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Katja Rust

@rustflylab.bsky.social
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#Drosophila research group with a heart for #scRNA seq on the search for why cells do what they do when they do it. We’re doing #DevBio #CellBio #Cancer research led by one of the #WomenInSTEM and a #NewPI.

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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This mentoring program is tailored for junior #Drosophila researchers, including #PhD, #Postdoc and #NewPI and is still accepting mentee requests!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lunch break ice cream!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
If you are looking for a PhD position and you like working with #Drosophila, I highly recommend applying. You will not only do exciting science, you will also have an amazing mentor.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Our contribution to #MicroscopyMonday: While studying #Drosophila tissues, Hannah found a cricket! Isn't is cute???
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I highly recommend everyone to apply for this meeting. It is such an amazing experience with amazing science, awesome people and at a gorgeous location!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
One more day left before leaving for the @embo.org Crete meeting for Molecular and Developmental Biology of #Drosophila! Very excited to meet everyone!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I loved the group discussion after my talk at the JEDI meeting! Thanks to everyone!
Presenting at this year's #Drosophila JEDI meeting
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Last day of an amazing meeting from the @sfb1348.bsky.social in Münster! I learned so many interesting aspects of mechanosensing here and have loved to talk to all the outstanding scientists here.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I am very much looking forward to the upcoming SFB 1348 meeting! This will be exciting - see you in Münster!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wow! We are now supported by both the company of biologists and EMBO! I am so proud of our organising team!
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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Extended 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...
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Pousada de Palmela
YouTube video by Pestana Hotel Group
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our work got featured at ClearSkyScience. It's very exciting to see the breakdown of your own work written by someone else. I admit that I cannot fully endorse the figures but this was an interesting experience! www.clearskyscience.com/en/10.1038/s...
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Hh and EGFR-Ras signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progression in the Drosophila follicle epithelium · Clear Sky Science
Hh and EGFR-Ras signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progression in the Drosophila follicle epithelium – an accessible explanation based on peer-reviewed research.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This meeting was amazing! I had the pleasure of chairing one of the sessions and loved the science!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Look 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!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
We are now online! Visit our new lab website at: www.rustresearchlab.com
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Rust Lab
Signaling pathway crosstalk during epithelial homeostasis and pathogenesis
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Now see what happens if we overactivate Hedgehog signaling! The cells keep crossing over the midline and are unable to escape this #cellmigration.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Time to share some data that might get buried in the supplement of our recent paper here rdcu.be/e91Kj Here you can see how cells intercalate in a coordinated fashion. They move from a double rowed organisation to a single row stalk. 🧵
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Our 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...
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Hh and EGFR-Ras signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progression in the Drosophila follicle epithelium - Nature Communications
Aberrant 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...
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Amazing! Looking forward to meeting great scientists!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Came to give a talk in beautiful #Kassel at the lab of Arno Müller and leaving with lots of amazing ideas and gifts! These #Drosophila were just what we needed for our current revision. Thank you, Arno!
A vial of Drosophila.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our two #Drosophila fly rooms have an ongoing debate which one has the better crew. This battle is currently reaching the next dimension. Judge for yourself!
Poster of our fly room members!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Yay! 🎉
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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Join us to study developmental cell biology with a focus on cell migration and morphogenesis. More info about our research: www.bischofflab.com Job posting and application details: focalplane.biologists.com/cell-biology... #Science #CellBio #DevBio #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs #PhDPosition #Drosophila
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Here is a tiny glimpse into our recent work: a #pseudotime analysis of wildtype and tumorigenic #Drosophila follicle epithelial cells using #Monocle3. Seeing a bioinformatic prediction that supports our in vivo findings is always my favorite part of the day!
Pseudotime trajectory created with Monocle3 of WT and tumor follicle cells labeled by pseudotime.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The lab is growing! We welcomed Hannah as a new PhD student and Anna and Lina as Master's students in the lab. I am more than thankful to be working with such a motivated, fun group of researchers!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I give you "Woman dancing with a bird"! This is a monocle analysis of our tumor model which we are currently revising. #SingleCell #Drosophila
UMAP plot from a Monocle3 analysis resembling a dancing woman and a bird.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Very much looking forward to this!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We and @bogdanlab.bsky.social are visiting Heidelberg for the 50th anniversary #DGZ meeting! Any @fly-jedi.bsky.social here wanting to connect?
Katja Rust and Mila Höhne (Bogdan Lab) in Heidelberg
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Junior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hello everyone! We decided to automate our sign-up process for the JEDI network. Please register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1IdO... Thanks to everyone who reached out! We are looking forward to building our community with you. Share and repost!!! #Drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social
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Welcome to the JEDI Network!
Dear JEDI mates, This is the first step toward creating a complete list of the Junior European Drosophila Investigators (JEDI). We believe this is an important milestone - that will not only to improv...
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
@katrin-domsch.bsky.social
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Amazing group of people! Thank you for the nice evening!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
True. Travelling buddies is more accurate!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Met a new friend at the #EDRC meeting today who is also a @fly-jedi.bsky.social!
Katrin Domsch and Katja Rust at the EDRC meeting at Alicante.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I'm there! Happy to (re-)connect!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Welcome to the lab, Hannah!
Group photo of our research group
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Revision work of our latest #singlecell analysis generates the most peculiar pictures. Well, hello there, little seahorse!
UMAP plot in the peculiar shape of a seahorse
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Probably the best meeting I ever attended :)
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
This would be an incredible disaster to the #Drosophila community. And it sets a frightening sign for the entire scientific community. 🧪 The fly labs from @unimarburg.bsky.social are trying to organize to tackle this together.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
That is because those funds are frozen. If you are a member of EDS you should have received an invoice for contribution.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
...or just follow the starter pack I just created :) go.bsky.app/PcTGEMc
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Apparently we do not have a JEDI starter pack yet. @fly-jedi.bsky.social and everyone else: let me know which other Junior European #Drosophila Investigators are missing! go.bsky.app/PcTGEMc
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I’ll also tag some JEDI folks that are on Bluesky (maybe everyone can contribute to extent the list because I’ll forget people!) @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social @drosostalis.bsky.social @pingkalai.bsky.social @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social @linneweberlab.bsky.social
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The work I presented for example can (at least in part) be found here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Independent signaling pathways provide a fail-safe mechanism to prevent tumorigenesis
Controlled signaling activity is vital for normal tissue homeostasis and oncogenic signaling activation facilitates tumorigenesis. Here we use single-cell transcriptomics to investigate the effects of...
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I see. To my knowledge there weren’t any notes that were made public. My quick summary would be: lots of exciting neuro people, lots of folks leveraging single cell (including us) and an increasing amount of metabolism research. Many of us publish on bioRxiv so that would be the best place to look.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
My French is very limited so please excuse that I answer in English :) Yes, all the reason to be jealous - it was amazing! Rumor has it we may have the next meeting in Portugal, hopefully next year. Maybe a good time to join and find out for yourself…?
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Greetings from the @fly-jedi.bsky.social conference in France at beautiful Chateau du Fey! Lots of amazing #Drosophila folks here!
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I’m here too and you’re currently rocking your talk! Good job! #Drosophila #autophagy
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
It's official: we're #hiring another #PhD student! If you are interested in combining #SingleCell technology, #microscopy and #Drosophila genetics to investigate how cells become #cancerous contact me or apply directly under the following link: stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/6...
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Qualifizierungsstelle mit dem Ziel der Promotion
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I wanted to share this beautiful picture of an anaphase cell. I just love #microscopy! Hats off to Sari for taking such a beautiful image in her second week here.
A microscopy picture of a #Drosophila follicle cell in anaphase.
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Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Today is the deadline for the early bird registration of the European #Drosophila meeting @edrc2025.bsky.social in Alicante. Anyone joining me there?
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