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The European Drosophila Society bsky account is maintained by N.Tapon, S.J. Araújo, I.Grunwald Kadow, N.Brown, M.Milan. Logo: MC Diaz de la Loza, fly picture: N.Gompel
https://europeandrosophilasociety.org/
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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · Dec 10
The European Drosophila Society is delighted to join Bluesky! Follow us for the latest European fly news.
#EDRC2025
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European Drosophila Society logo: a stylised fly on blue background with yellow stars created by MC Diaz de la Loza.
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Join the 4th Asia Pacific #Drosophila Neurobiology Conference in China: lhs.suat-sz.edu.cn/info/1031/13...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
fly-eds.bsky.social
A timely opinion piece on AI in reviewing by European Drosophila Board member Giorgio Gilestro.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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marbeitman.bsky.social
The FlyBoard is happy to announce the call for nominations for the Drosophila Community Service Award. Please submit your nomination by 01/16/2026 by email to: drosophilaserviceaward@gmail.com. Please repost.
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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drosospain.bsky.social
In the 2nd DrosoSpain #DrosoSpain2026 meeting there will be a time and a place to celebrate Antonio Garcia-Bellido’s life and scientific contributions. This will be on the 10th of April at 6pm @neuroalc.bsky.social #SavetheDate @umh.es @fly-eds.bsky.social @sebioldev.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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frankschnorrer.bsky.social
Exciting opportunity! Young Drosophila researchers do not wait to apply. Fly facilities at the Institute in Münster are outstanding! @fly-eds.bsky.social
luschnig.bsky.social Stefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 24d
Job Alert! The Institute for Neuro- and Behavioural Biology at the Faculty of Biology @uni-muenster.de invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) in “Systems Neuroscience” - Highly attractive research environment at the Multiscale Imaging Center. Apply by January 5th. See shorturl.at/VczFp
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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fly-jedi.bsky.social
Hi folks,

Check out our updated website!
Details on next year's conference will be posted there soon!

fly-jedi.org
Junior European Drosophila Investigators | Home
A simple website based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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fly-jedi.bsky.social
Preparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!​
AI-generated image of a lightsaber-wielding figure conquering Portugal.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
fly-eds.bsky.social
The European Drosophila Society #flyEDS extends the condolences on the passing of Antonio García-Bellido, considered the founder of the Spanish school of #Drosophila genetics and an influential figure in developmental biology research worldwide. May he rest in peace.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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droseu.bsky.social
🪰 🧬16th #DrosEU2026 Workshop & Satellite #DrosophilaSuzukii Meeting Conference will take place 13–17 April 2026 in #Montpellier, France 🇫🇷.

We look forward to connecting with colleagues across Europe to discuss new research in #Drosophila #genomics #evolution & #CitizenScience +info 👉 droseu.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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thetransmitter.bsky.social
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.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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droseu.bsky.social
We are in Bluesky and we are happy to share our two last consortium publications: the DrosEU expanded DEST dataset and a Continent-wide study of phenotypic differentiation among European #Drosophila melanogaster populations (1/7)
October 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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drosospain.bsky.social
We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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aemonten.bsky.social
PREACH!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds - Nature Cell Biology
As biomedical research prioritizes human models and translational promise, classic model organisms are increasingly dismissed. Here we argue that they have a lasting value, both in enabling discovery and in cultivating scientific thinking, by training researchers in systems reasoning, integrative thinking and independent inquiry.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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crick.ac.uk
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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flybase.bsky.social
There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us.
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FlyBase Update – October 2025 The termination of the NIH/NHGRI FlyBase grant has placed the long-term sustainability of FlyBase at risk. However, thanks to the generous support of several key individuals and institutions, we are pleased to announce that FlyBase will remain operational through the coming year. We extend our deepest gratitude to Yukiko Yamashita, Cassandra Extavour, Hugo Bellen, Thom Kaufman, the Genetics Society of America / Drosophila Board, the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, an anonymous donor and the Wellcome Trust. We are especially thankful for a generous gift from Seemay Chou, Jed McCaleb, and The Navigation Fund. We also greatly appreciate the continued support from the broader Drosophila community – your donations and service fees have been vital in helping us stay afloat. Special thanks also go to Jessica Manning for her tireless administrative work at Harvard, to Ruth Lehmann, Hugo Bellen, and Paul Sternberg for advice and efforts, and to the Board of the European Drosophila Society for all their efforts. Sadly, we must also share that several long-standing FlyBase team members have recently moved on. We are immensely grateful to Susan Russo-Gelbart, Lynn Crosby, Gil dos Santos, Kris Broll, Victoria Jenkins, and TyAnna Lovato for their many years of dedicated service and contributions to FlyBase. Looking ahead, ensuring FlyBase’s sustainability beyond the next year – and successfully integrating with the Alliance – will require new funding sources. We kindly ask for your continued support: • European labs: Please consider contributing to the Cambridge, U.K. FlyBase group • U.S. and other non-European labs: Please consider contributing to the U.S. FlyBase groups • Both U.K. and U.S. FlyBase are working diligently to establish an invoicing system. We appreciate your continued patience. For more information on how to support us, please visit: Contribute to FlyBase wiki page https://wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Contribute_to_FlyBase
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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fly-jedi.bsky.social
Hello everyone!
We decided to automate our sign-up process for the JEDI network. Please register using this link:
docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO...

Thanks to everyone who reached out! We are looking forward to building our community with you. Share and repost!!!
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September 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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alexgouldlab.bsky.social
🪰 Calling all Drosophilists interested in nutrition…HolFast, Sebastian Sorge’s new chemically defined diet works really well. We’ve given some free HolFast aliquots to @vdrc-flies.bsky.social Please contact them directly if you fancy trying it out. Hurry while stocks last!
vdrc-flies.bsky.social VDRC (Vienna Drosophila Resource Center) @vdrc-flies.bsky.social · Sep 30
The HolFast holidic (chemically defined) diet for Drosophila, recently designed by @alexgouldlab.bsky.social, has wide applications in nutritional and metabolic studies of Drosophila development doi.org/10.1016/j.de.... Limited free samples distributed by the VDRC. See www.vdrc.at. #Drosophila
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
fly-eds.bsky.social
The #EDS has the pleasure to announce that, after #EDRC2027 in Bonn, we will have #EDRC2029 in Szeged! Don’t forget these hashtags!
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
fly-eds.bsky.social
Thank you to all #EDRC2025 participants and a big applause to the organizing committee for this great #Drosophila meeting! See you all in Bonn for #EDRC2027
edrc2025.bsky.social EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · Sep 28
That’s a wrap! We are done with #EDRC2025 and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2027 for #EDRC2027 in Bonn!
September 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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edrc2025.bsky.social
This is the organizing team behind #EDRC2025 María Dominguez, Javier Morante @morantelab.bsky.social , Juan Sanchez-Alcaniz @sanchezalcaniz.bsky.social , Pepe Pastor-Pareja @pastorparejalab.bsky.social and Ana Carmena
September 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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fly-jedi.bsky.social
Dear JEDIs,
as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to katja.rust@uni-marburg.de to be added to our database.
#Drosophila
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September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
fly-eds.bsky.social
The 2025 General Assembly is now on at #EDRC2025
September 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
fly-eds.bsky.social
Don’t forget the #flyEDS general assembly starts at 13:30!
fly-eds.bsky.social European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · Sep 24
The @fly-eds.bsky.social is having its general assembly this saturday at 13:30 at #EDRC2025 , please join us to discuss our society and to find out more about @flybase.bsky.social and the current funding crisis
September 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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edrc2025.bsky.social
3, 2, 1 and we are on!!! #EDRC2025 is starting! Welcome to our more than 740 participants from more than 40 countries! Thank you to all our sponsors!
September 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
fly-eds.bsky.social
The @fly-eds.bsky.social is having its general assembly this saturday at 13:30 at #EDRC2025 , please join us to discuss our society and to find out more about @flybase.bsky.social and the current funding crisis
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM