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MASSLIVE: "Why a database of 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…...

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The Transmitter: "Exclusive: Harvard University lays off 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: https://doi.org/10.53053/CPBW9110

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Reproducibility study finds Drosophila immune research studies do well in 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...

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CNN highlights "degrees of 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...

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...

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.

Washington Post features news of Drosophila engineered for 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...

GSA Genes to Genomes blog highlights impact of 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."

2023 is a big year for 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...

Drosophila researchers inducted into the UK's 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: https://twitter.com/mleptin/status/1547984717483352064

The Scientist: "Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the 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…...

"NeuroMechFly," a "digital twin" of Drosophila, is 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...