Small insects actively respond to updrafts by modulating their wing and body kinematics #Drosophila
Small insects actively respond to updrafts by modulating their wing and body kinematics #Drosophila
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Tiara
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Just A Black Girl Who Loves Flies 🪰🪰~ Muscle Biologist ~ PhD Candidate @ Dalhousie University ~Insect Lover 🦋~ History Of Science Buff 📚~ Coffee Aficionado ☕️ ~
I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
Join us for a conversation about the historical background of the 2017 "Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI". Dr David Cole explores the significance and legacy of the famed 1975 Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA and DNA cloning for contemporary efforts to shape the future of AI. #histstm
Asilomar Revisited: Beneficial AI and the History of Scientific Ethics
Join us for a conversation with Dr David Cole about the legacy of Asilomar 1975 for contemporary efforts to shape the future of AI
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Zebrafish with mutated Mylpfa & Mylpfb genes lack sarcomere formation in fast-twitch muscle, showing Mylpf's crucial role. Sarcomere reduction directly linked to Mylpf levels. PMID:42243126, Nat Commun 2026, @NatureComms https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73861-z #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Myosin light chain proteins cooperatively promote sarcomere growth in fast-twitch muscle | Nature Communications
Muscle becomes stronger by expanding sarcomeres from the cell’s edge to its center. Here we investigate how Mylpf (Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylatable Fast) abundance impacts sarcomere growth. The two zebrafish Mylpf genes (mylpfa and mylpfb) are exclusively expressed in fast-twitch muscle, with mylpfa expressed more abundantly than mylpfb. Mutations in both genes cause full mRNA and protein loss, and loss of sarcomere formation. The degree of sarcomere reduction in fast-twitch muscle is predicted by Mylpf protein dosage using a high-slope Hill equation. The sarcomere defect may be driven by thick filament localization, which is impaired in mylpfa−/− and obliterated in mylpfa−/−;mylpfb−/−. Slow-twitch muscle is spared, becoming larger and more active in the mutants. The mylpfa−/− defects can be rescued by Mylpfa-GFP, Mylpfb-GFP, and by human MYLPF-GFP with equivalent efficiency, but not by a MYLPF protein variant that causes Distal Arthrogryposis. These effects indicate that Mylpf dosa
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#CfA: New fellowships in Dept. "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" for researchers working on 📊 politics and practices of #Data, 📚️ histories of #Knowledge and collective life in Africa, or 🍂 #Environmental knowledge in times of crisis 🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci
Tired of AI-generated figures? I asked our talented scientific illustrator Manon Zuurmond to draw some of the instruments and lab equipment we missed in NIH's otherwise fantastic BioArt resource. First batch now available as CC BY. Free for everyone to use in publications: github.com/Center-for-P...
More than a decade since CRISPR-Cas9 knock in came on the scene, it's remained underutilized in emerging models. Using transposase, and a split-FP system, we built an optimized knock in system for use in the genetically-enabled urchin, Lytechinus pictus. bit.ly/4wswLsd
Fine-tuning striated muscle performance: conserved sarcomere-level mechanisms across insect and vertebrate systems #Drosophila
Fine-tuning striated muscle performance: conserved sarcomere-level mechanisms across insect and vertebrate systems #Drosophila
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Shared candidate genes associated with variation in egg size in cold-adapted and artificially selected Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
Shared candidate genes associated with variation in egg size in cold-adapted and artificially selected Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
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A practical low-cost setup for anesthesia of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in the classroom #Drosophila
A practical low-cost setup for anesthesia of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster in the classroom #Drosophila
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Brahmi Ghrita exerts nephroprotective effect on polycystic phenotype in the Malpighian tubules of caspase 3 deletion mutants of Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
Brahmi Ghrita exerts nephroprotective effect on polycystic phenotype in the Malpighian tubules of caspase 3 deletion mutants of Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
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Learn about advances and techniques in #neuroscience #research using invertebrate model systems at the EMBO Practical Course "Small Brains, Big Ideas" in Las Cruces, #Chile, 16–26 October 2026. Deadline: 15 July https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-smallbrains #EMBOSmallBrainsBigIdeas #EMBOevents 🧪
Incredibly grateful to be chosen as one of Dalhousie OpenThinkers this year! Read my first of many blogs on one of my favourite topics flies ! 🪰
OpenThink@dalopenthink.bsky.social · last mo.In her first OpenThink post, @tiaramuld.bsky.social introduces Drosophila melanogaster, the tiny fruit fly with a huge role in science, and asks why scientists still use it: blogs.dal.ca/openthink/th...
25 minutes of Photuris tremulans fireflies in Tennessee's smoky mountains.
The roles of cytoplasmic dynein complex in various ocular disorders #Drosophila
The roles of cytoplasmic dynein complex in various ocular disorders #Drosophila
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Manoim-Wolkovitz, J. E., Camchy, T., Rozenfeld, E., Chang, H. H., Lerner, H., Chou, Y. H., Darshan, R., Parnas, M. (2025). Nonlinear high-activity neuronal excitation enhances odor discrimination. Curr Biol, 35(7):1521-1538. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Nonlinear high-activity neuronal excitation enhances odor discrimination
Manoim-Wolkovitz and Camchy et al. uncover a novel mechanism for signal decorrelation, which is based on intraglomerular excitation and works in synergism with lateral interglomerular inhibition. This...
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Older than the dinosaurs: scientists finally unlock secret of the mayfly’s dance. The bizarre vertical flight pattern has long puzzled experts but new research reveals why it may play a crucial role in the insect’s survival. 🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Older than the dinosaurs: scientists finally unlock secret of the mayfly’s dance
The bizarre vertical flight pattern has long puzzled experts but new research reveals why it may play a crucial role in the insect’s survival
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The registration deadline for #EMBORegeneration2026 is approaching: May 20 !!! Don't miss this amazing meeting on the banks of the Danube in Austria: meetings.embo.org/event/26-tis...
Ovary-Derived Signals Align Protein Appetite with Oogenesis #Drosophila
Ovary-Derived Signals Align Protein Appetite with Oogenesis #Drosophila
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Hermann J. Muller's research swan song: His long-term radiation dose-rate mutation investigations yielded no research publications, leaving questions of scientific misconduct #Drosophila
Hermann J. Muller's research swan song: His long-term radiation dose-rate mutation investigations yielded no research publications, leaving questions of scientific misconduct #Drosophila
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Behavioural genetics: Same-sex mating in flies is no mistake #Drosophila
Behavioural genetics: Same-sex mating in flies is no mistake #Drosophila
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Kicking off #BrainAwarenessWeek with a #MicroscopyMonday showing an adult fruit fly #brain imaged on a confocal microscope, sweet-sensing #neurons are seen in yellow, while magenta shows the neuronal connections. (Si Lab) 🧠 #BrainWeek @danafoundation.bsky.social @brainfacts.org @sfn.org
Sometimes EM shows weird things...what in the name of the Lord is this?
Download our updated database of PhD fellowships. We list 177 fellowships. For each entry, we provide the amount of the fellowship, deadline, eligibility/requirements, description, etc Download this database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
SOD1 is delivered to #lysosomes via #autophagy to maintain lysosomal function and integrity. From Yanzhe Zheng, Ruilin Tian, Yan Zhao and colleagues: rupress.org/jcb/article/... 📕 Part of #Autophagy 2026 👉 rupress.org/jcb/collecti... #GRC
Kenny is the adaptor protein for ubiquitin-dependent mitophagy in Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
Kenny is the adaptor protein for ubiquitin-dependent mitophagy in Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
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Pink1 represses apoptosis and allows proper morphogenesis after exposure to ionizing radiation in Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
Pink1 represses apoptosis and allows proper morphogenesis after exposure to ionizing radiation in Drosophila melanogaster #Drosophila
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Hemocyte-secreted papilin bearing mucin-type O-glycans regulates peripodial stalk formation via epidermal JAK/STAT signaling in Drosophila #Drosophila
Hemocyte-secreted papilin bearing mucin-type O-glycans regulates peripodial stalk formation via epidermal JAK/STAT signaling in Drosophila #Drosophila
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Germline and male somatic determinants of sperm length divergence in Drosophila: Implications for post-copulatory sexual selection #Drosophila
Germline and male somatic determinants of sperm length divergence in Drosophila: Implications for post-copulatory sexual selection #Drosophila
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Black History Month: Jeremiah Jones was 58 years old when he enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916. For his heroic actions during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, he was awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service in 2010 — 60 years after his death.
Jeremiah Jones
Jeremiah “Jerry” Alvin Jones, soldier, farmer, truck driver (born 30 March 1858 in East Mountain, NS; died 23 November 1950 in Halifax, NS). Jeremiah Jone...
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