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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 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"...

Indiana Public Radio's Earth Eats program features story on cooking fly food for the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center, "Food Fit for a Fly" by Kayte Young. At the Earth Eats site, you can view text and photos, and access the audio story.

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.

Drosophila biologist Ruth Lehmann (MIT and Whitehead Institute) was recently announced as one of the recpients of the 2021 Vilcek Prize for Excellence. Specifically, Prof. Lehamnn received the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science "for unraveling the...