Great piece on octopus ribosomes — and on the importance of following unexpected observations and looking in new places to find new things :) current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/octo...
Julie Carnesecchi
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Digging in RNA & TF interplay - Exploring TF-RNA networks in cell fate - Fly pusher + CNRS Researcher + Mentorfirst https://www.igmm.cnrs.fr/en/team/integrative-rna-networks-in-development/
Two brilliant days of scientific discussion in London for our @britishcouncil.bsky.social Springboard meeting with @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social and our teams from @exeter.ac.uk and @igmm-montpel.bsky.social @cnrs.fr. Onwards! 🇫🇷🇬🇧
We have a new preprint! We identify SPARC as a key mediator of intercellular communication between the #stroma and #tumours #CancerBiology #TumourMicroenvironment #Drosophila #CellBiology #Notch #ECM #Preprint @igdrennes.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
SPARC mediates tumour–stroma intercellular communication through endosomal regulation of Delta and Notch signalling
Tumour progression relies on reciprocal communication between genetically altered cancer cells and surrounding stromal cells. While the genetic alterations that initiate tumorigenesis have been extens...
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How did octopuses evolve novel traits? Rishav Mitra, Richard Han, Trey Scott, et al serendipitously discover a unique ribosome adaptation that increases the accuracy of protein synthesis and evolved alongside their elaborate nervous systems vs deep sea relatives. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Very sensible thread regarding the new eligibility criteria for the ANR. As usual, I can see where these decisions come from, I can NOT understand how they ended up there…
Si les nouvelles règles de l'éligibilité de l'ANR sont bien réelles, alors je ne comprends pas quelle est la logique sous jacente. Au vu de la pyramide des ages, forcer une collaboration avec chercheurs(ses) <10 ans post thèse va de facto exclure 80% des candidats.
The abstract submission deadline for #EESRNA is only a week away! Don't miss your chance to present your research at the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'The complex life of RNA', the central event for the RNA community. Submit your abstract by 7 July: s.embl.org/ees26-12-bl #RNA #RNAbiology
Crete Fly 2026 is a wrap! brain overflowing with info, and heart full with joy, after a week of stimulating talks, discussions, and catching up with old and new friends spanning 30 years of my life. also rocked the OAC with Cassandra Extavour for the first time, the fly community is the BEST!! 🪰🇬🇷
Greetings from the JEDI members that were selected for this year's @embo.org #Drosophila Crete meeting. Congratulations for giving amazing talks! From left: Helene Knævelsrud @helene-knavelsrud.bsky.social, Katja Rust @rustflylab.bsky.social and Julie Carnesecchi @jcarnesecchi.bsky.social
The amazing JEDI crowd 2026! Hurray for an inspiring #Drosophila meeting at a gorgeous location. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Today our keynote speaker Eugenia Chiappe from @champalimaudf.bsky.social gave an inspiring talk. The JEDI's enjoyed interacting with a first generation JEDI, who attended these #Drosophila meetings when she first started her lab. Thank you, Eugenia!
The first few talks of this year's conference have been amazing! Here is a picture of @katrin-domsch.bsky.social rocking the stage talking about #Drosophila muscle development!
Amazing news! The company of biologists @biologists.bsky.social has decided to support our upcoming meeting! We now only have a couple of spots left for the upcoming JEDI #Drosophila meeting. 📍Palmela, Portugal 📅 June 1st to 3rd Register: congressos.mundiconvenius.pt/geral/inseri...
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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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Registration is now OPEN for the French Drosophila Meeting! 🪰 Join us for an exciting conference featuring a fantastic lineup of invited speakers. drosofrance26.sciencesconf.org Deadline: June 30 Places are limited, so don’t wait! We look forward to seeing you at Trégastel ! @igdrennes.bsky.social
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‼️ GENTLE REMINDER ‼️ Only 1 week left to register! Don’t miss this opportunity to come together and discuss the hottest topics in Drosophila research! Join us in Pamela to enjoy great science, sun, and of course… pastéis de nata! We can’t wait to see you there!
Junior European Drosophila Investigators | JEDI Meeting 2026 | Palmela, Portugal
JEDI Meeting 2026 in Portugal 🇵🇹 - June 1–3, 2026
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Now we're cooking !!! #Drosophila folks never disappoint - I love it that they called it MIMOSAS 🍸 @narjournal.bsky.social #RNA #splicing
MicroRNA-Mediated Obstruction of Stem–loop Alternative Splicing (MIMOSAS) regulates long-range alternative splicing in Drosophila
Abstract. RNA secondary structures are key regulators of long-range pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) alternative splicing, yet the rules governing these structures
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Feels like this paper on protein-templated DNA synthesis by a natural enzyme warrants some comment. So here's a 🧵. /1 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Beyond delighted to share our amazing collaboration with Thierry Alquier's lab @alquierthierry.bsky.social on a conserved role for neuronal lipid droplets in regulating energy homeostasis in vivo led by Celena Cherian, Romane Manceau, Danie Majeur, and Colin Miller www.nature.com/articles/s42... /1
Neuronal lipid droplets play a conserved and sex-biased role in maintaining whole-body energy homeostasis - Nature Metabolism
In vivo regulation of neuronal lipid droplet formation mediates whole-body energy homeostasis in a sex-specific manner in Drosophila and mice.
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#ESR #VeilleESR Tribune de la C3N du #CNRS signée par plus de 700 scientifiques (membres du comité national, directrices et directeurs d'unités) pour alerter une nouvelle fois sur les conséquences des coupes budgétaires c3n-cn.fr/2026/04/10/b...
Coordination des instances du Comité National
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🔬IGMM (CNRS/ Univ Montpellier) is hiring Group Leaders in Innovative Biology. @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @umontpellier.bsky.social 📅 1 May–15 June 2026 📩 search2026@igmm.cnrs.fr 📎Full information 👇 #LifeScience #MolecularBiology #Research #PI #CNRS
There are Science papers and then there are *I just dropped and shattered my mug of coffee Usual Suspects style* Science papers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
« world leadership goes through investing in research and science »… France is clearly shooting itself in the foot (again) by announcing new major budget cuts with immediate effects on all @cnrs.fr institutes! 😩
"C'est un choix pour nos sociétés, pour l'avenir", les chercheurs du CNRS protestent après l'annonce d'une nouvelle coupe budgétaire par le gouvernement pour 2026. www.francebleu.fr/emissions/l-...
Axial Patterning Beyond the Individual: Colony-level Organization in a Siphonophore Colony https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.01.715818v1
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!
Calling all #Drosophila #NewPI #researchers! A few spots remain for the upcoming JEDI Conference - and you won’t want to miss this! Every attendee gives a talk, making the exchange dynamic, personal, and highly interactive - all at a stunning venue that inspires collaboration and creativity.
If you’re a people pleaser, a key to effective time management is remembering that you’re usually going to be disappointing someone. When we take on a task we don’t need or want to do just to make someone happy, it usually comes at the cost of letting down ourselves or those closest to us.
Can we predict health, Or when flies drop like fall leaves? Yes, chemotypes can! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #Drosophila #AgingResearch #sciku @thescikuproject.bsky.social
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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...
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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An analysis of published papers on eight widely studied “model” organisms suggests work on them is fading, but not everyone is worried. https://scim.ag/3PaOvIs
Research on fruit flies and other ‘model’ organisms may be declining
Analysis of published papers on eight widely studied species suggests work on them is fading, but not everyone is worried
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