Honoured to receive the French Society of Genetics (@sfgenetique.bsky.social) Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2026 DIF: Celebrating 30 years of Drosophila meetings!

In our Special Issue At the interface of Immunology and #devbio, Bellaïche et al discussed the surprising role of Toll-like Receptors in modulating tissue mechanics and tissue boundary segregation. We love it so much, we made an accompanied video of TLR7 😍 🔗: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Un pétition du collège des sociétés savantes pour mettre en avant le rôle de la recherche dans la campagne politique à venir et rappeler le sous investissement chronique en France depuis 20 ans. N'hésitez pas à faire ciculer recherche-publique-2027.fr

Exploiting the preprint system that many of us value and cherish, which when used right bring communities together instead of separating them into the 1 vs 99%, is clearly done with an eye for future profit.

Soon On Netflix: Black Mirror S8 EP3 "The 1%"

Richard Sever@richardsever.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"the first validated, large-scale framework for judging the quality of life science papers independently of venue, identity, and prestige...Blinded domain-expert professors sided with score three times more often than with journal rank" the-one-percent.qedscience.com 1/n

Applications are open for the international course “Developmental Biology” organized by the Institut Curie in partnership with @sorbonne-universite.fr 📅 Oct. 19–28, 2026 (Paris) ⏳ Jul. 19 & Sept. 18 🔗 training.institut-curie.org/courses/developmental-biology-2026

Drosophila temperature shifts can be done safely at RT 🤭

Bardin Lab@bardinlab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

How HOT is TOO HOT to work in lab? 33°C? 35°C? 37°C? Our aircon in the BDD @institutcurie.bsky.social , which hasn't worked well for years, is now dead. This is our "18°C" room for important fly stocks (now at 29°C!). It is 33°C in the labs today, and will only increase over the next 6 days!

Can’t believe I had the chance to visit beautiful Paris and connect with the amazing #oocyte community! Thank you @mhverlhac.bsky.social and @bokelab.bsky.social for bringing together a fantastic group of speakers and organizing the meeting in such a stunning venue. Can’t wait for the next one! 🥚