This month's Alliance webinar "PAVI: From genome to alignment", presented by Paulo Nuin, will be THIS THURSDAY Sept 17 noon ET. Join us to hear a preview of this cool upcoming Alliance tool. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by this Weds. Sept. 16 (before 11pm ET).

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration

Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

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Alliance of Genome Resources@alliancegenome.bsky.social · 4d ago

This month's Alliance webinar "PAVI: From genome to alignment", presented by Paulo Nuin, will be NEXT THURSDAY Sept 17 noon ET. Join us to hear a preview of this cool upcoming Alliance tool. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Sept. 1 (before 11pm ET).

Hey #Drosophila folks - the #flycross #mentee survey is open for #grad students, #postdoc and #pretenure faculty. ~95 mentors from across the world, with diverse expertise. The co-chairs @shyama13.bsky.social and @jocmcdonald.bsky.social have done a phenomenal work in taking the program forward 🎉

This month's Alliance webinar "PAVI: From genome to alignment", presented by Paulo Nuin, will be NEXT THURSDAY Sept 17 noon ET. Join us to hear a preview of this cool upcoming Alliance tool. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Sept. 1 (before 11pm ET).

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration

Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

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Alliance of Genome Resources@alliancegenome.bsky.social · last wk.

This month's Alliance webinar "PAVI: From genome to alignment", presented by Paulo Nuin, will be Thurs. Sept 17 at noon ET. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Sept. 1 (before 11pm ET). Join us to hear about this upcoming new Alliance tool!

We are continuing on work to bring FlyBase fully back online. Many more search tools and features are now functioning. JBrowse is back. BLAST is still down, but available at alliancegenome.org.

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 5d ago

We are back up. Report pages and basic search function are now available, but some tools are still offline.

We are back up. Report pages and basic search function are now available, but some tools are still offline.

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 6d ago

FlyBase is currently undergoing emergency maintenance. We hope to be back online tomorrow. In the meantime, a subset of FlyBase data can be accessed at the Alliance of Genome Resources www.alliancegenome.org, including BLAST and JBrowse services.

We are actively working on it. Stay tuned and visit the Alliance site. @alliancegenome.bsky.social

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 6d ago

FlyBase is currently undergoing emergency maintenance. We hope to be back online tomorrow. In the meantime, a subset of FlyBase data can be accessed at the Alliance of Genome Resources www.alliancegenome.org, including BLAST and JBrowse services.

FlyBase is currently undergoing emergency maintenance. We hope to be back online tomorrow. In the meantime, a subset of FlyBase data can be accessed at the Alliance of Genome Resources www.alliancegenome.org, including BLAST and JBrowse services.

This month's Alliance webinar "PAVI: From genome to alignment", presented by Paulo Nuin, will be Thurs. Sept 17 at noon ET. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Sept. 1 (before 11pm ET). Join us to hear about this upcoming new Alliance tool!

Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration

Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar

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Alliance version 9.1.0 brings major updates to the #AllianceDiseasePortal. We’ve added 6 new disease portals, organized by disease ontology categories. We’ve also added a couple of Community Resources links. #AllianceSkeetorial

Alliancegenome.org version 9.1.0 is live, with fresh data and improved features.

As you may know, NIH abruptly terminated funding to FlyBase curators based in the United Kingdom. Please help us retain these curators and thereby enable ongoing curation of bibliographic, genetic and phenotypic data by contributing annually (tinyurl.com/4jw65mbb). Thank you. #FlyBase

Happy First of September! Enjoy the August #Technical_Advances wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... You can have your paper reporting a new resource, technique, or reagent featured in an upcoming month by flagging it when you #FTYP.

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · last mo.

August already? Time for the July #Technical_Advances! wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... Want your paper reporting a new resource, technique, or reagent featured in a future month? Flag it when you #FTYP.

Registration for the Midwest #Drosophila meeting is open. It's a wonderful meeting to see the Midwest community. And Allerton is a beautiful venue ! You'll not regret making the trip 🎉 midwest-drosophila-conf.indiana.edu/index.html

Midwest Drosophila Conference

Join us for the Midwest Drosophila Conference, the perfect small meeting setting to promote interactions among PIs, students, and postdocs. Held each year at the self-contained and historic Allerton P...

midwest-drosophila-conf.indiana.edu

#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...

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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Shyama Nandakumar@shyama13.bsky.social · 4w ago

Please note that you can sign up to be a FlyCROSS mentor: 1.even if you used Drosophila in the past but do not work with it anymore 2.even if you are in Industry not (especially if you are in Industry or non-academic careers!) 3. even if you are retired! #drosophila

What keeps scientists coming back to the Annual Drosophila Research Conference year after year? From new collaborations to lasting friendships, mentorship and career-changing opportunities, Dros is more than a meeting—it’s a community. 🔗 Read the blog: buff.ly/AX6jwI4

Please note that you can sign up to be a FlyCROSS mentor: 1.even if you used Drosophila in the past but do not work with it anymore 2.even if you are in Industry not (especially if you are in Industry or non-academic careers!) 3. even if you are retired! #drosophila

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 4w ago

One thing I love about the Drosophila community is its collegiality. FlyCROSS pairs early & mid- career scientists in our community with experienced mentors who help them navigate the world of fly research while offering seasoned researchers an chance to share their knowledge & pay it forward 1/n

'Without sustained investment, the life sciences risk building an ambitious future on a collapsing foundation.' Hear, hear.

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 4w ago

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Scientific and medical progress will be stunted if we don’t find a way to sustainably fund these important resources!

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 4w ago

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I am very serious about citing resources (ZFIN, Flybase, Wormbase, yeast, mouse, rat, human, etc) and asking authors to cite them precisely for this reason: the more we talk about them and cite them in our papers, the better chance we have at justifying why we should increase the budget 🧪

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 4w ago

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

recent times have made it clear how vital knowledgebases like FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social are to the scientific community. and that they are not simply static websites, but living, dynamic, active entities run by dedicated humans. they require continuous support and can't be taken for granted. 🪰

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 4w ago

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Please sign up to mentor as a part of FlyCROSS! @genetics-gsa.bsky.social @flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social #drosophila

Mark Peifer (He, him)@peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 4w ago

One thing I love about the Drosophila community is its collegiality. FlyCROSS pairs early & mid- career scientists in our community with experienced mentors who help them navigate the world of fly research while offering seasoned researchers an chance to share their knowledge & pay it forward 1/n

The pea aphid is an emerging model insect whose genome was misassembled and misannotated due to high levels of gene duplication. In #G3journal, Kevin Deem and Jennifer Brisson present its re-annotated genome to facilitate new analyses of gene duplication and function. 🔗 buff.ly/oawMHbP

Looking for model organism resources to follow on Bluesky? Here's a starter pack for you! go.bsky.app/Npxsd7h

@flybase.bsky.social @fly-eds.bsky.social @interactivefly.bsky.social @fly-broadcast.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @genetics-gsa.bsky.social

Shefali@iamshef.bsky.social · last mo.

📢📢 #Drpsophila community! #FlyCROSS surveys are open for #mentors. The current chairs @shyama13.bsky.social and @jocmcdonald.bsky.social alongside the committee members have put in a lot of effort to begin the third cycle of this mentoring program. You may have already received an invite from GSA.

August already? Time for the July #Technical_Advances! wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... Want your paper reporting a new resource, technique, or reagent featured in a future month? Flag it when you #FTYP.

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This unbearably hot July day brings the June #Technical_Advances wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... As always, if you want your paper with a new resource, technique, or reagent included in an upcoming month, flag it when you #FTYP.

Thank you to everyone advocating for genetics research. The GSA Board of Directors submitted a public comment to OMB on the proposed "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance." Your voice remains essential. Read GSA’s comment here: buff.ly/QFuNpw2

We are offering a Release Notes preview for Alliance release 9.1.0. This release is NOT LIVE yet. We're making some changes to some API endpoints and downloadable file formats, and want users & developers to be aware of them ahead of time. Details here: www.alliancegenome.org/release-notes

This unbearably hot July day brings the June #Technical_Advances wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... As always, if you want your paper with a new resource, technique, or reagent included in an upcoming month, flag it when you #FTYP.

FlyBase@flybase.bsky.social · 3mo ago

June already? That must mean the May #Technical_Advances are here wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase... Flag your paper when you #FTYP if you want your publication with a new resource, technique or reagent included in an upcoming month.

2026-06-19 GO Release is out 📊 38,263 #GeneOntology terms 🔬 14,736,040 annotations 🦠 171 species 🔗 current.geneontology.org 🚨 File URLs changed, breaking automated downloads-update ASAP 📋 Help & release deets: @alliancegenome.bsky.social forums: community.alliancegenome.org/t/8689 #Bioinformatics

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