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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…...

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...

Science in Vancouver has featured a publication from the Verheyen and Allan labs on assays designed to uncover the impact of variants on activity of the human PTEN protein. Read the feature here.

Writing in The Scientist, Abby Olena features work from the Bilder lab (UC Berkeley) in a piece titled " Tumors Disrupt the Blood-Brain Barrier at a Distance." Read the article here.

A Fox news outlet in Louisianna, USA, featured fruit fly research related to cancer in the segment "Fly Bayou: The tiny fruit fly helps researchers in the fight against cancer." Catch the video online here.

Joyce Yu of The Francis Crick Institute discusses " Fruit fly 'cancer avatars' recreate mutations in tumors for personalized treatment: Using fruit flies to mirror the tumors of patients can help with difficult to treat cancers" in an article published...

The journal Lab Animal features an article by Ellen Neff, " Model matching," about the new Model Matcher resource from Shinya Yamamoto and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine. Read the article here.

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.