Excited to share the revised version with a new title "CDCA7 is an evolutionarily conserved hemimethylated DNA sensor in eukaryotes" now published Science Advances! Congrats Isabel Wassing, Anna Jia, Atsuya Nishiyama, Kyohei Arita! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Widely observed negative correlation between recombination rate and TE abundance is usually interpreted as recombination rate being the "cause," influencing the efficacy of selection purging TEs. Yet, our recent study "flipped" this causality! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…… (1/5)

Happy to share my postdoc work! We characterise the pupal lipid desiccation barrier and its synthesis. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Drosophila PIs, please nominate your recent graduate for this excellent award!

Our new Current Biology paper provides a rare glimpse into a morphological novelty in Drosophila eugracilis In it, Gavin Rice and colleagues, infer and reproduce the likely initial steps of a novelty's formation sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are excited to publish an modENCODE level epigenome data analyses for Dobzhansky's favourite Drosophila species D. pseudoobscura on Nature Communications and the paper link is here rdcu.be/dYQId My very talented and hard-working former Ph.D student Mujahid Ali almost single

Poster-only abstract submission for #Dros25 is OPEN! bit.ly/3XPyNmu Missed last week's abstract submission deadline? You can still present your science! Submit by January 9. Have you ever considered the benefits of presenting your #research in poster format? 1/3🧵 ⬇️

Dear Drosophila PIs, please consider nominating your excellent recent graduate students for the Larry Sandler Award. The required materials are straightforward: their CV, thesis abstract, and your letter. Deadline is Dec 13. genetics-gsa.smapply.io/prog/larry_san…

Abstract submission for SMBE2025 in Beijing is open. If you study gene duplication or new genes, please consider submitting an abstract for a talk for Symposium 7, The Origin, Evolution, and Phenotypic Contributions of New Genes. smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/2…. Deadline is Jan 30, 2025.

Dear All, I believe that this thread will become one of my most important contributions to the fly field (I hope I will make other contributions)! Here, I introduce the Soy Milk Machine Fly Food Method, a.k.a., DeepCook!#Drosophila#NewPI

Honored to be elected as a Fellow of @ISCB! Grateful to the community, colleagues, and students who have shaped my journey. Look forward to contributing to the next wave of advances in comp bio!

If you are an SMBE member and received the election email (may have gone to junk folder), I'd be honored if you'd consider voting for me for @officialsmbe councilor. You may also choose to vote for other scientists, and please participate in the election. Thank you!

I’m thrilled to announce the launch of the Evolution of Chromosomes and Genomes (ECG) Lab at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.Our lab website is now live—come check it out! sites.google.com/view/ecg-lab/h…

Rockefeller's Li Zhao has spent nearly a decade cataloguing evolutionarily young genes. Now, complementary studies in PNASNews and NatureEcoEvo are the first to demonstrate how these new genes are regulated and expressed. rockefeller.edu/news/38025-how…