Ethan Greenblatt
@vancityflyguy.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. at UBC 🇨🇦🇺🇸. Interested in oocytes-the coolest cells in all biology. We study RNA, aging, (in)fertility, and neurodevelopmental disorders including fragile X syndrome.
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This isn't a coincidence, IMO. The fly community is generally super rigorous - because there are so many tools and techniques available, people expect you to really nail things in order to get published (and keep getting funded)
Model organism communities are fantastic. Good work, "Drosophilists"! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible
Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.
www.nature.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This isn't a coincidence, IMO. The fly community is generally super rigorous - because there are so many tools and techniques available, people expect you to really nail things in order to get published (and keep getting funded)
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Certain alleles, called meiotic drivers, cheat the rules of inheritance to increase the chance of transmission.
The Yamashita lab at the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social investigated genetic information transmission and found a meiotic driver that operates differently: bit.ly/4nzcFcp
The Yamashita lab at the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social investigated genetic information transmission and found a meiotic driver that operates differently: bit.ly/4nzcFcp
July 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Certain alleles, called meiotic drivers, cheat the rules of inheritance to increase the chance of transmission.
The Yamashita lab at the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social investigated genetic information transmission and found a meiotic driver that operates differently: bit.ly/4nzcFcp
The Yamashita lab at the @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social investigated genetic information transmission and found a meiotic driver that operates differently: bit.ly/4nzcFcp
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So excited to see this work out in
@narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Congratulations to Hazel Cui on outstanding work!
Keep an eye out for part 2 of this project 😎
@narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Congratulations to Hazel Cui on outstanding work!
Keep an eye out for part 2 of this project 😎
May 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
So excited to see this work out in
@narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Congratulations to Hazel Cui on outstanding work!
Keep an eye out for part 2 of this project 😎
@narjournal.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Congratulations to Hazel Cui on outstanding work!
Keep an eye out for part 2 of this project 😎
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The Sondheim Finalists’ Exhibition at @thewaltersartmuseum is open as of TODAY! I am so thrilled to share this new work and hope you will see it!
“…and Find Out.” (detail), watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 x 1”, 2025
“…and Find Out.” (detail), watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 x 1”, 2025
April 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Sondheim Finalists’ Exhibition at @thewaltersartmuseum is open as of TODAY! I am so thrilled to share this new work and hope you will see it!
“…and Find Out.” (detail), watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 x 1”, 2025
“…and Find Out.” (detail), watercolor, ink, and acrylic on paper, 22 x 30 x 1”, 2025
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Check this out if you ever wondered what intercellular bridges might be doing during meiosis! Happy to have played a small role! Congrats!!! @thejainlab.bsky.social
For my first science post here, I’m proud to advertise our latest work exploring why germ cell connectivity is really important for meiosis 🐁
Done with some awesome colleagues @florpratto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Done with some awesome colleagues @florpratto.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Intercellular bridges are essential for transposon repression and meiosis in the male germline - Nature Communications
A conserved feature of metazoan meiosis is that it occurs in a syncytium. Here, the authors show that intercellular bridges that connect germ cells in a syncytium are critical for ensuring proper meio...
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Check this out if you ever wondered what intercellular bridges might be doing during meiosis! Happy to have played a small role! Congrats!!! @thejainlab.bsky.social
Come be my colleague at UBC! A great place to work w/amazing students, a beautiful campus, and…maybe one or two other perks 🇨🇦
We are hiring our next Department Head. If interested, you will be joining a great team of committed researchers and teachers. 👇
www.med.ubc.ca/careers/admi...
www.med.ubc.ca/careers/admi...
Head, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences - UBC Faculty of Medicine
Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across Bri...
www.med.ubc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Come be my colleague at UBC! A great place to work w/amazing students, a beautiful campus, and…maybe one or two other perks 🇨🇦
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Quick tip: If your paper was published today, consider sharing it on social media tomorrow instead. Today, everyone's focus is on Standing Up for Science and making some good trouble!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Quick tip: If your paper was published today, consider sharing it on social media tomorrow instead. Today, everyone's focus is on Standing Up for Science and making some good trouble!
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Heartbreaking chats this week with students thinking of giving up on their dreams of getting a PhD. They worry about getting in PhD programs and careers post PhD. My suggestions: don’t be hasty, think broadly incl EU & Canada, & careers beyond traditional academia. What’re you telling your students?
March 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Heartbreaking chats this week with students thinking of giving up on their dreams of getting a PhD. They worry about getting in PhD programs and careers post PhD. My suggestions: don’t be hasty, think broadly incl EU & Canada, & careers beyond traditional academia. What’re you telling your students?
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The MassBio brief says they represent 1700 biotech / pharma companies in MA.
They cite a recent study showing that "funding from NIH contributed to 354 of 356 drugs approved from 2010-2019." (!!!)
And they argue the policy will have irreparable harm on drug development.
They cite a recent study showing that "funding from NIH contributed to 354 of 356 drugs approved from 2010-2019." (!!!)
And they argue the policy will have irreparable harm on drug development.
February 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The MassBio brief says they represent 1700 biotech / pharma companies in MA.
They cite a recent study showing that "funding from NIH contributed to 354 of 356 drugs approved from 2010-2019." (!!!)
And they argue the policy will have irreparable harm on drug development.
They cite a recent study showing that "funding from NIH contributed to 354 of 356 drugs approved from 2010-2019." (!!!)
And they argue the policy will have irreparable harm on drug development.
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Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives
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MAYosis is coming... register and submit abstracts here.
meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...
meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...
MAYosis 2025
meiosis.cornell.edu
January 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
MAYosis is coming... register and submit abstracts here.
meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...
meiosis.cornell.edu/mayosis2025/...
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NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers alcohol cloud in deep space!
To drink all of that, every person on earth would have to drink 300,000 pints each day for one billion years.
www.wionews.com/web-stories/...
#NASA #JamesWebb #alcohol #space #spaceeploration
To drink all of that, every person on earth would have to drink 300,000 pints each day for one billion years.
www.wionews.com/web-stories/...
#NASA #JamesWebb #alcohol #space #spaceeploration
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers alcohol cloud in deep space
Science: NASA's James Webb Telescope reveals an alcohol cloud in the depths of space, marking a significant step in exploring cosmic phenomena and interstellar chemistry.
www.wionews.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers alcohol cloud in deep space!
To drink all of that, every person on earth would have to drink 300,000 pints each day for one billion years.
www.wionews.com/web-stories/...
#NASA #JamesWebb #alcohol #space #spaceeploration
To drink all of that, every person on earth would have to drink 300,000 pints each day for one billion years.
www.wionews.com/web-stories/...
#NASA #JamesWebb #alcohol #space #spaceeploration
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📢The 2025 MAYosis webinar series will be held on consecutive Wednesdays, May 7-28, at 4 pm CET (7 am PST; 12 am JST) meiosis.cornell.edu/mayoss2025/ Apply to give a talk (deadline is March 8, trainees and junior faculty only): tinyurl.com/47k3cjpn Registration is free: tinyurl.com/39rs53yv
MAYosis 2025
meiosis.cornell.edu
January 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
📢The 2025 MAYosis webinar series will be held on consecutive Wednesdays, May 7-28, at 4 pm CET (7 am PST; 12 am JST) meiosis.cornell.edu/mayoss2025/ Apply to give a talk (deadline is March 8, trainees and junior faculty only): tinyurl.com/47k3cjpn Registration is free: tinyurl.com/39rs53yv
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Our latest work using TIRFM to uncover mechanisms that stabilize the centromeric nucleosome:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Stable centromere association of the yeast histone variant Cse4 requires its essential N-terminal domain | The EMBO Journal
imageimageCentromeres contain a histone H3 variant that is essential for kinetochore assembly.
This work reports that the extended N-terminus of the budding yeast centromeric histone,
Cse4, stabilizes...
www.embopress.org
January 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Our latest work using TIRFM to uncover mechanisms that stabilize the centromeric nucleosome:
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
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Congrats to all the newly elected members of the GSA Board of Directors, including TAGC24 veteran @barrlab.bsky.social
genestogenomes.org/new-members-...
genestogenomes.org/new-members-...
New members of the GSA Board of Directors: 2025–2027
We are pleased to announce the election of six new leaders to the GSA Board of Directors: 2025 Vice President/2026 President Cassandra Extavour Timken Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology an...
genestogenomes.org
December 23, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Congrats to all the newly elected members of the GSA Board of Directors, including TAGC24 veteran @barrlab.bsky.social
genestogenomes.org/new-members-...
genestogenomes.org/new-members-...
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If you want to learn about how a tiny worm led to major insights in developmental biology and human disease check out the Nobel lectures from Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ9N...
2024 Nobel Prize lectures in physiology or medicine | Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
YouTube video by Nobel Prize
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:54 PM
If you want to learn about how a tiny worm led to major insights in developmental biology and human disease check out the Nobel lectures from Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ9N...
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Lets start with something exciting! Applications are now open to join our fantastic department as a group leader fellow! Come start your independent group at (in our opinion) the best neuroscience department! reach out here or @macaskillaf.bsky.social for more info! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Lets start with something exciting! Applications are now open to join our fantastic department as a group leader fellow! Come start your independent group at (in our opinion) the best neuroscience department! reach out here or @macaskillaf.bsky.social for more info! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Ru-upping this thread from last year since the paper is now out! @chenshuliu.bsky.social identified a Piezo-dependent mechanism that enables C. elegans to sniff out “bad eggs” and target them for destruction. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 21, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Ru-upping this thread from last year since the paper is now out! @chenshuliu.bsky.social identified a Piezo-dependent mechanism that enables C. elegans to sniff out “bad eggs” and target them for destruction. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.
November 22, 2024 at 4:05 AM
Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.
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Hello Bsky folks - here is a paper that we published earlier this year - great collaboration with the Bellen lab, Hyung-lok Chung, @okanca.bsky.social and others. Have a look if you're interested in Cdk8/19, mitochondria, Parkinsonism and Drosophila!
Liao, J. Z., Chung, H. L., Shih, C., Wong, K. K. L., ...., Sew, K., Bellen, H. J., Verheyen, E. M. (2024). Cdk8/CDK19 promotes mitochondrial fission through Drp1 phosphorylation and can phenotypically suppress pink1 deficiency in Drosophila. Nat Commun, 15(1):3326 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cdk8/CDK19 promotes mitochondrial fission through Drp1 phosphorylation and can phenotypically suppress pink1 deficiency in Drosophila - Nature Communications
Mitochondrial fission, performed by Drp1, is carefully regulated, particularly in neurons. Here, the authors examine Drosophila Cdk8/CDK19 function in mitochondrial fission and uncover a role phosphor...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:51 AM
Hello Bsky folks - here is a paper that we published earlier this year - great collaboration with the Bellen lab, Hyung-lok Chung, @okanca.bsky.social and others. Have a look if you're interested in Cdk8/19, mitochondria, Parkinsonism and Drosophila!
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Happy Fly Day!
November 18th is #Drosophila day. It commemorates the isolation of a white-eyed mutation, which is now used across the world. That mutation is white[1118], with the numbers standing for Nov 18th, the day it was isolated by Bob Levis. 🪰
November 18th is #Drosophila day. It commemorates the isolation of a white-eyed mutation, which is now used across the world. That mutation is white[1118], with the numbers standing for Nov 18th, the day it was isolated by Bob Levis. 🪰
November 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Happy Fly Day!
November 18th is #Drosophila day. It commemorates the isolation of a white-eyed mutation, which is now used across the world. That mutation is white[1118], with the numbers standing for Nov 18th, the day it was isolated by Bob Levis. 🪰
November 18th is #Drosophila day. It commemorates the isolation of a white-eyed mutation, which is now used across the world. That mutation is white[1118], with the numbers standing for Nov 18th, the day it was isolated by Bob Levis. 🪰