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 do dozens of distinct muscles emerge from the same pool of precursor cells? Our new Science Advances paper uncovers the developmental logic that coordinates myoblast identities to build diverse muscles. 📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #DevelopmentalBiology #Drosophila #Muscle

Spatiotemporal control of myoblast identity drives muscle diversity in the Drosophila leg

This study reveals how muscle diversity arises in flies, enabling the complex movements that drive animal behavior.

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he early bird registration deadline for DrosoFrance 2026 has been extended until July 6th. Registration remains open until September 15th, but only a limited number of places are left. So if you're planning to join us for the french Fly meeting (Trégastel), don't wait too long!

Roland Le Borgne@leborgne.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Dear colleagues, The 36th French Drosophila Meeting (Trégastel, Oct 5–8, 2026) website is now online! drosofrance26.sciencesconf.org We look forward to welcoming you in Brittany! Best wishes, The Organizing Committee Hadi Boukhatmi, Régis Giet, Roland Le Borgne

My contribution to the ongoing "1%" science discourse is this picture you can send to your favourite preprint author(s) after reading their papers to tell them you liked their work! #SciArt #PawReview

A short, informal intro to Drosophila genetics (with a French accent 🇫🇷): key concepts & techniques for new lab members. www.epfl.ch/labs/lemaitr...

Short Introduction to Drosophila_Engl

If you like French accent:A short and informal introduction to Drosophila genetics, covering the basic knowledge and techniques that may be helpful when working with Drosophila. This series of short l...

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NIce to see that our recent publication on the use of Drosophila to unravel a role of Aneuploidy-induced senescence and the non-autonomous effects of CIN-driven tumors link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A tumour-host feed-forward loop contributes to the growth of chromosomal instability-induced tumours - EMBO Reports

Chromosomal instability (CIN), characterized by frequent changes in chromosome number and structure, is common in human carcinomas and often leads to aneuploidy, an unbalanced number of chromosomes. D...

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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

Happy New Year 2026! This year, Hadi Boukhatmi, Régis Giet and I are delighted to be organising the 36th French Droso Meeting in Brittany, from 5 to 8 October. A great line-up of speakers Mark the date in your diaries ! The meeting website containing all the details will be opening very soon.

Happy 2026 everyone- the time has come to apply! Registration for this exciting Dev Bio conference is until the end of January!

Bardin Lab@bardinlab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Come join us in beautiful Roscoff for this Conference Jacques Monod on Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026 Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en

📣 #Job alert! Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo? The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research. Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions c3n-cn.fr/section-24-w...

CNRS@cnrs.fr · 8mo ago

#JointheCNRS 🫵 Want to push the boundaries of science? The CNRS is recruiting passionate researchers (F/M)! The campaign runs until January 12, 2026. 👉 carrieres.cnrs.fr/en/external-... #Recruitment #CNRS #Innovation #Research #Icicarecrute

An open webinar on our reproducibility project 'WHAT 400 DROSOPHILA PAPERS Teach Us about Doing Better Science' on December 9th 2PM EEST time (1PM Swiss time). Registration below

Glad to share our latest work showing that #drosophila epigenetic enzyme TET controls muscle development independently of its catalytic activity but prevents muscle aging in a catalytic-dependent manner! Congratulations to Vincent and Emilie @igred.fr ! links.springernature.com/f/a/L1ogzL3H...

TET exhibits enzymatic-independent and-dependent functions during Drosophila flight muscle development and aging - Skeletal Muscle

Background Enzymes of the Ten-Eleven Translocation family are responsible for 5-methylcytosine (5mC) oxidation and play a key role in regulating DNA demethylation during various developmental processe...

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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/3X5lbUg

From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected

Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.

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Preparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!​

Starting Monday!!! If you are in Paris, feel free to drop in for this exceptional course!

Bardin Lab@bardinlab.bsky.social · last yr.

Students (Master's/PhD), do not miss this fantastic Developmental Biology course of @sorbonne-universite.fr and @institutcurie.bsky.social - It is FREE and open to international students, however, room and board + travel are not included. training.institut-curie.org/courses/deve...

Developmental Biology lost a giant yesterday 😔 May his legacy thrive and keep inspiring current and future generations of scientists www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/nobel-laurea...

Here it is! Postdoctoral position to identify the progenitors sensory organs in the regenerating legs of Parhyale apply here: www.averof-lab.org/pages/tracman 1/3

Michalis Averof@michalis-averof.bsky.social · last yr.

We've just been awarded a grant to study the cellular basis of regeneration – to track the progenitors of sensory organs in the context of leg regeneration, in our favourite crustacean tinyurl.com/parhyale, based on live imaging and cell tracking. The project involves some cool collaborations... 1/3

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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Thanks to the organisers and all attendants for this great meeting #EDRC2025 . See you in Bonn! #drosophila #edrc2027

Thank you to all #EDRC2025 participants and a big applause to the organizing committee for this great #Drosophila meeting! See you all in Bonn for #EDRC2027

EDRC2025@edrc2025.bsky.social · 10mo ago

That’s a wrap! We are done with #EDRC2025 and we look forward to seeing everyone again in 2027 for #EDRC2027 in Bonn!

Dear JEDIs, as we are self-organizing using the #EDRC as a nucleator we decided it is time for a JEDI database to boost our network! If you identify as a JEDI, please contact us here or send a mail to katja.rust@uni-marburg.de to be added to our database. #Drosophila @fly-eds.bsky.social

We are recruiting postdocs and PhD students! 🎓🔬 Check out the offer here 👉 igfl.ens-lyon.fr/equipes/j-en... Please share, thanks! 🙏

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You just finished your PhD and you are looking for a postdoc to study stress-dependent modulation of learning. We are using the powerful fly model to understand the underlying circuits and mechanisms. You can apply here: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

We want to thank everyone who attended this year's #Drosophila JEDI meeting at Château du Feÿ! Three days of amazing talks, great ideas and chat at the camp fire. We are looking forward to meeting everyone again at the next meeting!

Formal application for 2 posts-doctoral research positions in the lab can now be submitted here: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Beautiful piece of work!!! @michalis-averof.bsky.social and co!!!!

eLife@elife.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Scientists present an advanced new technique for live-imaging regenerating limbs, shown here on a sand flea. buff.ly/J0SQ4hR

We are all super happy and proud to see our work on the function and evolution of the #cephalic #furrow published in @nature.com. Let me say a few things about the background and history of this work on the #Evolution_of_Morphogenesis (1/12)

Our new preprint is out ! We uncover how adult Drosophila muscles respond to injury through a coordinated dialogue between hemocytes, tracheal cells, and muscles. Check it out and please share @igdrennes.bsky.social

flymuscles@flymuscles.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I read the preprint. It's very beautiful work from Hadi Boukhatmi's group. They test how if at all #Drosophila can repair their #muscles. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our preprint has been highlighted by @prelights.bsky.social and @jontytownson.bsky.social ! 🙏 Huge thanks for helping us share our work with this wonderful community

Jonathan Townson@jontytownson.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I have written another #preLight post, featuring the first work from the Boukhatmi lab. Always fun to read a #fly paper, especially with #microscopy too! Check it out if you like injury repair and tissue/ECM remodeling. prelights.biologists.com/highlights/i... #Repair #ImmuneCells #preprint #ECM

I have written another #preLight post, featuring the first work from the Boukhatmi lab. Always fun to read a #fly paper, especially with #microscopy too! Check it out if you like injury repair and tissue/ECM remodeling. prelights.biologists.com/highlights/i... #Repair #ImmuneCells #preprint #ECM

Immune–tracheal intercellular signalling coordinates the muscle injury response in Drosophila - preLights

Something SPARC’d between us and left me Breathless: Haemolymph cells turn on repair in the Drosophila tracheal system

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