Quick plug for our new resource, the Drosophila Species Stock Exchange. This is a database and mailing list that documents species currently in culture and the labs holding them. If you want to know more or sign up then please get in touch. See attached for more info and please share!
Hey #DROS26 attendees, want to connect while exploring Chicago? Meet in the lobby by check-in for a 30-minute walk from 7:45 a.m. on Thursday and Friday morning! If the weather holds up, we'll visit Millennium Park tomorrow, and the riverwalk Friday. If it rains, we'll hang out in the lobby!
Hello fellow scientists, I'm thrilled to share with you a state of the art review that @lydiagrmai.bsky.social , the bsky-less Deepika Vasudevan and I have been working on for >1 year! Keep reading...!
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Looking forward to #Dros26 this week. My lab is recruiting and I would be delighted to chat with anyone interested in grad school/postdoc positions in evolutionary cell biology and developmental genetics. Please reach out if interested!
9:39 PM: Michael W. Perry, University of San Diego, Evolution of a novel neural type used in female detection and tracking. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
Closing talk: Michael W. Perry @michaelwperry.bsky.social [8/8]
9:27 PM: Kara E. Miller, @karamiller1224.bsky.social, Villanova University, Multiple circuit elements of Drosophila courtship are repurposed from larval life during metamorphosis. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
Sixth talk: Kara E. Miller @karamiller1224.bsky.social [7/8]
9:09 PM: Rory T. Coleman, @rorycoleman.bsky.social, New York University, Decoding the circuit logic of male courtship evolution. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
Fifth talk: Rory T. Coleman @rorycoleman.bsky.social [6/8]
8:51 PM: Victoria H. Meller, Wayne State University, The problem with sex chromosomes. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
Fourth talk: Victoria H. Meller [5/8]
8:33 PM: Alberto Civetta, @acuofw.bsky.social, University of Winnipeg, From Broad Patterns to Specifics: How Drosophila Male Reproductive Genes Evolve. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
Third talk: Alberto Civetta @acuofw.bsky.social [4/8]
8:21 PM: Yen-Shan Chen, Indiana University School of Medicine, Sox21B regulates the development of male genitalia in Drosophila melanogaster through cantilever mediated stabilization of sequence-specific DNA bending. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
Second talk: Yen-Shan Chen [3/8]
8:03 PM: Amelia R.I. Lindsey, University of Minnesota, Symbiosis and (A)Sex: Microbes as drivers of insect sexual fate. Friday, March 6, 2026 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ... Superior, Level 2
First talk: Amelia RI Lindsey [2/8]
Annual Drosophila Research Conference 2026 Friday, March 6 8 to 10 PM Workshop - Superior, Level 2 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ...
#Dros26 community — we’d love to see you at our workshop this Friday! [1/8]
Organizers: @ritamgraze.bsky.social @marbeitman.bsky.social @lydiagrmai.bsky.social @gavinrrice.bsky.social @brhopkins92.bsky.social Artyom Kopp
NYU's Church Evolution Lab seeks a Postdoctoral Associate for projects in phylogenomic analysis of invertebrates, focusing on biodiversity. Apply by 8/31/2026. Salary: $62,500. Details: https://apply.interfolio.com/179354 #postdoc
A wet desert lily growing in sand and flowering with a grand view while storm clouds are moving in from the west this morning.
A wet desert lily flowering with a grand view while storm clouds are moving in from the west this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).
Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to stamatak@ics.forth.gr
We're looking for a new colleague at Asssoc Prof level! Come join us in the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. A teaching profile in ecology, faunistics and/or physiology is beneficial. Find the full job advertisemnt here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
I taught Genetics again this year. We need to include discussion of the problematic history of our field, especially as the claims of eugenics are once again centered in our political discourse. Last year I wrote this piece, explaining my reasoning and approach 🧪 1/n
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Open Team Leader position @embl.org to head & reshape our Genomics Core facility. Interested in providing & developing state-of-the art omics tech to a wide community? A very vibrant, dynamic place to work with fantastic colleagues. Closing Sept 30th
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...
Net-casting spider stretching it net
enlarged forward facing eyes of Asianopis subrufa
🚨Good news, everyone!
1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026.
2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
ARTISTS!
I need your help!
In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.
Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
Time to vote for our GSA officers!
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The Hopkins Lab (hopkins-lab.com) at the University of Florida is looking to recruit a postdoc to work on the genetics of organ function and evolution across Drosophila and beyond. Please visit tinyurl.com/vcsjpmzz or email me for more info. And please RT or send to anyone who might be interested!
Excited to share our new #biorxivpreprint:
“Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
we are recruiting a postdoc with interest in using genomics and molecular biology to study transcription factors. We have an R35 to fund the project/salary.
🌍 Want to fund your research abroad?
Join GSA’s Grants and Funding in Europe panel to hear how to secure international support for your work.
📅 Oct 20 | 11 a.m. EDT
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Cartoon illustration depicting a sick Drosophila melanogaster surrounded by different viruses, symbolizing the impact of persistent viral infections on the model organism. Image credit Rubén González.
Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed. @salehlabparis.bsky.social &co show how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4olpuXm
I am hiring a postdoc to examine the genomic and evolutionary basis of plant microbiome variation in legumes. There are opportunities to gain teaching experience. Chicago is a great city to live in! Please help spread the word.
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If you are a current PRFB fellow, we have a slack where all of this and more is discussed.
Current fellows, please send me a message and I can add you.
Is anyone willing to share a successful GRFP they wrote along with the reviews with me? I didn’t know what they were when I was eligible and have some students that are thinking of writing them. Please and thank you.
