Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m so sad that I was uninvited as a reviewer because I did not respond in time 😭. Also, I’m on sabbatical so I will be responding slowly to everything. Sorry not sorry. 001
Reposted by Dan TraceyJeremy S Davis @flydrocarbon.bsky.social · 07/05/20267 years ago I was incredibly lucky to join @hoosierflyman.bsky.social on the great #Seabattical Today, you can read in full print @genetics-gsa.bsky.social the description of a NEW SPECIES of Drosophila parasitoid and it's really unique biology. I just happened to be the guy who found it! 🐝🏝️🪰 183
Reposted by Dan TraceyGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The latest work in #GENETICS from @hoosierflyman.bsky.social presents the natural history, taxonomy, physiology, and genome of Leptopilina malgretoutensis, a virulent parasitoid of #Drosophila dunni flies from the Eastern Caribbean. buff.ly/H4imAKC 031
Reposted by Dan TraceyShefali @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 Dan TraceyJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO... Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out. Watch and share! 1/7youtube.comTop researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'YouTube video by PBS NewsHour 4190100
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Prepping my RPPR and it seems like “my NCBI” is currently non functioning due to shutdown? Anyone else having issues? 000
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Successful presentations to our Joint Drosophila Group Meeting celebration excuse. W @vickylopez.bsky.social and Ian Peasley 060
Reposted by Dan TraceyMaria de la Paz Fernandez @mariadelapax.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Come join us! Applications to the GCDB Biology Doctoral program at IU are due December 1st. @iubiology.bsky.social @alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @rhcalderon.bsky.social @lesleynweaver.bsky.social @hoosierflyman.bsky.social @tennessenlab.bsky.social @flyeyelab.bsky.social @briancalvi.bsky.social 0118
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Poster prize for my student Ian Peasley at the Maggot Meeting! 2170
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025So many great talks at the Maggot Meeting in Leipzig! 010
Reposted by Dan TraceyHunter Schone @hunterschone.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Now out in @natneuro.nature.com What happens to the brain’s body map when a body-part is removed? Scanning patients before and up to 5 yrs after arm amputation, we discovered the brain’s body map is strikingly preserved despite amputation www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02037-7 🧵1/18 711044
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Whatever you do, don’t criticize the University in class. www.ipm.org/news/2025-08...ipm.orgIU professor sanctioned for violating ‘intellectual diversity’ lawAn Indiana University professor was formally reprimanded for violating Indiana’s intellectual diversity law. 010
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 12/08/2025We fly folks had a good run while it lasted. This is such awful news 170
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025I am now officially “I put my wallet in the lower pocket of my cargo shorts” years old. 000
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Flies are not considered to be animals according to NIH guidelines. Shhhhh. 020
Reposted by Dan TraceyAmerican Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The "Big Beautiful Bill" isn’t the federal budget—it’s a reconciliation bill focused on tax cuts. The real FY26 funding decisions for NIH, NSF, and more are happening now in Congress. www.ascb.org/science-poli...ascb.orgThe "Big Beautiful Bill" is Not the Budget - ASCBIf you’ve read recent news about Congress trying to pass “the budget,” you may have noticed that even Washington, D.C. reporters don’t always have a firm grasp on the details of what they’re covering.... 16945
Reposted by Dan TraceySenator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 25/06/2025@warnock.senate.gov -I absolutely agree cuts to NIH are devastating for patients fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer. We must fight the Trump administration’s cuts to save lives and ensure Americans get the care they deserve. 13611
Reposted by Dan TraceyDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Statement from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (Ranking Member on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee): 119790
Reposted by Dan TraceyDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move." 10927931518
Reposted by Dan TraceyColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Very VERY excited to see this addition to the SCIMaP project. @joshuasweitz.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social BOTTOM LINE: Proposed NIH cuts are estimated to result in ~50b in economic losses and over 200k job losses. But hey! How are those egg prices?? scienceimpacts.org/fy26scienceimpacts.orgSCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical ResearchDeveloped by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide 23423
Reposted by Dan TraceyDr. Sarah Signor @signor-molevol.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Is this C. amoena? 111
Reposted by Dan TraceyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/06/2025We could have had her, America. 369151072142
Reposted by Dan TraceyBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/06/2025I personally know 5 early career and trainee level academic scientists who have changed jobs/ career paths in the last month. They did not see a sustainable future with ongoing cuts and attacks. The scale of decimation of the pipeline that the scientific workforce in U.S. faces is staggering. 413841
Reposted by Dan TraceySenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 03/06/2025I asked Secretary McMahon if she had done ANY analysis about how the Department of Education would be able to perform its basic obligations under the law before firing HALF of its staff. NO analysis was done. None. These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on. 33596168
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025The Flybase grant at Harvard has been canceled by Trump. Bloomington and Cambridge canceled too. Flybase is on life support. Please donate to keep it alive.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 ... 044
Reposted by Dan TraceyLucas Waltzer @lucaswaltzer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025#drosophila @flybase.bsky.social request emergency funding: "As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost" => please donate! 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 ... 381102
Reposted by Dan TraceyEva Pillai @evapillai.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Every organism's research community aspires to have a resource like FlyBase. Let’s help! 073
Reposted by Dan TraceyMarc Dionne @marcsdionne.bsky.social · 03/06/2025My lab studies bacterial infections. We spend a lot of time looking at (or for) species-specific genetic and genomic databases for hosts and microbes. FlyBase is the best of all—there is literally no comparison. Its existence is under threat. Please donate. 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 ... 35338
Reposted by Dan TraceyMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Can forward the email I received from the Europe side. They have split two funding campaigns into a US side and a Europe side. Donations must be placed through the Cambridge-linked facility for Europe via lab PO or personal payment via the following page: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb... 11314
Reposted by Dan TraceyMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 03/06/2025The #Drosophila community can donate to the European side to save FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social at the following link: www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb... 13334
Reposted by Dan TraceyMichael Baym @baym.lol · 14/05/2025Yesterday, the NIH R35 “Outstanding Investigator” grant to fund scientists in my lab studying antibiotic resistance was terminated for reasons not related to the content of the science, or any actions taken by me or members of my lab 145875575
Reposted by Dan TraceyWiley Nickel @wileynickel.com · 19/05/2025The new GOP tax bill gives the richest Americans (making over $4.3 million) an average tax cut of over $389k—while working families earning $17k-$51k will lose $700 a year on average. It’s a slap in the face to hardworking families who need tax relief the most. 1624474
Reposted by Dan TraceyElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/05/2025It’s hard to describe what it’s like to be a scientist while HHS, NIH, and FDA are run by idiots consumed by conspiracy theories. They are going to get people killed in service of telling themselves a fairy tale in which they are the heroes, all while feeding the American public a poisoned apple. 36883213
Reposted by Dan TraceySenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 14/05/2025I shared the story of Natalie, a mom from WA state with stage 4 colorectal cancer enrolled in an NIH clinical trial, but she was told her care was delayed because of RFK Jr.'s staffing cuts. He admitted NIH cuts, "are gonna hurt." It's unacceptable. I'm demanding accountability.youtube.com"NIH Cuts Will Hurt" RFK Jr. Admits When Pressed by Senator Murray on Harm to NIH Clinical CareYouTube video by Senator Patty Murray 16632391025
Reposted by Dan TraceyRuth Franklin @ruthfranklinlab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Just said goodbye to my NIH MIRA award. Really hurts to see the word “terminated” in writing. Even worse to see it next to the F31 awarded to a fantastic PhD student in my lab @aybv.bsky.social. I REFUSE to let this stop us!!! 715128
Reposted by Dan TraceyDrew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 12/05/2025“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house” 156127173347
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Great visit to U Iowa. Thanks @sethtomchik.bsky.social and @candrewfrank.bsky.social for being such great hosts. So nice to see my scientific big brother Chun-Fang Wu is still going strong! 1110
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Say goodbye to “model systems” research. I’ve had a good run but this is awful for the young folks just getting started, 461
Reposted by Dan TraceyMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 30/04/2025For US students interested in the UK, if you have an acceptance letter from a US college or university, these applications will be considered rapidly at @exeter.ac.uk for the 2025/2026 year. If you're interested in an MSc or PhD, happy to chat & support. I study #Drosophila #Immunity #Genetics 🪰🦠🧬 21815
Reposted by Dan TraceyAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 30/04/2025"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research." The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...nytimes.comTrump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue. 10494241
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Indiana Republicans bill includes provisions for post tenure review of faculty at Indiana University that measures “productivity” and can result in “probation” and termination. We must also now post our syllabi on a publicly accessible website. 101
Reposted by Dan TraceyFyodor Urnov @urnov.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Along with every geneticist I am a total Mendel groupie and this new figure (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) that shows the chromosome location and underlying basis of his allelic pairs moves me to near-tears. Oh, to fly back in time and show this to him ... 18422
Dan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025In honor of Easter here are genetically pink larvae we made in the lab. 0161
Reposted by Dan TraceyNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 17/04/2025“Look how many people are women; look at how many people are non-White. Is there any way to attribute this to something other than race and gender? And then when you look at the numbers and the chances it could be any reason other than race and gender?” super grateful that this is being reported 09341
