New paper out nature - why are males more vulnerable to severe infections (ex acute #COVID), while females suffer more from autoimmunity (SLE, MS etc and also #LongCovid)? sex chromosomes or hormones? Here we studied adaptation of human immune systems to gender-affirming

I am pleased to inform you of the publication of the Drosophila immunity handbook. The pdf version of the book is free, or a physical version of the book is available for purchase at EPFL press.epflpress.org/produit/1514/9…

Join us in London for the 3rd Crick/Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium on 10-11 Feb 2025! Fantastic speaker lineup covering a cross-disciplinary exploration of development and regeneration. Loads of selected short talk slots! tinyurl.com/36xt6td3 #beddingtonconf

Flies gone Freudian. Cool work from Carolina Rezaval and lab

"Distinct but interconnected neural circuits process each step of food intake, from sensory detection of food to feeding initiation and sustained ingestion". Beautiful work!

Latest from Bruno Hudry and lab, featuring tools to visualise endogenous TraF expression and genetically interrogate it nature.com/articles/s4146…

👏👏👏congrats and well deserved François!

Bruno C. Vellutini from the research group of Pavel Tomancak MPI-CBG Dresden wins the 14th Annual Nikon Small World in Motion Competition Nikon Small World with his video of mitotic waves in the embryo of a fruit fly. Congratulations! mpi-cbg.de/news-outreach/…

"Our participant, superwoman and co-senior author Liz Chrastil underwent 26 multimodal MRI scans and venipuncture beginning 3 weeks pre-conception through two years postpartum. The data are simply...beautiful."

How do enteric neurons control gut function, communicate with the body + interact with the microbiome? Join colleagues HHMI | Janelia in March to address these questions. 🏨 Hotel + meals + registration covered Apply by Oct. 22 @ janelia.news/ENS25 @HHMINews Irene Miguel-Aliaga

Our latest from The Francis Crick Institute … Sebastian Sorge led on this amazing new chemically defined (holidic) diet for fast larval growth & development in Drosophila. It’s called HoldFast, soon to be available to the community, in powdered form, from VDRC. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 

🚨 Deadline approaching 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to join colleagues HHMI | Janelia to discuss the latest in enteric nervous system research. 🏨 Hotel + meals + registration covered Apply by Oct. 22 @ janelia.news/ENS25 @HHMINews Irene Miguel-Aliaga #entericnervoussystem

Very cool story, please read! Well done @KyraCampbellLab !

Please see below two manuscripts currently under review with the most recent research from the lab. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Happy to share the preprint with our latest work on gut/vascular interactions in flies and mice! biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Tomo's take on his recent work with us - Tomo now his own boss Science Tokyo (Institute of Science Tokyo)

Cell Maria Mihaylova preview: Reaching for more: How reproduction transforms the maternal intestine cell.com/cell/fulltext/… cell.com/cell/fulltext/… Irene Miguel-Aliaga

The Cordero Lab has openings for two post-docs positions. Please contact me if you are interested in doing cross-species research on local and systemic intestinal biology.

Image analysis opportunity in our lab The Francis Crick Institute - deadline June 25 crick.ac.uk/careers-study/…