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Work by Drosophila neuorscientist Tatsuo Okobu was featured this week in a New Scientist article, "Fruit flies have special neurons that sense wind to aid navigation." To access the article, which written by Jason Arunn Murugesu, click here.

The importance to the worldwide community of the Vienna Drosophila Research Center (VDRC) was highlighted in an article appearing in Austria's nationally distributed Die Presse, "Wiener Fliegen für die weltweite Forschung" (translated by the VDRC as...

Reuters has published an article in their 'three minute read' section highlighting the use of Drosophila to study aging, specifically highlighting a study reporting a multi-drug cocktail that extends the lifespan of the fly, " Fruit fly trial unlocks...

Stowers Institute and FlyBase have published remembrances of Susan Abmayr, PhD, who died on July 18, 2019. The remembrance at Stowers Institute recalls that "Susan’s contributions to the fields of transcription and myogenesis, and to the scientific...

Researchers using Drosophila and other model species in their studies are among the recipients of the Fall 2019 Genetic Society of America (GSA) DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics. A list of recipients and their research topics...

Fly biologists have learned the tragic news that Prof. Dr. Suzanne Eaton, who went missing from a conference in Crete (see below), was found dead. Links to news coverage are below. The community is mourning the tragic loss of a scientist described as a...

A News & Opinion article by R. Williams in The Scientist, " Genetically Personalized Fruit Flies Screen for Cancer Drugs," reports on a new study from R. Cagan, E. Bangi, and colleagues that reports engineering of a fruit fly with mutations parallel to...