biologists (non-fly experts)

A five-part "Metamorphosis" series on BBC Radio 4, hosted by renowned dipterist Erica McAlister, will feature an episode on Drosophila research. Episodes will be available online after they air. Check out the "Drosophila Melanogastronaut" episode here.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has announced that R. Lehmann (MIT/Whitehead) and R. Schüpbach (Princeton) are the recipients of the 2020 Francis Amory Prize in Reproductive Medicine and Reproductive Physiology by the American Academy of Arts &...

The Clear+Vivid podcast with Alan Alda features and interview between Alda and Drosophila researcher Prof. Cassandra Extavour (Harvard University), "How oskar the gene invented sex." Available on several podcast platforms, including this one.

On Dec. 14, 2020, the New York Times published an article about the dedicated staff who keep Drosophila stocks going at the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at IU in Bloomington, IN, " Fruit Flies Are Essential to Science. So Are the Workers Who Keep...

Drosophila researcher Prof. Geral Fink (MIT/Whitehead) has been named the 2020 recipient of the Genetics Society of America's Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal. Dr. Fink discusses his research in an article titled " A Morgan Legacy" in the November 2020 issue of...

Drosophila researcher and associate professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley Dr. Noah Whiteman was interviewed by the Beyond the Bench podcast, which is produced by SciComm@UCR. Hear Dr. Whiteman discuss "The Importance of Sharing Our Stories"...

Drosophila researcher Prof. Cassandra Extavour (Harvard University) was awarded the 2020 Insparation Award by the African American Female Professor Award Association in recognition of her "work as an educator and mentor in the field of Biology." Read more...

Now out in Scientific American, the article "Fruit Flies Plug into the Matrix: A new budget-friendly virtual-reality system ..." and an accompanying YouTube video.