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MASSLIVE: "Why a database of bug genes could be ..."
Hadley Barndollar, writing for MASSLIVE: "Why a database of bug genes could be one of Trump’s most devastating cuts at Harvard." Read the article here: https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/06/why-a-database-of-bug-genes-could…...
The Transmitter: "Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team"
Claudia Lopez Lloreda, writing for The Transmitter: "Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team." Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.53053/CPBW9110
Reproducibility study finds Drosophila immune research studies do well in retesting
Chris Simms highlights a recent finding that a large set of Drosophila immune research studies are largely reproducible: " Giant study finds a research field that’s mostly reproducible" published in Nature. View the preprints that report the...
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Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila Meeting
Jun. 21 - Jun 27, 2026
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Kolymbari, Crete, Greece
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NeuroFly 2026
Sep. 7 - Sep 11, 2026
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Cologne, Germany
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