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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 46127 0
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 0
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 0
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 0