I thought I was attending the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, but somehow ended up at a rock-and-roll concert. Fly Board President Eric Lai opened the meeting with an electric guitar riff....

Reference: Aguillon, R., Harduf, A., Sagi, D., Simon-Blecher, N., Levy, O., Appelbaum, L. (2026). DNA damage modulates sleep drive in basal cnidarians with divergent chronotypes. Nature Communicati…

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A new study of fly behavior and brain circuits reveals how different fly species evolved to prefer different temperatures. Reference: Capek, M., Arenas, O. M., Alpert, M. H., Zaharieva, E. E., Ménd…

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A study using flies of the genus Drosophila adapted to life in diverse thermal environments shows how evolution has shaped temperature preference by acting on both molecular heat receptors and th...