Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialErez Raz @erezraz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A new paper from the lab shows that Nanos3 and Dead end1 can form a complex with eIF3d to activate RNA translation in primordial germ cells. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comA Nanos3-containing protein complex can activate RNA translation in primordial germ cells in vivo - EMBO ReportsMaintaining the germline fate requires tight post-transcriptional control of RNA function. Here, we investigate how primordial germ cell (PGC) identity is maintained in zebrafish and reveal that the c... 1158
sebastianrumpf.bsky.social @sebastianrumpf.bsky.social · 16/04/2026New paper out! Looking at RNA-related pathways in neuronal remodeling, we found UAP56, an mRNA export factor. Actin disassembly is a likely target, both in dendrites and at presynapses. Also: cofilin is required for presynapse pruning. Please check out - journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...journals.biologists.comThe mRNA export factor UAP56 is required for dendrite and synapse pruning via actin regulation in drosophilaNeurite and synapse pruning are conserved mechanisms that adapt neuronal circuitry to different developmental stages. Drosophila sensory c4da neurons prune their larval dendrites and their presynaptic... 012
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialKatherine Brown @katherine-brown.bsky.social · 01/04/2026"Why is publishing so expensive?" It's a question I hear all the time, so we at @biologists.bsky.social thought we'd try to dispel some of the myths around publishing economics & provide transparency around our costs. Today, we publish editorials in all 5 of our journals - links in the thread below. 45733
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 30/01/2026"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language. ...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'She’s so natural with it too like it’s not even cringe.'" 383056799
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialJan M. Ache @jan-ache.bsky.social · 19/12/2025How do animals channel sensory information into motor pathways to generate flexible behavioral output? Excited to share a new preprint addressing this question by leveraging the new #maleCNS connectome, behavioral experiments, and in-vivo recordings: doi.org/10.64898/202.... A long🧵... 37029
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialYu-Chiun Wang @yuchiunwang.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Interested in polarity and mechanics during epithelial morphogenesis? Considering joining us! Students to be hired initially as Research Associates. Postdocs encouraged to obtain fellowship, and we help/train you to do that. Apply to tinyurl.com/y6x489t5. Deadline Dec 15. Please repost! 064
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialeric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2025alert to all H1B holders, please share: Trump just banned H-1B employees from reentering US unless employer pays $100,000 "fee". Proclamation applies to both new H-1B entrants and current H-1B employees who are abroad. set to take effect tmrw sun sept 21. please return if you can. i am so sorry. 😢 02118
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Clever mug :-) 411911
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialAndreas Prokop @poppi62.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Dear president@harvard.edu, dear gaudet@mcb.harvard.edu, to learn more about the importance of #Drosophila and crucial role of @flybase.bsky.social, and how it gave rise to at least 9 Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine, please see this link: droso4schools.wordpress.com/why-fly/ 32921
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 20/08/2025#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the Linnean Society, the first public announcement of the theory of evolution. bit.ly/3k8fq4u 319596
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialpaveltomancak.bsky.social @paveltomancak.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Our first #Hydra paper. @anaisbailles.bsky.social all the way, with crucial theory contributions from Carl Modes and @zechnerlab.bsky.social Hydra maintenance by Heino Andreas and HCR by Giulia Serafini. Teamwork. Many thanks to the generous Hydra research community. 25814
sebastianrumpf.bsky.social @sebastianrumpf.bsky.social · 30/06/2025new preprint out (more soon): www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgSpectraplakin cooperates with noncentrosomal microtubule regulators to orient dendritic microtubules in DrosophilaThe differential microtubule organization in axons and dendrites underlies neurite-specific transport and morphogenetic processes like developmental neurite pruning, but how it arises is incompletely ... 021
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialDavid Avrom Bell @davidavrombell.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Astérix et Ozempix 181485383
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialArdem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10/04/2025This was the last @hhmi.org conference Lilly and Yuh-Nung Jan attended as investigators. They're becoming HHMI emeritus but still run a thriving NIH-funded lab. From cloning the first potassium ion channel (Shaker) to decoding neuronal development, the Jans have made a huge impact. 217717
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon. 38946892712096
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...volksverpetzer.deTrump & Musk: Staatsstreich in den USA & keiner kriegt es hier mit?Musk und Trump führen in den USA gerade einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch. Deutsche Medien berichten größtenteils, als laufe alles wie immer. 9833661609
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialWolf Huetteroth @wolfhuette.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Our story about flies on carousels is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! After formally engaging the fantastic @clarahowcroft.bsky.social and integrating helpful reviewer feedback, we present a more concise story with detailed behavioural quantification and cooler videos! doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...media.tenor.coma dog sits on a merry go round while a boy sits on a scooterALT: a dog sits on a merry go round while a boy sits on a scooter 22915
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialIlko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Aus der thüringischen Böttcher AG, einem führenden Büroartikelhändler mit einem Jahresumsatz von 760 Mill €, hat die AfD 1 Million Euro Wahlkampfunterstützung erhalten (www.spiegel.de/politik/jena...). Ich habe sofort reagiert! 781046273
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialEDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social · 07/01/2025We are excited to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming #EDRC2025 conference (25th-28th September 2025) in Alicante to showcase the latest advances in #Drosophila biology and technology edrc2025alicante.comedrc2025alicante.comEDRC 2025 Alicante 13519
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialDan Tracey @hoosierflyman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Nice story about our most recent work ! www.sciencenews.org/article/velv...sciencenews.orgVelvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venomsA velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike. 12313
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialLydia J. Borjon, PhD @lydiaborjon.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Our paper on Velvet Ant venom is out at @currentbiology.bsky.social “Multiple mechanisms of action for an extremely painful venom” sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Velvet ants are among the most painful of all stinging insects. What makes them so painful? We used fruit fly larvae to find out 🧐 1/5sciencedirect.comMultiple mechanisms of action for an extremely painful venomEvolutionary arms races can lead to extremely specific and effective defense mechanisms, including venoms that deter predators by targeting nociceptiv… 4239
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialFrank Schnorrer @frankschnorrer.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Muscles growth by sarcomere divisions - how your muscles add new sarcomeres during developmental growth: they divide! Cool collaboration @friedrich-group.bsky.social @raunser-lab.bsky.social @Dirk Görlich @univ-amu.fr @cnrs.bsky.social sciencecast.org/casts/aspy9l... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 69444
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialJunior European Drosophila Investigators @fly-jedi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024We are thrilled to announce that IRL JEDI meetings will restart in 2025. You can already register at flyjedi.sciencesconf.org where you'll find a preliminary program. Looking forward to meeting you and restart this network of fly people!flyjedi.sciencesconf.orgJunior European Drosophila Investigator 10th meeting - Sciencesconf.org 03414
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialeric lai @lucksmith.bsky.social · 20/12/2024the Lai lab got a holiday gift ... so excited to share Seungjae Lee's work on surprising regulation of miRNA pathway at Science!! he did it all, from molecular genetics to biochemistry to genomics. and amazing collab with Makiko Yasuda lab brought it into mice. 1/3 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 9677
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialWatanabe Lab @JHU @watanabelab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Excited to share our latest findings, now published @NatureNeuro www.nature.com/articles/s41... We found unmyelinated axons exhibit pearls-on-a-string morphology's due to their membrane mechanical properties. Threads will follow! 2023785
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialLuis Teixeira @lmvteixeira.bsky.social · 11/09/2024Portuguese Fly Meeting 7-8 November 2024, Batalha, Portugal. This is organized by Drosophilists working in Portugal but open to researchers from anywhere. Everyone, including Master students, is welcome to apply for oral or poster presentation. More info at: iridescent-gnu-ftqk0k.mystrikingly.com 2910
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialKarla Kaun @karlakaun.bsky.social · 03/05/2024We are looking for a molecular biologist to join the lab! We are looking for someone interested in collaborating on genes-circuits-behavior projects, with steady hands and killer pipetting skills. www.kaunlab.com/post/we-are-...kaunlab.comWe are hiring!We are looking for a molecular biologist to join our team! This position will have four major duties: 1) performing and assisting lab members on molecular biology experiments, 2) performing DNA extrac... 034
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialDGZ.bsky.social @dgz.bsky.social · 22/04/2024Join us for the next @DGZ_info Focus Workshop on #celladhesion and #extracellularmatrix, Tuesday April 30 at noon in Zoom, organized by Carsten Grashoff and @WickstromLab. Speakers: Srishti Rangarajan @uni_muenster, @IngoThievessen, @amaia_cipitria, @JNuchel 182
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialAndrew Lin @andrewclin.bsky.social · 15/03/2024Postdoc position available in my lab! We study sensory coding and memory in the Drosophila mushroom body. More about us at www.aclinlab.org Deadline 25 March. Please spread the word! bit.ly/LinPostdoc2024bit.lyResearch Associate at University of SheffieldAn opportunity for an academic position as a Research Associate is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 034
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/02/2024I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750). To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it. 13157971686
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialFlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 15/02/2024The 20th Neurofly conference will take place in the beautiful University of Birmingham campus, 2-6 September 2024. Neurofly2024 is now open for registrations. Early bird deadline: 16 June 2024. uobevents.eventsair.com/neurofly24/ #neurofly2024 Pls RT.uobevents.eventsair.comNeuroFly 2024 - Neurofly24The 20th biennial European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference, Neurofly 2024, will be held at the University of Birmingham, UK from September 2nd to 6th 2024. 023
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialRWedlichSoldner.bsky.social @rwedlichsoldner.bsky.social · 05/02/2024Mark your calendars: International @SFB1348 Meeting @uni_muenster May 22-24, 2024. REGISTER NOW! crc1348.ycode.site 084
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialRoland Le Borgne @leborgne.bsky.social · 05/02/2024How do epithelial tissues respond to loss of barrier function in vivo? Find out more in the latest article by Thomas Esmangart de Bournonville. Thank you to @FRM_officiel, @AgenceRecherche and @FondationARC for their invaluable support. doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @eLife 193
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialTamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 24/01/2024The US embassy in London has weighed in on the controversy created by a US scientist's suggestion that tea needs a pinch of salt. 641052304
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialStefan Luschnig @luschnig.bsky.social · 28/12/2023We´re hiring! 2-year postdoc position opening in my lab at the Multiscale Imaging Center, University of Münster, to work on membrane trafficking and epithelial tissue dynamics in Drosophila. For details, please see shorturl.at/auBW4 and apply by Feb 29th. 1211
Reposted by @sebastianrumpf.bsky.socialCahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 02/12/2023Almost 2000 Drosophila labs listed, searchable and sortable on this very useful page from @flybase.bsky.social wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... 11311
