favour of reward-seeking behaviour.
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October 25, 2023 at 3:23 PM
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For those interested in a PhD position studying why we sleep, here's a great opportunity! Alice French at University of Bristol is taking applications for a SWBio 4 year PhD studentship in her lab. Here's the link to apply: t.co/J2k5NqvoFK
#NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #Drosophila
Job Description: Divergent sleep behaviour - An evolutionary approach to understand why we sleep Supervisory team: Main supervisor: Dr Alice French (University of Bristol) Second supervisor: Prof Helen White-Cooper (Cardiff University) Prof James Hodge (University of Bristol) Host institution: University of Bristol Project description: Getting a full night of high-quality sleep is vital for our health and well-being- we've all heard this mantra a thousand times: So how can an African elephant survive on just 2 hours? The pervasiveness of sleep across the animal kingdom suggests that it serves vital functions, yet we see astonishing variation in the amount different species exhibit. "Why?" remains one of the most fascinating conundrums of the natural world and prompts the following: Do all animals sleep for the same reasons?
October 25, 2023 at 8:55 PM