# News Sort & Filters close ## Filters User\_Type expand\_more - all (215) - biologists (non-fly experts) (127) - Drosophila experts (167) - physician-scientists (64) - students (65) - teachers (K-12) (63) - the public (117) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 133 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 133 results [### MASSLIVE: "Why a database of bug genes could be ..." ](/news/2025/08/masslive-why-database-bug-genes-could-be) August 20, 2025 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…](https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/06/why-a-database-of-bug-genes-could-be-one-of-trumps-most)... description [### The Transmitter: "Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team" ](/news/2025/08/transmitter-exclusive-harvard-university-lays-fly-database-team) August 20, 2025 Claudia Lopez Lloreda, writing for The Transmitter: "Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team." Read the article here: description [### Reproducibility study finds Drosophila immune research studies do well in retesting ](/news/2025/07/reproducibility-study-finds-drosophila-immune-research-studies-do-well-retesting) July 23, 2025 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... description [### CNN highlights "degrees of Kevin Bacon" gene report ](/news/cnn-highlights-degrees-kevin-bacon-gene-report) May 31, 2024 CNN has published an article " Scientists identify 'degrees of Kevin Bacon' gene" by Katie Hunt that features a Drosophila study of social networks by R. Rooke (pictured) and colleagues in the Levine lab at the University of Toronto. Read the article here... ![Dr. Rebecca Rooke](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rebecca-rooke-portrait.jpg?h=ce196176&itok=Jk-3brpj) [### HHMI Janelia Research Campus announces AI-driven "virtual fly" ](/news/hhmi-janelia-research-campus-announces-ai-driven-virtual-fly) March 18, 2024 On March, 15, 2024, the Howard Hughes Medical Institutes Janelia Research Campus posted a news blurb titled "Artificial Intelligence brings a virtual fly to life" that describes work by scientists at Janelia and Google DeepMind that "combines a new... ![screenshot of the HHMI Janelia Research Campus news post online](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/flyresearch/files/screenshot_2024-03-18_at_11.33.37_am.png?itok=UgqQngPB) [### Quanta Magazine: "Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis" ](/news/quanta-magazine-why-insect-memories-may-not-survive-metamorphosis) August 01, 2023 In Quanta Magazine, staff writer Yasmin Saplakoglu writes on " Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis," highlighting work in Drosophila from James Truman (Univ. of WA) and colleagues, published in eLife. Access the Quanta Magazine article here. ![Summary of findings from eLife Truman et al 2023](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/flyresearch/files/lax_80594_elife-80594-fig13-v2.tif_.jpg?h=c135ed9f&itok=thnEEUCT) [### Washington Post features news of Drosophila engineered for asexual reproduction ](/news/washington-post-features-news-drosophila-engineered-asexual-reproduction) July 28, 2023 Today, The Washington Post featured an article by Aara'L Yarber, "In a first, scientists find genetic cause for ‘virgin birth’ in animals: Fruit flies that normally must mate to reproduce can be genetically modified to give birth asexually for generations... ![Drosophila melanogaster (feeding)](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/drosophila_melanogaster_proboscis.jpg?itok=DfyKoMXP) [### GSA Genes to Genomes blog highlights impact of model organism research ](/news/gsa-genes-genomes-blog-highlights-impact-model-organism-research) February 17, 2023 The GSA Genes to Genomes blog highlights the impact of model organism research in a new article by C. Seydel "Worms and flies provide clues to medical mystery." ![Abstracted artistic view of DNA sequence or fragments](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/ngly1storyimage.jpg?itok=MysRFzvP) [### 2023 is a big year for Drosophila research conferences! ](/news/2023-big-year-drosophila-research-conferences) February 10, 2023 Drosophila research conferences will be taking place in 2023 in Chicago, USA (March 1-5), in Australia (July 23-27), and in France (Oct. 20-23). More information is available at the conference websites for the GSA Annual Drosophila Research Conference... ![Header image from the Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference website](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/635891922fee5.png?itok=UlIh4vtZ) [### Drosophila researchers inducted into the UK's Royal Society ](/news/drosophila-researchers-inducted-uks-royal-society) August 15, 2022 Twitter is abuzz with the news that Drosophila researchers are among recent inductees into the UK's Royal Society. Check out this post from 2022 electee Maria Leptin: ![Photograph of Drosophila researcher Maria Leptin](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/P178095-Maria-Leptin.jpg?h=047d583f&itok=vx3oF6rx) [### The Scientist: "Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons" ](/news/scientist-fruit-flies-evolve-time-seasons) May 27, 2022 The Scientist features Drosophila melanogaster research in "Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study" by Natalia Mesa. Find the article here: [https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/fruit-flies-evolve-in-time-w…](https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/fruit-flies-evolve-in-time-with-the-seasons-study-69816)... ![Field study tent from article in The Scientist](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/rudman-abj7484-image-3-m.jpg?itok=_yKNfjJz) [### "NeuroMechFly," a "digital twin" of Drosophila, is making headlines ](/news/neuromechfly-digital-twin-drosophila-making-headlines) May 27, 2022 Recent articles in the tech media discuss "NeuroMechFly," which is described as a "digital twin" of Drosophila melanogaster. The project represents a collaboration between Prof. Pavan Ramdya and Prof. Auke Ijspeert labs at the EPFL Biorobotics Laboratory... ![NueroMechFly](/sites/g/files/omnuum4901/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/neuromechfly-a-digital.jpg?itok=UMYFSvLy) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 12 ](?page=11 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")