Reposted by Christopher TaboneHHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 03/09/2026(1/2) When Janelia set out to map every neuron in the fly brain in 2008, many thought it couldn’t be done. Nearly 20 years later, a complete wiring diagram of the 166,000+ neurons of the adult male fruit fly is helping to reveal the brain’s secrets: bit.ly/4zT7jPf. 13917
Christopher Tabone @christabone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Trying out Astra on some FlyBase code and it seems to work exceptionally well. Just increased hitlist result speed from 600 ms to 60 ms and fixed the "blinking" refresh bug on the same hitlist results. Live now. 000
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTreat biological databases as infrastructure, not projectsLetter to the Editor 17645
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 26/06/2026New FlyBase commentary: Using AI to get FlyBase data. I'm going to post some brief talking points, but please read the whole thing: flybase.org/commentaries...flybase.orgUsing AI to get FlyBase dataFlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology 32115
Reposted by Christopher TaboneBloomington Drosophila Stock Center @bdsc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We are pleased to announce a major donation to support the work of the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center. Lawerence Washington, husband of former BDSC director Kathy Matthews, has established an endowment in her honor. bdsc.indiana.edu/news-events/... 36427
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 19/06/2026FlyBase release FB2026_02 is live! As of this release we now have 2000 gene group reports🎉, including 1453 ‘classical’ gene group reports flybase.org/lists/FBgg, 399 protein complex reports flybase.org/lists/FBgg/c..., 96 metabolic pathway reports flybase.org/lists/FBgg/m... (continued)flybase.org FlyBase - Gene Group List FlyBase: a database for drosophila genetics and molecular biology 1105
Reposted by Christopher TaboneInternational Society for Biocuration @biocurator.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Steven (@steven-flybase.bsky.social) is group manager, curator & nomenclature advisor at FlyBase (@flybase.bsky.social) Cambridge. He leads the FlyBase Gene Group resource, contributes to the Gene Ontology, & collaborates with Rhea, Reactome, RNACentral, UniProt, HGNC, & Alliance of Genome Resources 165
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 14/04/2026FlyBase is seeking a new scientific curator at our Harvard University site. More information here: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... 1915
Christopher Tabone @christabone.bsky.social · 14/04/2026FlyBase is hiring! Come work with us. careers.harvard.edu/job/scientif...careers.harvard.eduScientific Curator 000
Reposted by Christopher TaboneBrian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026A short video of a global heat map of real time pings to FlyBase website from one of our talented developers (not sped up) @flybase.bsky.social @iubiology.bsky.social 21910
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 17/03/2026The 2026 Drosophila Community Service Award was presented earlier this month at #DROS26. This year's recipients were the REDFly Database Team and the FlyBase Developer Team, for their roles in the development of online repositories for the dissemination of Drosophila data. 1148
Reposted by Christopher TaboneAlliance of Genome Resources @alliancegenome.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The March Alliance webinar, 'Nomenclature in WormBase & FlyBase, presented by Tim Schedl and Steven Marygold, is now up on the Alliance YouTube channel youtu.be/rhjX0c_vC-syoutu.beNomenclature in WormBase & FlyBaseYouTube video by Alliance Of Genome Resources 042
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 12/03/2026FlyBase release FB2026_01 is live! There is news about FlyBase funding. Go to the FlyBase homepage flybase.org for details. 13221
Reposted by Christopher TaboneBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 04/03/2026With this war on Iran costing $1B per day, we are now at 4$B, an amount that would fund 3,200 five year NIH biomedical research grants. 722891
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 15/12/2025New with FB2025_05: Archive data is back! FlyBase is now participating in the Amazon Web Services Open Data Sponsorship Program. AWS sponsors the storage & data transfer costs for the FlyBase bulk data repository, allowing us to preserve & provide access to nearly two decades of archive releases. 2118
Reposted by Christopher TaboneKo-Fan Chen 陳克帆 @kofanchen.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026Dear UK #Drosophila @FlyBase Cambridge is now able to accept PO orders for support. So please get in touch with wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Contr…wiki.flybase.orgFlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki 11012
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 03/03/2026#DROS26 starts tomorrow! Sadly, most of FlyBase will not be there this year. Brian Calvi, our Indiana University PI, will be speaking on "FlyBase: Past, Present, and Future" during the Techniques and Technology workshop (Sat. 3/7 7:70-7:45, Room Sheraton/Chicago 4-7). @briancalvi.bsky.social 063
Reposted by Christopher TaboneChris Mungall @cmungall.bsky.social · 12/02/2026As part of the @monarchinitiative.bsky.social /OBO Academy series, we had @christabone.bsky.social give us a two part introduction to "Efficient Biocuration and Bioinformatics with Claude Code". Part 1 (video and hands-on material) is here: oboacademy.github.io/obook/tutori...oboacademy.github.ioGetting Started with Claude Code - OBO Semantic Engineering Training 121
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 03/10/2025There's an update on the state of FlyBase on the FlyBase.org front page. You can contribute to FlyBase at this link wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... We express enormous gratitude to the people, labs, groups, and foundations who have already helped us. #FlyBase #Drosophila 14540
Christopher Tabone @christabone.bsky.social · 16/09/2025nbcnews.comTrump's Harvard cuts threaten a giant in biomedical research: A database about the tiny fruit flyThis spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard. 000
Reposted by Christopher TabonePerrimon Lab @perrimonlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2025www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Researchthecrimson.comHarvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research | News | The Harvard CrimsonFlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried. 01925
Christopher Tabone @christabone.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Possibly great news for FlyBase. Awaiting information from Harvard regarding the grant...thecrimson.comJudge Hands Victory to Harvard in Funding Lawsuit, Ruling Trump Administration’s Freeze Unconstitutional | News | The Harvard CrimsonA federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it froze more than $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard, striking down the freeze in its entirety and deliveri... 020
Reposted by Christopher TaboneAndreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Dear president@harvard.edu, dear gaudet@mcb.harvard.edu, to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link: droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/ 32921
Reposted by Christopher TaboneMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share 25947
Reposted by Christopher TaboneMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 23/08/2025The community of Drosophila researchers is amazing, mutually supportive and collaborative. Right now a key resource for our community, @flybase.bsky.social , is threatened by the cancellation of its NIH grant and is seeking community help in raising short term funds 1/n 🧪 please share 1149126
Reposted by Christopher TaboneDr Sian Gramates @drglam.bsky.social · 16/08/2025We have finally navigated the endless red tape and gotten the donation site to support the US FlyBase groups up and running. bsky.app/profile/flyb... 11925
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 15/08/2025FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...wiki.flybase.orgFlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki 3130159
Reposted by Christopher TaboneDr Sian Gramates @drglam.bsky.social · 13/08/2025News via The Transmitter www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...thetransmitter.orgHarvard University lays off fly database teamThe layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades. 32525
Reposted by Christopher TaboneDr Sian Gramates @drglam.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I just got the notice that all the FlyBase people at Harvard, including me, will be laid off on October 12. I'm devastated. 63376223
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 25/06/2025MassLive.com recently interviewed several Harvard FlyBase people and wrote this news article about the importance of FlyBase: tinyurl.com/4chpts9ftinyurl.comWhy a database of bug genes could be one of Trump’s most devastating cuts at HarvardFlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter for your health. 03738
Reposted by Christopher Taboneeric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 17/06/2025calling all fly folks, keep an eye out for new system coming soon, through which you can help support FlyBase in this time of dire need. 02914
Christopher Tabone @christabone.bsky.social · 14/06/2025My recent webinar regarding orthology and paralogy at the Alliance of Genome Resources.youtu.beOrthology and Paralogy at the AllianceYouTube video by Alliance Of Genome Resources 010
Reposted by Christopher TaboneThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025After losing its federal funding, the FlyBase team is requesting donations from labs so it can migrate the resource to another site. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...thetransmitter.orgFlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminationsThe team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat. 0102
Reposted by Christopher TaboneAlliance of Genome Resources @alliancegenome.bsky.social · 11/06/2025The Alliance webinar on Orthology and Paralogy at the Alliance is TOMORROW (June 12), noon EDT. Preregister by TONIGHT (June 11) by midnight EDT for the Zoom link forms.gle/GzMnmwK23SzP....forms.gleAlliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration 003
Reposted by Christopher TaboneSaccharomyces Genome Database @yeastgenome.bsky.social · 09/06/2025FlyBase needs your help! Because of recent changes to government funding, the NIH grant that supported FlyBase has been "terminated." flybase.org 01923
Reposted by Christopher TaboneSteven Marygold @steven-flybase.bsky.social · 11/06/2025European-based researchers can help support future #flybase curation by donating at this site: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...philanthropy.cam.ac.ukDrosophila Genetic DatabaseThe Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ... 01416
Reposted by Christopher TaboneAlliance of Genome Resources @alliancegenome.bsky.social · 05/06/2025This month's Alliance webinar is 'Orthology and Paralogy at the Alliance', presented by Chris Tabone, on Thursday June 12 EDT. Preregister by Wednesday June 11 (before midnight EDT, please) to get the Zoom link forms.gle/GzMnmwK23SzP...forms.gleAlliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration 156
Reposted by Christopher TaboneBrian Calvi @briancalvi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025The current fundraising link is for EU labs to support FlyBase UK group. Still setting up to collect fees from U.S. and all other labs. Stay tuned. Divided because of recent international firewalls. 089
Reposted by Christopher TaboneMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 03/06/2025URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯 Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below. This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry. 4225253
Reposted by Christopher TaboneFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 03/06/2025We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience. 080114
Reposted by Christopher TaboneRat Genome Database @ratgenome.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Global biodata resources are at risk - funding models are fragile and unsustainable. GBC's open letter campaign needs your support to call for solutions. Science leaders have already signed the letter, please join them. Click here for more: globalbiodata.org/open-letter-...globalbiodata.orgOPEN LETTER CAMPAIGN - Global Biodata CoalitionCareers at the Global Biodata Coalition. 0211