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Uncovering the origins of the adult adipose tissue in flies

Posted by , on 24 May 2023

Read the story behind the work by Taiichi Tsuyama, Tadashi Uemura and colleagues, uncovering the precursor cells that give rise to the adult fat body in Drosophila.

Behind the Paper: the discovery of a novel cell type involved in fly touch sensing

Posted by , on 23 May 2023

Read the story behind the paper where Dr Federica Mangione, Nic Tapon and colleagues report a new type of specialised epidermal cells involved in touch sensing in Drosophila.

Lab meeting with the Ashe lab

Posted by , on 27 April 2023

Our next 'Lab meeting' is with the Ashe lab at the University of Manchester, UK.

Behind the paper story: uncovering non-canonical functions of the Hippo pathway

Posted by , on 21 April 2023

Heya Zhao shares the story behind a recently published paper in Dev Cell where they reveal the non-canonical functions of the Hippo pathway in developmental cell fate decisions in the ...

BSDB Gurdon Studentship Report – Sonia Paoli

Posted by , on 6 January 2023

Exploring how germ cells are metabolically supported in Drosophila testes During the summer I had the privilege to work in Dr. Amoyel’s lab at UCL, to study the mechanisms providing ...

Odor sensing, metabolism, and blood-progenitors

Posted by , on 5 May 2022

In their recent Development paper, published in our Immune Special Issue, Manisha Goyal, Tina Mukherjee, and colleagues examine the pathways controlling ROS homeostasis during hematopoietic growth control.

Fly-CURE: a nation-wide CURE initiative

Posted by , on 11 March 2022

Why CUREs? The 2011 Vision and Change document called for undergraduate STEM majors to have an authentic research experience during their undergraduate careers(Holm, Carter, & Woodin, 2011). There is evidence ...

SciArt profile: Diego Galagovsky

Posted by , on 17 January 2022

In our first SciArt profile of 2022, we hear from Diego Galagovsky, a postdoc with a passion for using cartoons to communicate science.

SciArt profile: Maria Diaz de la Loza

Posted by , on 15 November 2021

In our latest profile, we feature Maria Diaz de la Loza, a freelance illustrator and researcher in the Stramer lab at King's College London

PhD (BBSRC DTP): The evolution of nerves - understanding the roots of neurodegeneration

Posted by , on 9 November 2021

———————————————————————– How to apply: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/research/bbsrc-dtp/apply Application deadline: 21 January 2022 Interviews: week commencing 7 March 2022 ———————————————————————— Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester PhD Research Project ...

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