Pastor-Pareja Lab

La investigadora Mercedes Martín @pastorparejalab.bsky.social ha visitado el CEIP Lo Romero para acercar la ciencia al alumnado de primaria dentro de las actividades del Día Internacional de la Mujer #8M
En la charla han descubierto cómo la mosca de la fruta se usa como modelo en investigación🪰

Homenaje Antonio García Bellido (1936-2005) YouTube video by Sociedad Española de Biología del Desarrollo

As a tribute to our founding member and president, Antonio Garcia Bellido, we have gathered the testimony of some of his closest collaborators. Thank you Antonio for your legacy youtu.be/AXlqTx5wYPE?...

In the 2nd DrosoSpain #DrosoSpain2026 meeting there will be a time and a place to celebrate Antonio Garcia-Bellido’s life and scientific contributions. This will be on the 10th of April at 6pm @neuroalc.bsky.social #SavetheDate @umh.es @fly-eds.bsky.social @sebioldev.bsky.social

Expresamos nuestro más sentido pesar por el fallecimiento de Antonio García-Bellido, considerado el padre de la escuela española de Biología del Desarrollo y figura influyente de esta disciplina a nivel mundial. Para la #SEBD, su partida representa la pérdida de su fundador y primer presidente. DEP

We are happy to announce that many fly strains generated by our lab (128!!) are now available from the Vienna VDRC stock center @vdrc-flies.bsky.social 🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 shop.vbc.ac.at/vdrc_store/v...

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate

Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds - Nature Cell Biology As biomedical research prioritizes human models and translational promise, classic model organisms are increasingly dismissed. Here we argue that they have a lasting value, both in enabling discovery and in cultivating scientific thinking, by training researchers in systems reasoning, integrative thinking and independent inquiry.

Model organisms, in particular non-mammalian model organisms, such as yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans, #Drosophila and zebrafish, have long stood at the centre of biological discovery www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Towards a unified framework for the function of endoplasmic reticulum exit sites - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Endoplasmic reticulum exit sites (ERES) are specialized ER subdomains that regulate the export of secreted cargo. This Roadmap explores how ERES integrate biochemical and mechanical signals to coordinate trafficking and proposes a multidisciplinary strategy to investigate their function, including in disease.

ER exit sites are dynamic ER subdomains that integrate signals, reshape membranes and steer secretion. Twelve groups in the field came together to map their diversity, regulation, unanswered questions and future directions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Towards a unified framework for the function of endoplasmic reticulum exit sites Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Published online: 29 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41580-025-00899-0Endoplasmic reticulum exit sites (ERES) are specialized ER subdomains that regulate the export of secreted cargo. This Roadmap explores how ERES integrate biochemical and mechanical signals to coordinate trafficking and proposes a multidisciplinary strategy to investigate their function, including in disease.

New Online! Towards a unified framework for the function of endoplasmic reticulum exit sites

🪰 More than 750 scientists from 40+ countries gathered in Alicante for the XXVIII European Drosophila Research Conference #EDRC2025.
For 4 days, the fruit fly took center stage as a model to study health, aging, and disease👏
@edrc2025.bsky.social
@csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es

This is the organizing team behind #EDRC2025 María Dominguez, Javier Morante @morantelab.bsky.social , Juan Sanchez-Alcaniz @sanchezalcaniz.bsky.social , Pepe Pastor-Pareja @pastorparejalab.bsky.social and Ana Carmena

How flies grow their gyroscopes: Study reveals how flight stabilizers take shape A team from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche, has revealed how a structure essential for fly flight, the haltere, is formed.

New findings detail how internal cellular connections and extracellular matrix remodeling shape the fly haltere, a key organ for flight stability, offering broader insights into organ development. doi.org/g9qbxm

Great story from @pastorparejalab.bsky.social @incuab.bsky.social on how the #Drosophila haltere gets its shape! #morphogenesis #tissuearchitecture #cytoskeleton

👩‍🔬Un estudio de @neuroalc.bsky.social descubre cómo se genera el ala que permite a las moscas estabilizarse en el aire

🔬El halterio es un órgano que actúa como un giroscopio biológico 

🦋El trabajo aporta nuevas ideas sobre cómo se forman los órganos en animales

👉 http://tiny.cc/5jqm001

🔥A new study led by Pastor Pareja at @neuroalc.bsky.social is now published on @currentbiology.bsky.social 🙌
Researchers have uncovered how the haltere, the flight stabilizer in flies, is shaped 🪰
More info 👇
in.umh-csic.es/en/articulos...
@csic.es @dicv.csic.es @umh.es @cellpress.bsky.social

Descubren cómo se moldea el halterio, el estabilizador de vuelo de las moscas YouTube video by INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS UMH-CSIC

A new study led by #DrosoSpain researcher Jose Pastor-Pareja at @neuroalc.bsky.social is now published on @currentbiology.bsky.social
In this work the authors have uncovered how the haltere, the flight stabilizer in flies, is shaped 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... youtu.be/2YA-UcFqtbo?...

#SEBD member José Pastor-Pareja research group has published a new article in @currentbiology.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻