Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiKatja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This mentoring program is tailored for junior #Drosophila researchers, including #PhD, #Postdoc and #NewPI and is still accepting mentee requests! 012
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiScience X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A prototype ribosome was engineered to carry the instructions for one specific protein and make only that protein. It produced several proteins, but its full potential is still unresolved. doi.org/hch226phys.orgResearchers rewire ribosomes to specialize in one proteinEvery cell relies on ribosomes, the molecular machines that read genetic instructions and use them to assemble proteins. 062
Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026📢 Funded M2 internship Montpellier, 2027 We recruit a student for 6-month joint IGMM/CRBM project on how RNA binding shapes Hox TF nuclear organisation & developmental function. #Drosophila #RNA #Hox #genetics #imaging #DevelopmentalBiology #Internship Full details on LinkedIn 👇 lnkd.in/p/eqAQFHualnkd.inM2 Internship offer BIOLuM | Julie Carnesecchi⭐ We are recruiting an M2 student for a 6-month internship in Montpellier in 2027! Together with Albert Tsai, we are looking for a motivated Master 2 student to join our collaborative project: From ... 123
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNikolai Slavov @slavov-n.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Many things are beyond our control, but we control how we treat other people. We can choose to act with integrity. We can choose to be authentic & empathetic. We can choose to pay attention, help, support and encourage our colleagues. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞. 051
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiAniek Janssen @aniekj.bsky.social · 25/08/2026@lucievleeuwen.bsky.social, a talented postdoc in my lab, in collaboration with the @hayleysharpe.bsky.social and Dansen lab, developed a variety of fly lines with redox sensors in different subcellular compartments, revealing distinct H2O2 patterns during development. Read more below! 091
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNikos Konstantinides @nkonst4.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Join Carolina's lab! Wonderful mentor and amazing research! 142
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNicholas Bellono @nbellono.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Great piece on octopus ribosomes — and on the importance of following unexpected observations and looking in new places to find new things :) current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/octo... 0103
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiClem Bernard @clembrnrd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Two brilliant days of scientific discussion in London for our @britishcouncil.bsky.social Springboard meeting with @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social and our teams from @exeter.ac.uk and @igmm-montpel.bsky.social @cnrs.fr. Onwards! 🇫🇷🇬🇧 041
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiHadi Boukhatmi @muscleflylab.bsky.social · 16/07/2026We have a new preprint! We identify SPARC as a key mediator of intercellular communication between the #stroma and #tumours #CancerBiology #TumourMicroenvironment #Drosophila #CellBiology #Notch #ECM #Preprint @igdrennes.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgSPARC mediates tumour–stroma intercellular communication through endosomal regulation of Delta and Notch signallingTumour progression relies on reciprocal communication between genetically altered cancer cells and surrounding stromal cells. While the genetic alterations that initiate tumorigenesis have been extens... 053
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNicholas Bellono @nbellono.bsky.social · 09/07/2026How did octopuses evolve novel traits? Rishav Mitra, Richard Han, Trey Scott, et al serendipitously discover a unique ribosome adaptation that increases the accuracy of protein synthesis and evolved alongside their elaborate nervous systems vs deep sea relatives. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 18740
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNikos Konstantinides @nkonst4.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Very sensible thread regarding the new eligibility criteria for the ANR. As usual, I can see where these decisions come from, I can NOT understand how they ended up there… 051
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiMark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"A journal" was @biologyopen.bsky.social from the @biologists.bsky.social 02810
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiEMBL Events @events.embl.org · 29/06/2026The abstract submission deadline for #EESRNA is only a week away! Don't miss your chance to present your research at the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'The complex life of RNA', the central event for the RNA community. Submit your abstract by 7 July: s.embl.org/ees26-12-bl #RNA #RNAbiology 0108
Reposted by Julie Carnesecchieric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Crete Fly 2026 is a wrap! brain overflowing with info, and heart full with joy, after a week of stimulating talks, discussions, and catching up with old and new friends spanning 30 years of my life. also rocked the OAC with Cassandra Extavour for the first time, the fly community is the BEST!! 🪰🇬🇷 35611
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Greetings from the JEDI members that were selected for this year's @embo.org #Drosophila Crete meeting. Congratulations for giving amazing talks! From left: Helene Knævelsrud @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social, Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social and Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social 0398
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The amazing JEDI crowd 2026! Hurray for an inspiring #Drosophila meeting at a gorgeous location. Thank you to everyone who attended! 13915
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Today our keynote speaker Eugenia Chiappe from @champalimaudf.bsky.social gave an inspiring talk. The JEDI's enjoyed interacting with a first generation JEDI, who attended these #Drosophila meetings when she first started her lab. Thank you, Eugenia! 083
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The first few talks of this year's conference have been amazing! Here is a picture of @katrin-domsch.bsky.social rocking the stage talking about #Drosophila muscle development! 0134
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Amazing news! The company of biologists @biologists.bsky.social has decided to support our upcoming meeting! We now only have a couple of spots left for the upcoming JEDI #Drosophila meeting. 📍Palmela, Portugal 📅 June 1st to 3rd Register: congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...congressos.mundiconvenius.ptNew registrationNew registration 0249
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Extended registration deadline for our conference (June 1st - 3rd in Palmela, Portugal) to May 15th! Join if you are a Junior #Drosophila PI or senior #postdoc about to transition to independence. Spread the word! 🎬Venue: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P1n... 🔗Registration: fly-jedi.org/meetings/202...youtube.comPousada de PalmelaYouTube video by Pestana Hotel Group 01515
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiHadi Boukhatmi @muscleflylab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Registration is now OPEN for the French Drosophila Meeting! 🪰 Join us for an exciting conference featuring a fantastic lineup of invited speakers. drosofrance26.sciencesconf.org Deadline: June 30 Places are limited, so don’t wait! We look forward to seeing you at Trégastel ! @igdrennes.bsky.socialdrosofrance26.sciencesconf.org36th French Drosophila Meeting at Trégastel - Sciencesconf.org 062
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiZita Carvalho-Santos Lab @zsantoslab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026‼️ GENTLE REMINDER ‼️ Only 1 week left to register! Don’t miss this opportunity to come together and discuss the hottest topics in Drosophila research! Join us in Pamela to enjoy great science, sun, and of course… pastéis de nata! We can’t wait to see you there!fly-jedi.orgJunior European Drosophila Investigators | JEDI Meeting 2026 | Palmela, PortugalJEDI Meeting 2026 in Portugal 🇵🇹 - June 1–3, 2026 034
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Now we're cooking !!! #Drosophila folks never disappoint - I love it that they called it MIMOSAS 🍸 @narjournal.bsky.social #RNA #splicingacademic.oup.comMicroRNA-Mediated Obstruction of Stem–loop Alternative Splicing (MIMOSAS) regulates long-range alternative splicing in DrosophilaAbstract. RNA secondary structures are key regulators of long-range pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) alternative splicing, yet the rules governing these structures 051
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Feels like this paper on protein-templated DNA synthesis by a natural enzyme warrants some comment. So here's a 🧵. /1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgScience | AAAS 718781
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiElizabeth Rideout @ejrideout.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Beyond delighted to share our amazing collaboration with Thierry Alquier's lab @alquierthierry.bsky.social on a conserved role for neuronal lipid droplets in regulating energy homeostasis in vivo led by Celena Cherian, Romane Manceau, Danie Majeur, and Colin Miller www.nature.com/articles/s42... /1nature.comNeuronal lipid droplets play a conserved and sex-biased role in maintaining whole-body energy homeostasis - Nature MetabolismIn vivo regulation of neuronal lipid droplet formation mediates whole-body energy homeostasis in a sex-specific manner in Drosophila and mice. 96533
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiAlexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 19/04/2026#ESR #VeilleESR Tribune de la C3N du #CNRS signée par plus de 700 scientifiques (membres du comité national, directrices et directeurs d'unités) pour alerter une nouvelle fois sur les conséquences des coupes budgétaires c3n-cn.fr/2026/04/10/b...c3n-cn.frCoordination des instances du Comité National 12620
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiIGMM-Montpellier @igmm-montpel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026🔬IGMM (CNRS/ Univ Montpellier) is hiring Group Leaders in Innovative Biology. @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @umontpellier.bsky.social 📅 1 May–15 June 2026 📩 search2026@igmm.cnrs.fr 📎Full information 👇 #LifeScience #MolecularBiology #Research #PI #CNRS 12428
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiMaxim Greenberg @maxvcg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026There are Science papers and then there are *I just dropped and shattered my mug of coffee Usual Suspects style* Science papers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 29615
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiZayna Chaker @zaycha.bsky.social · 09/04/2026« world leadership goes through investing in research and science »… France is clearly shooting itself in the foot (again) by announcing new major budget cuts with immediate effects on all @cnrs.fr institutes! 😩 079
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchibioRxiv Developmental Biology @biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Axial Patterning Beyond the Individual: Colony-level Organization in a Siphonophore Colony www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 0164
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiKatja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Look at this view! And even better: every attendee gives a talk making this meeting extremely collaborative. This is THE meeting to be for #NewPI #Drosophila researchers - and those who want to connect to them! 1105
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJen Heemstra @jenheemstra.bsky.social · 26/03/2026If you’re a people pleaser, a key to effective time management is remembering that you’re usually going to be disappointing someone. When we take on a task we don’t need or want to do just to make someone happy, it usually comes at the cost of letting down ourselves or those closest to us. 033
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Can we predict health, Or when flies drop like fall leaves? Yes, chemotypes can! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Drosophila #AgingResearch #sciku @thescikuproject.bsky.socialbiorxiv.org 0104
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiKatja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Our paper is now available as early access at Nature Communications! Using the #Drosophila follicle epithelium as a model, we applied #scRNAseq, #LiveImaging, and cell biological tools to unravel functions of aberrant EGFR-Ras and Hedgehog signaling. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comHh and EGFR-Ras signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progression in the Drosophila follicle epithelium - Nature CommunicationsAberrant signaling pathway activation is a key driver of tumorigenesis. Using single-cell RNA sequencing, the authors unravel how EGFR-Ras and Hedgehog signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progre... 2113
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiScience Magazine @science.org · 19/03/2026An analysis of published papers on eight widely studied “model” organisms suggests work on them is fading, but not everyone is worried. scim.ag/3PaOvIs scim.agResearch on fruit flies and other ‘model’ organisms may be decliningAnalysis of published papers on eight widely studied species suggests work on them is fading, but not everyone is worried 03713
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiGiorgio Gilestro @giorgio.gilest.ro · 10/03/2026Happy to announce I've launched a new service for the fly community: flyRoom, a web-based comprehensive stock manager for all your fly pushing needs. Organise all your stocks, maps all your genotypes, plan your crosses, print and scan your labels. Give it a try and let your colleagues know! 45528
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Calling all #Drosophila #NewPI #researchers! A few spots remain for the upcoming JEDI Conference - and you won’t want to miss this! Every attendee gives a talk, making the exchange dynamic, personal, and highly interactive - all at a stunning venue that inspires collaboration and creativity. 02621
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiAlejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 02/03/2026"we propose that the protoribosome was a parasite (...). If this view is correct, then like the spliceosome in the stem eukaryote, a repurposed host-parasite interaction led to a dramatic change in cell biology at the base of the tree of life, in this case leading to the exit from an RNA world"academic.oup.comA symbiotic origin of the ribosome?Abstract. The origin of life is one of the great mysteries of science. Of the multiple unsolved problems, the origin of the translation system (the means b 13015
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiShefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 27/02/2026#Drosophila #FlyCROSS 2025-26 updates - 84 mentor-mentee matches were made ✅ Out of which 90 % of mentees were matched to one of their preferred mentors. Keep and eye for the future program notifications. See you all at #Dros26 Below are the mentee demographics and response summary. (1/n) 2115
Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Had a great time with my #drosophila #JEDI fellows Adam Dobson and @nathanwoodling.bsky.social. Thanks so much Adam for the invitation: exciting science, insightful EDI discussions and great colleagues at the School of Molecular Biosciences in Glasgow! A rainy but so friendly scottish spirit 😊 080
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiEdoardo Gianni @edogia.bsky.social · 13/02/2026How could a simple self-replicating system emerge at the origins of life? RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but existing ones are so large that their self-replication seems impossible. Could they be smaller? Excited to share our latest work in @science.org on a new small polymerase. 1/nscience.orgA small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strandThe emergence of a chemical system capable of self-replication and evolution is a critical event in the origin of life. RNA polymerase ribozymes can replicate RNA, but their large size and structural ... 10509215
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The registration is open! Junior #Drosophila PIs, join us for inspiring scientific discussion, contribute a talk and listen to our keynote speaker, Eugenia Chiappe. We meet in Palmela, Portugal from June 1st to 3rd. Register soon as spots are limited! congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...congressos.mundiconvenius.ptNew registrationNew registration 01814
Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Looking forward to this exiting collaboration with @clembrnrd.bsky.social on RNA biology! can't wait to meet in London, Exeter and in our @igmm-montpel.bsky.social Manu thanks to the British Council for their support. 140
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Registration will open soon for the next JEDI meeting: June 1st - 3rd in Palmela, Portugal! Join us and our keynote speaker Eugenia Chiappe. Her #neuroscience lab studies how #Drosophila estimates its own movement and integrates sensory inputs to control locomotion. chiappelab.orgchiappelab.orgChiappe LabSensorimotor Integration Lab 0145
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiNikos Konstantinides @nkonst4.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I am very happy (and a bit scared) to present to you what we have been working on over the last 4 years. This manuscript is exactly what I dreamt of when I started the lab and I could not be happier and prouder of the outcome! 2416165
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchiJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Dear #Drosophila researchers, the year starts with good news! The date and venue for our next meeting is confirmed: June 1st to 3rd at the beautiful Historic Hotel Castle De Palmela in Portugal! Mark the dates, registration will open soon! 02215
Reposted by Julie CarnesecchieLife @elife.bsky.social · 28/12/2025A new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers. buff.ly/K7CGFLV 14316
Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Yesterday at @igmm-montpel.bsky.social we sold cakes &crêpes for @afm-telethon.bsky.social, all cooked and sold by volunteers. Proud to support research on neuromuscular disease, fundamental myology & gene therapy. Thanks, Florence Rage and everyone who contributed or came by! #Solidarity #Research 2111