I am grateful for having been part of this year's CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course. Thanks to my co-directors @mariadelapax.bsky.social and Tingting Wang, our TAs, instructors, and lecturers! We wish our highly talented students all the best! @cshlcourses.bsky.social #scicomm #drosophila 🪰🧪

In the 'Behavior' section of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course, we studied grooming behavior (Andy Seeds/Steffi Hampel), visual navigation (Michael Reiser), courtship (Christa Baker), and aggression (Sarah Certel)! @cshlcourses.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social Tingting Wang #scicomm 🧪🪰

In the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course, our students successfully performed NMJ recordings (Tingting Wang), voltage imaging (Cheng Huang), and patch-clamp recordings (Nara Muraro). Thanks also to Yimei, Ruibao, and Flor for their support! @cshlcourses.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social 🧪

In the 'Development' section of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course, our students learned to stage, stain, and dissect fly embryos, larvae, pupae, and adults. Khanh and Heena explained how to handle fragile pupal brain and eye tissue! 🪰🧪 @mariadelapax.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social

Great to be back with @mariadelapax.bsky.social and Tingting Wang as co-directors of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course 🪰! Thank you for the excellent technical support, Heena Khurana and Khanh Lam-Kamath! 🧪 @cshlcourses.bsky.social @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlaboratory.bsky.social

It was great to be back at CSHL. I had a fantastic time talking to the students of the Drosophila Neurobiology course about eye development. Many thanks to Jens Rister and Maria Fernandez for the invitation to be a guest lecturer this year! @rister.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social

What an absolute treat to spend a few hours with Lily and Yuh Nung Jan talking about their careers, the history of the fly course, and answering student questions. An amazing Nught 1 of the course! #cshldros26

We had an excellent time at the NESDB meeting in Woods Hole. Note how PhD student HEENA KHURANA uses 'state of the art technology' to highlight the highlights on her poster! #Drosophila 🪰🧪 #UMassBoston #scicomn

A gentle reminder that the new application deadline for the CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila course is April 13th! Note the updated list of invited speakers! meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... 🧪🪰 @cshlcourses.bsky.social @cshlnews.bsky.social @mariadelapax.bsky.social

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We are so looking forward to CSHL Neurobiology of Drosophila 2026 🔬 🧠. The new application deadline is April 13th. Come join us! @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social @rister.bsky.social

Jens Rister@rister.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Can't wait to serve again as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course this year! 🧪🪰👀 Application Deadline: March 27 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social

Can't wait to serve again as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course this year! 🧪🪰👀 Application Deadline: March 27 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social

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Very proud of our undergrads Caroline Wong and Elnor Bashir who presented their research at the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago! 🧪🪰 #Dros26 #scicomm @umassboston.bsky.social

Can't wait to serve again as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course this year! 🧪🪰👀 Application Deadline: March 27 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social

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Happy holidays! 🎄🧪

It was an honor being interviewed about our new color vision project by the 'Eye on Vision' WYPL Memphis radio show! 🪰👀🧪 @umassboston.bsky.social eyeonvision.blogspot.com/2025/11/hmx-...

Hmx Protein's Effect On Fruit Flies' Photoreceptors and Info On The NFB Performing Arts Division

Dr. Jens Rister (University of Massachusetts - Boston) Katelyn MacIntyre (National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division - Baltim...

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Check out our website to learn more about the upcoming courses: meetings.cshl.edu/courses

Hopefully our collection is useful! cshprotocols.cshlp.org/site/misc/ma...

Excited to return as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila 🪰Neurobiology course in 2026! Application Deadline: March 27 meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlaboratory.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social #cshlflycourse #scicomm #drosophila 🪰🧪

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📢First Announcement!! Dear MS Omics fans and friends! The traditional #Omics symposium VIII XMass Updates will take place Dec 9th 2025! 😍Join us on-site in beautiful Dresden or in Zoom😍 👉Info and updates: tinyurl.com/MSDRESDEN

A new article on our National Eye Institute (NEI) - funded project on the mechanisms underlying color vision! @umassboston.bsky.social 🪰👀🧪 www.umb.edu/news/recent-...

In Fruit Fly Eyes, UMass Boston Researcher Sees Potential Medical Discoveries

Jens Rister, an associate professor in UMass Boston’s biology department, has just been awarded more than $1,700,000 in funding from the National Eye Institute of the NIH to research a protein that gu...

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Tonight at the CSHL meeting, the Elkins Memorial Lecture! Matthew Capek from the Gallio Lab at Northwestern gives an talk on his amazing thesis work about the evolution of temperature preference.

Having a great time discussing our research on preventing photoreceptor degeneration, listening to inspiring talks, and meeting old friends at the Cold Spring Harbor Neurobiology of Drosophila conference! #cshldros @cshlmeetings.bsky.social @cshlaboratory.bsky.social @cshlmeetings.bsky.social 🪰🧪

Attention: the NINE INCH NAILS show in Boston was excellent. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 😜🧪

This year's edition, the 40th anniversary(!), of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course is in the books! Thank you Tania Reis, Robert Carrillo, and Tim Mosca for this unique opportunity! We wish our exceptionally talented students all the best! 🪰🧪 @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlcourses.bsky.social

I had the best time visiting CSH to give the cell neural biology lecture at the fly course. Thank you so much to Robert, Tania and @rister.bsky.social for the opportunity!

Having a great time serving as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology course with Tania Reis and Robert Carrillo! 🧪🪰👀 #drosophila #scicomm #cshl

Day 4 of the CSHL Fly Course! Director @rister.bsky.social takes us on a tour through development of the larvae and pupae. Then lots of dissections and imaging! One of the coolest days, in my not so humble opinion. :)

R01 Notice of Award comes in, confetti canon comes out! Thank you @NatEyeInstitute @UMassBoston #vision #research #NEIfunded 🪰👀🧪

Proud mentor moment: Congrats to Dr. Deepshe Dewett on the 'Outstanding teaching award' and Dr. Joe Bunker on the 'Outstanding PhD dissertation award'! 🧪🍾👀🪰👁️

bostonflymeeting.mgb.org/2025-bad-mee... Hope to see you at this year's Boston Area Drosophila meeting, hosted by UMass Boston! #Drosophila #scicomm 🧪🪰