Junior European Drosophila Investigators

fly-jedi.bsky.social

18 October 2026 09:17

Mentoring opportunity for early career #Drosophila researchers at FlyCROSS: if you are a graduate, technician, postdoc or pre-tenure researchers sign up to be a mentee here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Stephan Saalfeld

herrsaalfeld.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:12

We are hiring an AI@HHMI Program Manager to help run HHMI's $500M AI initiative: projects, budgets, staffing, recruiting, events, outreach. Advanced degree, program management experience, fluent with AI tools and effective without them 😉. Work with me! hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Lars Chittka

larschittka.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:11

“The Entomologist“ by George Spratt 1830. Seen yesterday at the opening ceremony of the new London headquarters of the Royal Entomological Society

Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

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15 October 2026 21:31

40 years ago today, the BDSC made its 1st shipment. To celebrate, Trudy Kaufman, who packed the 1st shipment, boxed up the same kinds of flies for John Roote at Cambridge, who placed the 1st order. Watch for pics of the arrival next week. We’ve shipped 4,882,378 vials total. That’s a lot of flies!

Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior

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15 October 2026 18:47

Same weight, different energy bill. An Andean condor uses 79% less energy per kilometer than a trumpeter swan, even though both weigh roughly the same. Why? Find out in a new study in Science, which rewrites the costs of flight for wild birds and bats: doi.org/10.1126/scie... 1/3