How does a predatory fungus build a trap to capture a nematode? This work by @fungi-worms.bsky.social lab reveals how prey signals reorganize conserved polarity and cytoskeletal machinery to redirect hyphal growth, form a trap, and then switch gears to penetrate the prey. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

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RIP Professor Noriyuki Satoh, a towering figure in Molecular Evo-Devo of tunicates, hemichordates, corals, brachiopods, nemerteans, phoronids, crown-of-thorns sea stars, oysters, shrimp, seaweeds, catfish, body plans, genomes & biomineralization. www.oist.jp/news-center/...

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The flies arrived in Cambridge this morning—healthy and happy! So nice to see another successful shipment! And great to draw one of our all-time-best customers out of retirement long enough to recreate our first order! Here’s to another 40 years of the BDSC helping to make fly genetics happen!

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Researchers have reconstructed the complete wiring diagram, or connectome, of the fruit fly’s adult brain—a feat akin to mapping all the buildings, avenues, and streets in a complex city. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ekAelY #ScienceMagArchives

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Check out our latest, led by @planulara.bsky.social, where we uncover the evolutionary relationships & life-cycle evolution in Hydractiniidae from Norway. doi.org/10.64898/202... @universitetsmuseet.bsky.social @unibergen.bsky.social @naturvetenskap.bsky.social ⬇️Podocoryna areolata 🪼 development⬇️

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