Rangan Lab
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Germline development @IcahnMountSinai @CDRBSinai https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GZS8SS4AAAAJ&hl=en
Meet three of our #Dros27 plenary speakers! 🧠 Vanessa Auld 🪰 @nabroderick.bsy.social 🧬 Don Fox From glial biology to host-microbe interactions to genome stability and regeneration, they'll bring exciting science to Philadelphia. 🔗https://buff.ly/7IBPyFM
The #ISSCR2026 Anne McLaren Memorial Keynote is delivered by Azim Surani. Learn more about Azim's life and career in this @dev-journal.bsky.social interview by Ashley Moffett and @geraldinejowett.bsky.social.
An interview with Azim Surani
Professor Azim Surani is the Director of Epigenomics and Germline Imprinting at the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge, UK. He is this year's recipient of both the prestigious Kyoto Prize and the Paul Ehrl...
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The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes: 🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting 🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
Excited to share our latest work! The oncogenic m5C writer NSUN2 achieves substrate specificity by recognizing RNA structure and conformational dynamics. RNA folding shapes methylation! Congratulations to the team! Thank you, colleagues and supporters! ttps://nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10582-9
Substrate selectivity of the human RNA m5C methyltransferase NSUN2 - Nature
NSUN2 is an enzyme that adds a small chemical mark to RNA molecules and uniquely selects its targets based on specific sequence patterns and structural features.
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Yet more shenanigans that only damage the US scientific enterprise. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Report: NIH, NASA Restrict Co-Authoring With Foreign Scientists
The National Institutes of Health and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are targeting collaborations between U.S. scientists and foreign researchers, Science reports.
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@benforward3.bsky.social is running for State Rep in MA. Ben is a fellow scientist and fly biologist who has gone into public service, and I think supporting scientists running for office matters at every level. Support his campaign:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ben-for-state-rep Please RT
I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.
Honoured and overwhelmed to receive the 2026 Waddington Medal. Science is a team effort, and I've been fortunate to work alongside exceptional people asking hard questions. Thank you to the BSDB and to everyone who has been part of the journey. bsdb.org/2026/03/24/2...
2026 Waddington Medal Winner - James Briscoe - BSDB - British Society for Developmental Biology
We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Waddington medal winner is James Briscoe. His fundamental discoveries have helped shape our understanding of of how morphogens work, and he has played ...
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Amazing new work from the Hurd lab:Sperm keep their mitochondria but lose their mitochondrial genomes. This new preprint identifies the nuclease responsible — and shows it reads DNA structure, not sequence. tinyurl.com/3npwwk37
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My paper on how the fruit fly foregut uses a modified cell cycle to respond to tissue damage and cell loss is now published :) www.nature.com/articles/s41... #proventriculus #drosophila
Perrimon Lab@perrimonlab.bsky.social · 6mo agoEwen-Campen, B., Chen, W., Tattikota, S. G., Liu, Y., Hu, Y. and Perrimon, N. (2026) The Drosophila proventriculus lacks stem cells but compensates for age-related cell loss via endoreplication-mediated cell growth. bioRxiv 2025.06.27.662004; Nat Com. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-68876-5. PMID: 41593082
The last two days to vote for the Flyboard elections. Don't put it off any longer. Vote now!!! Also, if you are on the fence, please register for #Dros26. I just did!
Harmit Singh Malik@harmitmalik.bsky.social · 6mo agoAre you a Drosophila researcher & member of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social (at any level of training)? Please vote in the Flyboard elections (we have an amazing slate of candidates) before Feb 20, 2026. Please check your email or go to this website to vote: genetics-gsa.org/2026-fly-boa... Pl repost.
Developmentally programmed nuclear pore complex replacement enables oocyte specification https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.13.705775v1
New preprint in collab with Capelson & Schindler labs): Nuclear pore complexes are developmentally removed and rebuilt during oocyte specification. Blocking turnover prevents gene silencing and meiotic entry. Nuclear architecture renewal is required for cell fate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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In the 2nd preprint from @mlodziklab.bsky.social, Weber et al. show that LRP5/6/arrow, the Wnt/bcatenin signaling specific co-receptor, is also required for Wnt/planar cell polarity establishment, a challenge and eye-opener for the Wnt field. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Wnt co-receptor Arrow-LRP5/6 is required for Planar Cell Polarity establishment in Drosophila
Wnt-signaling, via β-catenin or the planar cell polarity (PCP) branch, is crucial for development, tissue homeostasis, and linked to many diseases. LRP5/6, arrow ( arr ) in Drosophila , is the obligat...
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Two exciting preprints from @mlodziklab.bsky.social lab. In the first preprint, Vuong and Mlodzik describe a novel, essential factor for bcatenin translocation to the nucleus, a big step forward to understand nuclear bcatenin localization. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A novel conserved protein associates with the IFT-A complex to mediate nuclear translocation of β-catenin in Wg/Wnt-signaling
Wingless (Wg)/Wnt signaling is critical throughout development and tissue homeostasis and associated with many disease states. Canonical Wg/Wnt-signaling is mediated by β-catenin (Arm in Drosophila ) ...
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The @fly-eds.bsky.social is having its general assembly this saturday at 13:30 at #EDRC2025 , please join us to discuss our society and to find out more about @flybase.bsky.social and the current funding crisis
There are only 8 days left to register to @edrc2025.bsky.social and we would like to thank all our sponsorss! We start acknowledging the support received from @biologists.bsky.social to #EDRC2025 Thank you!
Registration is officially open for the 2026 EMBO Drosophila Meeting in Crete 🪰☀️. This flagship meeting brings together researchers from around the world to share discoveries, foster collaborations, and celebrate the power of Drosophila in advancing biology. Consider applying!
Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila
The principal theme of the EMBO Workshop is the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila. Supported by EMBO over four decades, this will be the 24th biennial “Crete meeting”. With the a…
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Marco MILAN LAB @milanlab.bsky.social · 11mo agoEMBO meeting on "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026 Registration is now open! Deadline next November 3rd! meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
EMBO meeting on "Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila" 21 – 27 June 2026 Registration is now open! Deadline next November 3rd! meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro...
Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila
The principal theme of the EMBO Workshop is the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila. Supported by EMBO over four decades, this will be the 24th biennial “Crete meeting”. With the a…
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Actin up: Mrtfa regulates actomyosin and apical constriction This Research Highlight showcases the work from Keiji Itoh, Olga Ossipova, Sergei Y. Sokol: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Here's the NIH's proposed budget - from $48 billion to $27 billion. NIAID, current ~$7 billion cut to ~$4.2 billion. The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains. Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone. www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
Kristian G. Andersen@kgandersen.bsky.social · last yr.The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation. All in one little table. A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
The end of US leadership in science, technology, and innovation. All in one little table. A tremendous gift to China, courtesy of the GOP. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
Science is under attack. The NIH, the NSF, and our research universities. So today, I have a message for America's scientists: youtu.be/MeoZDPy5cIY?...
A Message to Scientists
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
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“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.” —Mahatma Gandhi
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
David Liu @harvard.edu beautifully articulates the criticality of basic science funding for developing revolutionary therapeutics like life-saving base editors 👏 youtu.be/8YhJM6zxYDw?...
Breakthrough Prize-Winning Biochemist on the Deadly Cost of Funding Cuts | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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Congratulations to the next Chair of the Dept. of Molecular Biology: Elizabeth (Liz) R. Gavis, the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences and Assoc. Faculty in the Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology. Her term begins on July 1, 2025. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/ga...
Gavis named next Chair
Elizabeth (Liz) R. Gavis, the Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences in the Department of Molecular Biology and Associated Faculty in the Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology, h...
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Congrats Yukiko!
Whitehead Institute@whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.Whitehead Institute Member Yukiko Yamashita, who studies how genetic information is passed from parents to offspring, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Full story on our website: wi.mit.edu/news/yukiko-...
Drosophila folks at the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Fly meeting please take some time to thank the amazing organizers who put in a lot of hard work: genetics-gsa.org/drosophila-2... Special thanks to GSA folks especially the tireless Suzy Brown (who appears to run entirely on diet Mountain Dew)
Organizers - 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
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