Congratulations to Dr. Wu-Min Deng, PhD, of Tulane Cancer Center, on receiving the second installment of his research grant at the Ladies Leukemia League’s annual Fête de Noel Luncheon. A well-deserved honor for advancing leukemia research.

Congratulations to Dr. Xianfeng Wang on his new published work “Sex-dimorphic tumor growth is regulated by tumor microenvironmental and systemic signals.” A remarkable contribution to cancer research! Link: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Fly Bayou groups at #Dros25 Genetics Society of America! Great to see many people in person. From a small, local joint lab meeting, we've grown to >30 labs in 11 states. Amazing fly community!

Thank you to the organizers of this year's Drosophila conference! The sessions were insightful, and connecting with fellow researchers was invaluable. Looking forward to participating next year! #DrosophilaConferenceSanDiego2025

This post is dedicated to Dr. Wu-Min Deng for being named a 2024 AAAS Honorary Fellow in Biological Sciences! This award honors Dr. Deng’s pivotal contributions to our understanding of biology. Well-deserved! 🌟 #AAASFellow #BiologicalSciences

virtual seminar events.cancer.gov/dcb/beyond-mam… #drosophila #CancerResearch

Cong et al., EMBO J, 2025. Translocation of gut bacteria promotes tumor-associated mortality by inducing immune-activated renal damage. doi.org/10.1038/s44318…… #DrosophilaTumorModel #BacterialTranslocation #GutkidneyAxis #nnateImmunity

It is a pleasure to give a presentation at ICIRD 2025 at Washington DC. 🪰 More info: burkclients.com/ICIRD/2025/sit…

We have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We're asking our colleagues from labs in the US other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.

FlyBase funding thetransmitter.org/community/flyb…

🎉 We welcome, Elinor Romaguera, to the Deng Lab this summer through the LCRC SUCRE Program! Elinor will be joining us in groundbreaking cancer research under exceptional mentorship. 🔬🧬 #SUCRE #LCRC #DengLab

Please join us in welcoming our new Ph.D. student, Omar Faruque, to the Deng Lab! We’re thrilled to have you on board and excited for the discoveries ahead. Welcome to the team, Omar! 🔬🧬

Once again, congratulations to Dr. Deng on being elected as an AAAS Fellow. galleries.page.link/T98rn

MassLive.com recently interviewed several Harvard FlyBase people and wrote this news article about the importance of FlyBase: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f

New article on line: Polyploidy promotes transformation of epithelial cells into nonprofessional phagocytes. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… #nonprofessionalphagocytes #Notchsignaling #polyploidcells #JNKsignaling #germlinecelldeath

Congratulations to Droplet & Energy Lab , Tulane Medicine and LCRC faculty member.

We held the 2nd Fly Bayou Symposium in New Orleans last week—so great to reconnect in person and hear exciting research! What began in 2020 as a small local network has grown to 36 labs across 14 states. Grateful to see this community thrive and support each other! 🪰

Huge congratulations to Dr. Caique Costa on successfully defending his dissertation! 🥳 Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have paid off, and this milestone is just the beginning of an incredible journey ahead. #PhDDefense #NewDoctor

thecrimson.com/article/2025/9… Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research

Huge congrats to Dr. Xianfeng Wang on his promotion to Assistant Professor at Tulane University! 🎉 #Tulane #AssistantProfessor