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Lucie van Leeuwen

@lucievleeuwen.bsky.social
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Postdoc in @aniekj.bsky.social lab (UMC Utrecht) studying chromatin dynamics and redox signalling in ageing fruit flies 🪰🔬

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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
✨Excited to share our latest paper in Aging Cell!✨ "Direct Pharmacological Activation of AMPK Extends Lifespan in Yeast, Worms and Flies" Thanks to all the collaborators who made this multi-organism study possible! 💊🪱🪰🐁⏳ #TeamScience #Drosophila #C.elegans #S.pombe #Ageing doi.org/10.1111/acel...
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SFRR-E_ ECRs @sfrre-ecr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📣 NEW SEASON, NEW WEBINARS! 🎉 The 5th SFRR-E ECR webinar series is here! 🔬🌍 Check the lineup, save the dates & join us for cutting-edge redox research from ECRs worldwide! 👉 Webinars: tinyurl.com/SFRREWebinar 🔗 Follow us: linktr.ee/SFRRE #SFRRE #ECR #Redox
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Shyama Nandakumar @shyama13.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#drosophila folks, the Mentor survey for FlyCROSS closes soon! Please sign up using the link below, please RT and spread the word!! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social @iamshef.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2026 FlyCROSS Survey For Mentors
We appreciate you taking the time and volunteering to be a mentor! Add dmelcross@gmail.com to your email address book or safe sender list, so that you can receive our emails. To be a participating men...
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Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Read about our latest work here www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... or let Alessandro tell you all about it (link below)!
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The sex and reproductive plasticity of intestinal muscles instruct gut size
Adult intestinal size plasticity is driven not only by epithelial stem cells but also by remodeling of the surrounding visceral musculature. Sex- and reproduction-dependent muscle remodeling controls ...
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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mapping subcellular H2O2 dynamics reveals tissue specific redox patterns in Drosophila www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Lucie van Leeuwen @lucievleeuwen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New preprint! Excited to share #FlyPer: new #Drosophila lines targeting #H2O2 sensor #HyPer7 to the #mitochondria, #nucleus, #cytosol & #plasmamembrane! 🪰 Together with @sharpe-lab.bsky.social & Dansen lab, we reveal distinct H2O2 patterns in embryos and larval wing discs. doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Who needs chromatin anyway...? NOT THIS GUY! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n
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Chromatin is dispensable for bacterial life
Inside cells, DNA is intimately associated with proteins, forming chromatin. The protein constituents of chromatin vary across the tree of life: histones are the principal building blocks of chromatin...
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Bardin Lab @bardinlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A huge congratulations to Zheng and the entire Guo lab for this beautiful story! Very cool mechanism! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Intestinal stem cells count self-renewal divisions to switch multipotency - Nature
In Drosophila, cell fate switching in adult intestinal stem cells is determined through an epigenetic mechanism in which these cells count divisions, switching from producing enterocytes to producing ...
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Mike Murphy @mitoredox.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I have two post doctoral positions available in my lab funded by the Wellcome Trust to develop new chemical biology approaches to studying mitochondria. Would suit those with interest in both mitochondria and chemical biology. Advert below-please forward and repost! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Research Associate x 2 (Fixed Term)
The Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit (MRC MBU), University of Cambridge, wishes to appoint two post-doctoral Research Associates to join the research group of Prof. Mike Murphy at t...
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Giorgio Gilestro @giorgio.gilest.ro · 10/03/2026
Happy 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!
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center @bdsc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
FlyBase needs your help! Visit the link below for more information, and please consider donating to help save this amazing resource. wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
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FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
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Vicki Metzis @vmetzis.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Application deadline for up to 5 @mrc-lms.bsky.social postdoc positions in developmental epigenetics closes soon - don’t miss out! Positions across both experimental and computational projects. Come and join our fantastic team science community!
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Helena Cocheme @cochemelab.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Join the #LMS! Our institute is advertising for junior #GroupLeader positions in #Physiology and #Metabolism. Closing date for applications: August 31st!
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corderolab.bsky.social @corderolab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Very happy and proud to share the latest work from our lab. Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche in Drosophila
Robust and controlled intestinal regeneration involves reciprocal interactions between the intestinal epithelium and its microenvironment. Here, we id…
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Lucie van Leeuwen @lucievleeuwen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Acrylic/flyspeck 🪰🎨
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Andreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Now proper out: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
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Toward more sustainable research: reducing the environmental impact when working with Drosophila
Abstract. The ever-increasing amounts of plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide threaten our environment. Biomedical laboratories across the
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Lucie van Leeuwen @lucievleeuwen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Very pleased to see this study out in @natcomms.nature.com! Congratulations to first author @claudialennicke.bsky.social and everyone involved. This work highlights how a single #redox-sensitive cysteine can regulate #autophagy and extend healthy lifespan in #flies 🪰
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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Do you have some cool results to present to the #Drosophila community at #EDRC2025 ? Please do not forget that abstract submissions are opened until the 28th of May edrc2025alicante.com/abstracts/
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De Correspondent @decorrespondent.nl · 08/05/2025
Als de serie Adolescence iets laat zien, is het dat het in tijden van giftige mannelijkheid niet gemakkelijk is om een jongen te zijn – of om er een op te voeden. Wat blijkt: ouders en de cultuur geven jongens precies níét wat ze nodig hebben. Lees verder: corr.es/b9120b
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Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I uploaded 282 high quality scans (1200dpi, greyscale) of animal etchings on the Internet Archive. They are from the book "Éléments De Zoologie" published in 1885, so feel free to use them for your projects ! archive.org/details/elem...
Panther Axolotl pterodactyl thylacine
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
This #InternationalWomensDay I want to tell the story of Lilian Vaughan Morgan. I learned of Lilian this past year - what a badass. Lilian was a leading scientist when women weren't welcome in the lab, nor even the department. But she contributed immensely to the genetics of sex determination 1/n
A photo of a young Lilian Vaughan Morgan, sitting with a book on her lab staring into the distance.A photo of an older Lilian Vaughan Morgan, sitting at a lab bench with a microscope and dozens of glass milk bottles bunged with cotton. Lilian is in the middle of applying ether to anaesthetize a bottle of flies.
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Outreach funding opportunity, sponsored by the Fly Board: Non-profit programs anywhere in the world that introduce middle school, high school, or college students to Drosophila research are eligible to apply! The number of students that this funding would impact and financial need will be considered
Please provide the following to Jessica.Treisman@med.nyu.edu:
Name and contact information
A 1-page summary of the program, including an explanation of how the program would broaden participation among Drosophila scientists
Budget justification of up to $2000
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Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The European federation of Academies of Sciences has posted a statement of concern about the developments in the US. They now have added the option to endorse this statement as an organisation. Would be great if this could go viral. allea.org/portfolio-it...
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ALLEA Statement on Threats to Academic Freedom and International Research Collaboration in the United States
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European Drosophila Society @fly-eds.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Recently completed your #PhD using #Drosophila in a European lab? Apply for the European Drosophila Society best thesis prize! 🏆🪰 Deadline: 28 Feb 2025. Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025.bsky.social! Info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd...
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EDS best PhD thesis prize | European Drosophila SocietyHome
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
We have to stand up for science! Anyone who can join these rallies and believes that US science must be protected should come! @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
A great piece of work by the Ferrandon lab to describe the huge importance of Nora virus in #Drosophila stocks. Gut disruption creates susceptibility to coinfection by microbes. Major effects on lifespan, infection, etc... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Much needed fly #virus PSA to boot. 1/2
Fluorescence images showing nora virus antibody staining in intestinal stem cells (ISCs) in red.Nora virus causes a SMURF phenotype, where blue dye in food can leak through the gut, colouring the whole fly blue. Fun fact, also works in humans.Many charts showing nora virus is behind severe lifespan reduction in flies
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Aniek Janssen @aniekj.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Our Center for Molecular Medicine (cmmutrecht.eu) at UMC Utrecht, NL, is looking for a Principal Investigator in the field of fundamental Cancer Biology! The vacancy states tenure track level, but candidates with a more advanced career are very welcome to apply. shorturl.at/KZeYQ. Please repost!
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Javier Apfeld @javierapfeld.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Worm friends: Join the C. elegans Community Mentor Match Program! Become a mentor and pay it forward by sharing your wisdom with people at earlier stages of their career. Click on the link to sign up (we will be signing up mentees and peer-mentoring groups soon). Please repost and spread the word!
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Mentor sign-up for the 2025 C. elegans Community Mentor Match program
Sign up is close for now, but please add your name here for the next matching cycle. Thanks for volunteering to be a Mentor! The 2025 C. elegans Community Mentor Match is open to postdocs and faculty...
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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Please RT: Associate Professor position in my department at the University of Oxford. Broad search in molecular and cellular biology: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences @mrc-lms.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We’re delighted to share our recruitment brochure for our current Programme Leader Track vacancies at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences. You can download the brochure on our vacancy web page 👇 lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacanci...
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Programme Leader Track - MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Programme Leader Track appointments are an open-ended contract, which comprises a six-year advanced career development scheme after which you will be considered for promotion to Programme Leader.
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Joachim Goedhart @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
There are now 24 step-by-step guides, explaining how to create these ⬇️ data visualizations with R/ggplot2 - I hope this is a useful resource. Find them all here: joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-prot...
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Ronja Houtekamer @ronjahoutekamer.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Perfect reason for my first post here. Super excited to see this work on PIEZO mechanosensing of the intestinal stem cell niche led by Meryem Baghdadi @vignjeviclab.bsky.social and Kim lab out in Science! Honored to have contributed to this story as 2nd author. 🎉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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PIEZO-dependent mechanosensing is essential for intestinal stem cell fate decision and maintenance
Stem cells perceive and respond to biochemical and physical signals to maintain homeostasis. Yet, it remains unclear how stem cells sense mechanical signals from their niche in vivo. In this work, we ...
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Moita Lab @moitalab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Thrilled to present our latest BioRXiv on brain/body interactions during defensive freezing behaviour! (www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...). You might think that a frozen animal has, well, frozen muscle activity, right? Wrong! Underneath the still surface of a fly, something in the legs is beating… 🧵
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Jop Kind @jopkind.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Very excited to see our work on genome-wide mapping DNA repair in single cells out @naturecomms.bsky.social Amazing work by Kim de Luca & Pim Rullens. Wonderful collaboration with the Legube lab, @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social & @jjachowicz.bsky.social . rdcu.be/d0ZAM
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Nathan Woodling @nathanwoodling.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This Thanksgiving, I am hugely grateful for scientists who were pioneers in our field - particularly those who did not receive the credit they deserved in their own time. Inspiring examples published today: doi.org/10.1111/acel... #agingresearch #geroscience #biologyofaging #GeroSky #WomenInSTEM
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Overlooked histories in ageing research: Pioneering women at the foundation of our field
Pioneering women in ageing research. Photo credits: Marjory Warren, Photo: Archives of the British Geriatrics Society; Lillien Martin, courtesy of the Department of Special Collections, Stan...
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Eileen Furlong @eileen-furlong.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
My first post on Blue Sky - moving over ! For all post-docs out there - fantastic opportunity @EMBL. Independent group leader position: Core funding, state-of-the-art core facilities, access to fantastic Ph.D. students, and of course amazing colleagues. Please apply www.embl.org/jobs/positio...
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EMBL Jobs
We offer a wide range of challenging scientific and non-scientific positions at all of our European locations and encourage applications from international candidates at all career levels.
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William Mair @willmair.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Cool new work from the lab by @chris-morrow.bsky.social: Often we think of auto-fluorescence as a hindrance to experiments - but endogenous metabolites have specific fluorescence we can use to determine the metabolic state of the cell - and predict lifespan.. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence can predict lifespan - Communications Biology
Endogenous mitochondrial NAD(P)H fluorescence enables label-free and subcellular resolution quantification of aging, prediction of remaining lifespan and tracking of age-dependent changes to mitochond...
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BrunetLab @brunetlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Aging starter pack! go.bsky.app/5UXXaDA
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EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Only close to 10 months to go until #EDRC2025 ! Here are the plenary speakers who look forward to welcoming you! #Drosophila #EDRC
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Yad Ghavi-Helm @yghavi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🚨Preprint alert! tinyurl.com/2zkmynsd Did you ever dream of reconstruction #spatial single-cell #enhancer activity in a multicellular organism using massively parallel enhancer-reporter assays? Then Spatial-scERA is the method for you! #spatialOMICs
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Spatial reconstruction of single-cell enhancer activity in a multicellular organism
Enhancers play an essential role in developmental processes by orchestrating the spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression. However, mapping the location of these regulatory elements in the g...
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Antonio Martínez Ruiz @tonnomartinez.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I have initiated this #StarterPack with #RedoxBio researchers. Feel free to suggest other users, or yourself, to be included! go.bsky.app/UoVRtXp
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Mirre Simons @mirresimons.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Maybe my first post on here should have been to highlight this amazing newsletter for the biology of aging, I love it: www.uab.edu/shockcenter/...
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Aging Biology Update - UAB Nathan Shock Center
Aging Biology Update (ABU) is a monthly compilation of aging research as it appears in the scientific literature and lay press. ABU, a publication of the UAB N
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Maria de la Paz Fernandez @mariadelapax.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Happy FlyDay (11/18 → w1118)! 🎉 Let's take a moment to thank (and follow!) our colleagues at @flybase.bsky.social ky.social and @bdsc.bsky.social y.social for their invaluable contributions to the Drosophila research community.
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Shefali @iamshef.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
After 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 #phdchat
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Fillip Port @crisprflydesign.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Happy #FluorescenceFriday. Did you know fly larvae can see with their skin? Well, at least they have light-sensitive neurons lining their body wall.
Image on a Drosophila larva expressing a membrane-tagged fluorophore specifically in their dendritic arborization neurons.
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Jack Bateman @jbateman01.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I thought we could use a Drosophila starter pack, please let me know if you’d like to be added. (I think there is also a more general insect list out there somewhere that i cant find rn..) go.bsky.app/JGggkH3
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