Katja Rust

rustflylab.bsky.social

18 October 2026 13:45

We just came back from an amazing meeting of the northern germany #Drosophila research groups on #Helgoland. This is us birding during one of the breaks on the dune!

Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center

bdsc.bsky.social

16 October 2026 17:27

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!

David L. Stern

gallseeker.bsky.social

24 September 2026 17:42

1/n New paper! In collaboration with Angela Gronenborn's lab, we solved the crystal structures of 2 bicycle proteins. They share some similarity to saposins, but are clearly not saposins. Instead, this stable backbone provides a platform for crazy diversity of form and surface chemistry.

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

mrclmb.ac.uk

03 September 2026 21:32

The complete #connectome of the adult Drosophila male CNS has allowed researchers, inc @jefferis.bsky.social’s group, to compare male & female brains at synaptic-resolution for the first time. Read more here: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/... #LMBResearch 1/2

Vincent Croset

vincentcroset.bsky.social

29 August 2026 09:02

2 more weeks to go! www.justgiving.com/page/vincent...