biologists (non-fly experts)

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...

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...

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.

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...

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."

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…...

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...

Drosophila biologist and outreach advocate Prof. Andreas Prokop (Univ. of Manchester) has been awarded the 2022 British Society for Development Biology (BSDB) Wolpert Medal. Read more about Prof. Prokop's advocacy and the award in BSDB's online...

VIB Pressroom highlights the FlyCellAtlas project: "The fruit fly: tiny research hero now fully mapped." Read the press release here.

Drosophila biologist Ruth Lehmann, PhD (MIT/Whitehead Institute) has been named one of the 2022 winners of the Gruber Genetics Prize for work "unraveling the mysteries behind the molecular mechanisms involved in the earliest stages of embryogenesis." Read...