Today we got the refreshing visit of the oldest pupils of the Franco-Danish School! Many curiosity driven questions and fun 👍 thanks @alphyjohn.bsky.social for help @ucph.bsky.social

Inspiring lecture by Nobel Laureates Eric F. Wieschaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, followed by presentations and mentorship for young scientists!thanks to @carlsbergfondet.dk and @ucph.bsky.social. #drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social

Join us for a day of talks, posters, and discussions, featuring a morning joint lecture with Nobel Laureates Eric F. Wieschaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard! Date: Monday, May 4th, 2026 Location: University of Copenhagen, Mærsk Tower sites.google.com/view/emergin... Free to participate

🚨 HUGE NEWS for the Nordic fly community! ​Nobel Laureates Eric Wieschaus & Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard are coming to the Mærsk Tower on May 4th! 🇩🇰 sites.google.com/view/emergin... Funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk

Excited to share our collaborative PhD project with Adam Dobson (Adam.Dobson@glasgow.ac.uk) on interorgan signalling in the ageing gut. Please contact Adam If you are a highly motivated student wanted to work on a super exciting Fly project.

Excited to share our last paper describing how intestinal stem cell migration promotes gut regeneration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pvf1-Pvr-mediated crosstalk between trachea and gut guides intestinal stem cell migration to promote gut regeneration - Nature Communications

Adult stem cells often reside in specialized niches that they exit upon injury. Here they show that in Drosophila, after damage the gut-associated trachea produces the PDGF-VEGF-related ligand Pvf1, which acts as a guidance cue directing ISC migration toward injury sites.

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We are looking forward to seeing you at the @edrc2025.bsky.social You can find us - On Thursday 25th at the workshop: INTERORGAN COMMUNICATION IN THE ERA OF OMICS, - On Saturday morning 27th @alphyjohn.bsky.social will give a talk in the session stem cells and regeneration - On poster sessions

2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.

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...

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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Great meeting!

Great works of @rustenlab.bsky.social and @Basler lab independently showing how premalignant cells can exploit Toll-NF-κB signaling, in concert with oncogenic Ras, to enable unchecked growth #Drosophila Papers: plos.io/4jqpmUh and plos.io/3RGWESS Primer: plos.io/3GyUeU0

#InnateImmunity is a crucial surveillance framework. However, @colombani-lab.bsky.social explores 2 @plosbiology.org studies which show that pre-malignant cells can exploit these regulatory circuits to enable unchecked #cancer growth 🧪 Papers: plos.io/4jqpmUh plos.io/3RGWESS Primer: plos.io/3GyUeU0

Happy to share the preprint of our latest work on gut/vascular interactions in flies and mice! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Intestinal Tissue Mechanics Regulate Angiogenesis and Stem Cell Proliferation via Vascular Piezo

The vasculature is a prominent component of developmental and adult tissue microenvironments. How, tissue specific characteristics and environmental states influence vascular biology and function, rem...

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Great lab! Great Xmas lunch!

Welcome to the #EDRC2025 account of the 28th European Drosophila Conference which will take place in Alicante from the 25th to the 28th of September 2025! Stay tuned for the upcoming news!

Excited to share our last preprint describing how intestinal stem cell migration promotes gut regeneration! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pvf1-PvR-mediated crosstalk between the trachea and the gut guides intestinal stem cell migration to promote gut regeneration.

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

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The small intestine adapt its size according to nutrient intake 👇👇 www1.bio.ku.dk/english/news...

The small intestine adapt its size according to nutrient intake

Resizing of the intestine is a highly conserved strategy employed by a wide range of organisms to cope with fluctuation in nutrient availability. Nevertheless, very little is known about the mechanism...

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Exciting beginning of the year with the accepted version of our activins paper "Drosophila activins adapt gut size to food intake and promote regenerative growth" rdcu.be/du9K2

Wishing everyone happy holidays! Thank you to the lab for creating a lovely environment! Here is the latest photo of us celebrating at our recent Christmas lunch!

Want to explore dynamic cell & tissue responses to damage? Apply for our fully-funded #PhDposition @BristolBiochem unravelling molecular mechanisms of #tissuerepair & #inflammation using #liveimaging #omics #cellbiology and #Drosophila for 2024. Please share! Apply here: shorturl.at/fLY26

Interesting visit of the medical museum with the relevant "mind the gut" exhibition! A bit of brainwashing for the kids...