Luca Valzania
@valzanial.bsky.social
Research fellow in @leopoldlab.bsky.social 🪰 at @institutcurie.bsky.social.
Interested in metabolism during development, cancer biology, and inter-organ communication.
Former postdoc @universityofga.bsky.social 🦟
Interested in metabolism during development, cancer biology, and inter-organ communication.
Former postdoc @universityofga.bsky.social 🦟
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Now proper out: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Toward more sustainable research: reducing the environmental impact when working with Drosophila
Abstract. The ever-increasing amounts of plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide threaten our environment. Biomedical laboratories across the
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Now proper out: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
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FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
Harvard University lays off fly database team
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...
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From @yalesom.bsky.social. Yale has sunk in my estimation, maybe it's following the spirit of our times since Jan 20th. This is like phrenology.
February 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
From @yalesom.bsky.social. Yale has sunk in my estimation, maybe it's following the spirit of our times since Jan 20th. This is like phrenology.
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The discovery of a digestion-slowing hormone in the Gila monster's venom paved the way for Ozempic. When a Gila monster named Pebbles needed medicine in return, a pharmaceutical chemist pivoted to help save the species. nyti.ms/4i5w40U
February 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The discovery of a digestion-slowing hormone in the Gila monster's venom paved the way for Ozempic. When a Gila monster named Pebbles needed medicine in return, a pharmaceutical chemist pivoted to help save the species. nyti.ms/4i5w40U
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Researchers have developed a deep learning protein language model, ESM3, that enables programmable protein design.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3Qo3HPw
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3Qo3HPw
February 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Researchers have developed a deep learning protein language model, ESM3, that enables programmable protein design.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3Qo3HPw
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3Qo3HPw
The rise of dark proteins
‘Dark proteins’ hiding in our cells could hold clues to cancer and other diseases
The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do.
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The rise of dark proteins
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Let’s stop treating "leaving academia" as negative. Scientists train for academia, industry, or what suits them. Industry isn’t an alternative; it’s a choice. In fields like engineering, most PhDs go to industry, and no one calls it "leaving academia." We should train scientists for diverse paths.
More than 40% of postdoctoral researchers leave academia, according to a study of some 45,500 researchers’ careers
https://go.nature.com/3Ej9RxA
https://go.nature.com/3Ej9RxA
More than 40% of postdocs leave academia, study reveals
Nature - Publishing highly cited papers helps postdoctoral researchers to land a faculty job.
go.nature.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Let’s stop treating "leaving academia" as negative. Scientists train for academia, industry, or what suits them. Industry isn’t an alternative; it’s a choice. In fields like engineering, most PhDs go to industry, and no one calls it "leaving academia." We should train scientists for diverse paths.
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I love this article partly because it details how this little fly has been vital for all sorts of research, including for human health.
But I really love the part about where fruit flies originated and how they’ve conquered the world. 🍓🍒🍷🪰
🧪 🪲 🪳
phys.org/news/2025-01...
But I really love the part about where fruit flies originated and how they’ve conquered the world. 🍓🍒🍷🪰
🧪 🪲 🪳
phys.org/news/2025-01...
'One of the most important species for science': How the humble fruit fly transformed four fields of research
The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in households around the world, where it often deposits eggs on rotting flesh...
phys.org
January 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I love this article partly because it details how this little fly has been vital for all sorts of research, including for human health.
But I really love the part about where fruit flies originated and how they’ve conquered the world. 🍓🍒🍷🪰
🧪 🪲 🪳
phys.org/news/2025-01...
But I really love the part about where fruit flies originated and how they’ve conquered the world. 🍓🍒🍷🪰
🧪 🪲 🪳
phys.org/news/2025-01...
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How are #phospholipids transferred within #mitochondria? A study in #Drosophila shows that SLMO transfers phosphatidylserine (PS) from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it is converted into PE, so contributing to mitochondrial form & function 🧪 #PLOSBiology plos.io/4iHc9qg
December 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
How are #phospholipids transferred within #mitochondria? A study in #Drosophila shows that SLMO transfers phosphatidylserine (PS) from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it is converted into PE, so contributing to mitochondrial form & function 🧪 #PLOSBiology plos.io/4iHc9qg
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A simple MiMIC-based approach for tagging endogenous genes to visualise live transcription in Drosophila
Read this Techniques and Resources Article by Lauren Forbes Beadle, Catherine Sutcliffe and Hilary Ashe @official-uom.bsky.social:
https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204294
Read this Techniques and Resources Article by Lauren Forbes Beadle, Catherine Sutcliffe and Hilary Ashe @official-uom.bsky.social:
https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204294
December 18, 2024 at 4:29 PM
A simple MiMIC-based approach for tagging endogenous genes to visualise live transcription in Drosophila
Read this Techniques and Resources Article by Lauren Forbes Beadle, Catherine Sutcliffe and Hilary Ashe @official-uom.bsky.social:
https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204294
Read this Techniques and Resources Article by Lauren Forbes Beadle, Catherine Sutcliffe and Hilary Ashe @official-uom.bsky.social:
https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204294
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The birth of fruit fly's central nervous system imaged with multicolor #adaptive #lightsheet microscopy. The microscope self-aligns to a signal that appears during imaging.
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
December 11, 2024 at 8:32 PM
The birth of fruit fly's central nervous system imaged with multicolor #adaptive #lightsheet microscopy. The microscope self-aligns to a signal that appears during imaging.
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
www.nature.com/articles/nbt...
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The European Drosophila Society is delighted to join Bluesky! Follow us for the latest European fly news.
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
December 10, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The European Drosophila Society is delighted to join Bluesky! Follow us for the latest European fly news.
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
#EDRC2025
#Drosophila
#Drosofeed
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There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
December 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.
A Place of Joy.
A Place of Joy.
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Thanks to a new technique, scientists can now see where RNAs are inside a brain without slicing into it. That and more of the best from Science and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Thanks to a new technique, scientists can now see where RNAs are inside a brain without slicing into it. That and more of the best from Science and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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The dark side of fluorescent protein tagging: the impact of protein tags on biomolecular condensation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 25, 2024 at 12:19 PM
The dark side of fluorescent protein tagging: the impact of protein tags on biomolecular condensation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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How the #brain talks to the #gut and vice versa!
🧪🧠💩
Check out the great primer on gut-brain communication and #interoception by @amberalhadeff.bsky.social and Nilay Yapici
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪🧠💩
Check out the great primer on gut-brain communication and #interoception by @amberalhadeff.bsky.social and Nilay Yapici
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 25, 2024 at 11:25 PM
How the #brain talks to the #gut and vice versa!
🧪🧠💩
Check out the great primer on gut-brain communication and #interoception by @amberalhadeff.bsky.social and Nilay Yapici
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
🧪🧠💩
Check out the great primer on gut-brain communication and #interoception by @amberalhadeff.bsky.social and Nilay Yapici
👇👇👇
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at:
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 2:44 PM
We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at:
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
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often overlooked in EDI strategies and key to perceptions of excellence. Language coaching not the only solution (takes extra time too): need to normalise non-native accents/accept different ways of expressing oneself
Non-native English speakers need 50% more time to write a paper
When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
When they do, they face a 2.5 times higher chance of being rejected because of language
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
November 25, 2024 at 8:24 AM
often overlooked in EDI strategies and key to perceptions of excellence. Language coaching not the only solution (takes extra time too): need to normalise non-native accents/accept different ways of expressing oneself
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🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
November 23, 2024 at 3:50 PM
🎨 In case anyone need…
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!
Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov
Excited to see my project carried out in the Léopold lab at Institut Curie (Paris) published in Developmental Cell. Check it out if you are curious about how amino acids are strategically stored and then used efficiently during development www.cell.com/developmenta...
June 12, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Excited to see my project carried out in the Léopold lab at Institut Curie (Paris) published in Developmental Cell. Check it out if you are curious about how amino acids are strategically stored and then used efficiently during development www.cell.com/developmenta...