Excited to see this from the i5K consortium out today! Culmination of a comprehensive effort analyzing standards and best practices for genome projects, the extent of their adoption, and recommendations for the future. Personal thanks to everyone who volunteered time/effort to make this happen!

Rob Waterhouse@rmwaterhouse.bsky.social · 2w ago

The #Arthropod #Genomics i5K Community -🦋🧬🕷️🧬🪲🧬🦀- opportunities to harmonise reporting standards & promote their dissemination, ensuring that future arthropod #genomes are both comparable & maximally reusable for large-scale comparative & applied research academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Tell Yale: Don’t cave to Trump Administration demands. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Tell Yale: Don’t cave to Trump Administration demands

On Friday, the New York Times broke the news that Yale is in the midst of settlement negotiations with the Trump administration over an investigation into its admissions policies at the college, law s...

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Thank you to organisers to James Hombría and Antónia Monteiro @monteirolab.bsky.social and everyone who joined us at this week's Workshop on 'Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution' biologists.com/workshops #BiologistsWorkshops

Our annual reminder that "everyone is awesome", and everyone is welcome, in the Halfon Lab.

i5k Survey to identify -community infrastructure -training/workforce development priorities -sustainability challenges for community resources -opportunities for coordination/collaboration Survey link: kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please help distribute! #arthropods #insects #entomology

REDfly v10 is LIVE!!! This major update brings fully on-line our all-new interface. Finally ALL fields are now searchable & can be downloaded in various formats. Numerous backend changes allow better stability. Send us your feedback on the new design (& any bug reports)! #enhancers #drosophila

Heartbreaking story.

STAT@statnews.com · 4mo ago

Brian Donovan had persuaded high school teachers and education researchers that prejudice might be ended by changing how genetics is taught. www.statnews.com/2026/04/07/b...

Esther and I were able to join in the #NoKings march today despite traveling in Bloomington IN!

Over 1,100 American clergy across all Jewish denominations unite to stand with refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants. Together, they affirm our core Jewish values that declare our responsibility for the dignity, humanity and rights of ALL who dwell within our borders.

Incredibly honored to be awarded the #Drosophila Community Service Award this morning at #Dros26. A huge 'thank you' to all our users and all the data generators whose hard work has made our own possible. Look for our completely revised interface with improved search & download coming soon!

Insect research has used Drosophila as a model organism for over a century. But today’s tools now open up a much wider spectrum of insects which deserve to be studied. See the recent commentary in @fly-journal.bsky.social by @peterkdearden.bsky.social, ‘Why just fly?’ doi.org/10.1080/1933...

What a Gene Regulatory Network Is — and What It Is Not ! thenode.biologists.com/what-a-gene-...

Everyone--EVERYONE--in the U.S. should read this column. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...

Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.

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We have a new date for the 2025-2026 i5k Annual Meeting: February 4th, 2026! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_... #i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects (please re-post)

Good day for the spouse: www.wgrz.com/article/news...

Breakthrough FDA approval of targeted leukemia drug has ties to Roswell Park

A major breakthrough in the treatment of an aggressive form of leukemia is bringing new hope to patients and it started in Buffalo.

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Almost like being back at the bench...

Hey everyone: UB Biochemistry is hiring! 2 positions at the Asst or Assoc Professor level. Genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, metabolism, dev biol, neuroscience, gene expression, protein structure/function. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/60078

Assistant or Associate Professor HS, Department of Biochemistry

The Department of Biochemistry is seeking (2) faculty positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. We seek candidates who will develop a research program in understanding the molecular bas...

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Even Marie Antoinette at least offered cake...

Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍@devoevomed.bsky.social · 9mo ago

They literally want people to starve…

Pumped for our virtual December 2025 Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar, presented by Dr. Marc Halfon @marchalfon.bsky.social from the University at Buffalo on Monday, December 8th at 2pm CST. Hope to see you there!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the ongoing U.S. Government shutdown, the i5k Annual Community Meeting scheduled for Oct. 15 has been postponed. The meeting will be rescheduled for a future date once the government has re-opened. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Please RT and try to alert any federal employees who will not be receiving email notification of the cancellation! New registration information will be provided once the meeting is rescheduled.

***PLEASE NOTE: IF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REMAINS SHUT DOWN AS OF OCTOBER 10, THIS MEETING WILL BE CANCELLED AND RE-SCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE***

REDfly database@redfly-database.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_... #i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects (please re-post)

Calling early-career developmental biologists! Apply for a funded place at our #Workshop, Novelty, Co-option and Divergence During Gene Network Evolution. Application deadline: 5 December www.biologists.com/workshops/ju... #DevBio #BiologistsWorkshops #Collaboration #Networking

Excited to be part of this study of enhancer redundancy and modularity in a fly pigmentation GRN. Amazing job by Williams lab following up SCRMshaw predictions! Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Redundant and Singular Regulatory Elements Underlie the Rapidly Evolving Pigmentation of Drosophila

Abstract. A major hurdle in understanding the molecular changes responsible for metazoan diversity is the characterization of cis-regulatory elements (CREs

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Hmmm. "Long papers are all alike, but each brief report is unique in its brevity"?

Vincent J Lynch 🐘🦣🦥 🦇🐋🐢🐍@devoevomed.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Seriously, not every paper needs to be an epic novel, modeled on Anna Karenina... www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

Announcing the 2025 i5k Annual Meeting on October 15th! Anyone with an interest in arthropod genomics is encouraged to join this open meeting. More details here: i5k.github.io/2025_annual_... #i5k #arthropods #genomics #insects (please re-post)

This moment >> #GoBills | #BillsMafia

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate. www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

Drosophila Genetic Database

The Drosophila Genetic Database, FlyBase, is on the brink of collapse due to the sudden termination of the FlyBase NIH grant, which includes salaries for 5 literature curators based at the University ...

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Dr Sian Gramates@drglam.bsky.social · 12mo ago

News via The Transmitter www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

I have published a post on the Oxford University Press blog that outlines my teaching philosophy, and the philosophy behind my Textbook "Organismic Animal Biology - An Evolutionary Approach". Have a look, and if you agree with my philosophy, buy the book and use it. blog.oup.com/2025/07/know...

Knowledge and teaching in the age of information

The advent of the World Wide Web in the turn of the last century completely transformed the way most people find and absorb information. Rather than a world in which information is stored in books or ...

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Anyone else getting a sore neck from all the whiplash?

STAT@statnews.com · last yr.

Trump administration reverses course and lifts pause on NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...