Reposted by Gavin RiceBen Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 28/08/2026What does it take to evolve a new trait? We have a new paper out that uses the Drosophila sex comb—a male-specific grasping structure found in a subset of drosophilids—as a model to answer this question 1/11 33311
Reposted by Gavin RiceRebecca Tarnopol @tarnopol.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Now that the cat’s out of the bag: Excited to announce I will be starting a research group as a Sandler Fellow this August at UCSF! We will study the evolution of protein toxins at the host-pathogen interface across scales of biological organization. Learn more here: www.tarnopollab.orgtarnopollab.orgTarnopol Lab 1244
Reposted by Gavin RiceGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 19/02/2026We’re excited to announce @tarnopol.bsky.social as the recipient of the 2026 Larry Sandler Award! 🎉 She’ll present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture during the #Dros26 opening session on March 4—she'll share how her research explores how protein toxins evolve to shape host–parasite interactions. 12410
Reposted by Gavin RicePeiwei Chen @peiwei-chen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026What happens if the germline goes on without (most of the) piRNAs for 45 generations? Come find out at my talk at the evolution session on Saturday at #dros26 @genetics-gsa.bsky.social 🪰🔬🔎⁉️🤔 13610
Reposted by Gavin RiceShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 04/03/2026To learn about how glucose #metabolism interacts with the #mTor pathway to regulate #Drosophila larval brain growth, come to my talk on Saturday at 5 pm in Physiology, Metabolism and Aging II session. Come for the science and stay for the most hilarious lab picture 🤭 #Dros26 #phdlife 0193
Reposted by Gavin RiceBen Hopkins @brhopkins92.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Looking 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! 02619
Reposted by Gavin RiceRita M Graze @ritamgraze.bsky.social · 03/03/2026#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 11611
Reposted by Gavin RiceShyama Nandakumar @shyama13.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Hello 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...! febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comFEBS PressIntegrated stress response (ISR), an evolutionarily conserved eukaryotic stress-adaptive program in eukaryotes, has also been implicated in homeostatic functions. This review covers a broad body of l.... 2155
Reposted by Gavin RiceLydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social · 15/07/2025new review alert❗️ thought your neighborhood stress response pathway (ISR) only dealt in stress adaptation? well, maybe so. but many cells are apparently quite “stressed out” - even healthy ones. see quoted thread by my phenom co-author @shyama13.bsky.social for a summary! ⬇️ 0127
Reposted by Gavin RiceCatarina Bromatti @catbromatti.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Rebeiz Lab took over San Diego for the Fly Meeting this week! Couldn’t have asked for a better time! 0121
Reposted by Gavin RiceShyama Nandakumar @shyama13.bsky.social · 20/03/2025#Dros25 workshop alert! Today at 8pm, Pacific Ballroom C - Go Big or Go Home : Polyploidy on the Fly. Excited to host this with @gavinrrice.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Gavin RiceLydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social · 13/01/2025two more days to submit for consideration in this workshop! looking forward to hearing about all your amazing science :) 0117
Reposted by Gavin RiceShyama Nandakumar @shyama13.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Drosophila folks, new workshop alert for #dros25: @gavinrrice.bsky.social and I are organising a workshop on Polyploidy, please consider submitting an abstract by 15 January to shyama.n@pitt.edu #polyploidy #drosophila 055
Reposted by Gavin RiceLydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Closing out the year with a new pre-print! Here, we show that the stress response factor Atf4 is more abundant in female vs male fat (likely directly Doublesex-regulated). This dimorphism renders females more resilient to starvation-induced death. Lots of follow-up work to come! 2197
Reposted by Gavin RicebioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Sexually dimorphic ATF4 expression in the fat confers female stress tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 021
Reposted by Gavin RicebioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Sexually dimorphic ATF4 expression in the fat confers female stress tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 011
Reposted by Gavin RiceLydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Research topics to be covered include sex differences, sex determination, molecular evolution of sex traits, and many other related topics. We look forward to hearing about your exciting science! 042
Reposted by Gavin RiceLydia Grmai, Ph.D. @lydiagrmai.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Calling all fly biologists: submit your research for consideration in the “Everything you ever wanted to know about sex” workshop at #Dros25! We hope to highlight diverse science, researchers, and career stages. Email submission to rmgraze@auburn.edu by Wed, Jan 15. 23218
Reposted by Gavin RiceShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Calling #Drosophila #grad students #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty to participate in FlyCROSS and be matched by a #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs ! #genetics #dros25 #phdlife @flybase.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social 23041
Reposted by Gavin RiceMcGregor Lab @mcgregorlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024New review on the evolution of insect male terminalia I wrote with Daniela Nunes: www.cell.com/trends/genet...cell.comDevelopmental evolution in fast-forward: insect male genital diversificationInsect male genitalia are among the fastest evolving structures of animals. Studying these changes among closely related species represents a powerful approach to dissect developmental processes and g... 1166
Reposted by Gavin RiceAmber Ridgway 🪰 @amberridgway.bsky.social · 18/11/2024@mcgregorlab.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of writing a dispatch article discussing the latest work from @gavinrrice.bsky.social and @rebeizlab.bsky.social. You can find it over on this link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 0168
Reposted by Gavin RiceShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 11/11/2024After mentor surveys, Calling #Drosophila early career scientists - including #grad students, #postdoc and #pretenure #faculty . It's time for you to fill the mentee survey !! 👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #genetics #Development #Dros25 #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #academia #gradlife #phdchatdocs.google.comGoogle Forms: Sign-inAccess Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use). 11011
Reposted by Gavin RiceRachel C Thayer @rcthayer.bsky.social · 25/10/2024Our paper, identifying all the cell types in the Drosophila melanogaster female reproductive tract (uterus, female-limited glands, sperm storage organs) is out today! We used single-nuclei RNA sequencing and a lot of in situ cross-validation www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2409850121 🪰 🧬🧪 1/n 46027
Reposted by Gavin RiceMcGregor Lab @mcgregorlab.bsky.social · 22/10/2024Our new pre-print exploring the role and interactions of leg patterning genes in developing Drosophila terminalia - great work by @amberridgway.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by Gavin RiceAmber Ridgway 🪰 @amberridgway.bsky.social · 22/10/2024If that wasn’t exciting enough, feast your eyes on the C15 stain in the developing female terminal - very fitting for the Halloween season. Have fun reading! Thank you @mcgregorlab.bsky.social for the support and guidance during this project. It was a blast! 023
Reposted by Gavin RiceMark Rebeiz @rebeizlab.bsky.social · 28/10/2024Our new @CurrentBiology paper provides a rare glimpse into a morphological novelty in Drosophila eugracilis In it, @gavinrrice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 2169