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Articles tagged Drosophila
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Why present a poster at Dros 2026?
Learn from organizer Akhila Rajan about poster presentations: why they’re important and what you can gain from them at the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference.
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You’re planning on going to #Dros26—now make the most of it: submit your abstract
You’ve marked your calendar. You’re eagerly anticipating the 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in vibrant Chicago. Now, it’s time to submit an abstract.
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How Drosophila can help health science labs do more with less in Brazil
In Brazil, the FlyPower group has been promoting and advocating for biomedical Drosophila research in diverse ways, and shown that fly culture can be up to seven times cheaper than mammalian cell culture.
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Lost in translation: Mistranslated tRNA variants show sex-specific effects in Drosophila
A Drosophila model of protein mistranslation reveals the effects of serine to valine (V→S) and serine to threonine (T→S) substitutions on development, survival, and longevity where not all effects are detrimental to flies.
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A trained vet leverages fly data to make human disease discoveries
Genetics Society of America Early Career Medal recipient Shinya Yamamoto credits his broad veterinary training with shaping his open-minded approach to model organisms, collaborative research, and seeing technical limitations as opportunities.
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An evolutionary geneticist studies co-evolution in unprecedented detail
2025 Genetics Society of America Medal recipient Noah Whiteman uses model systems and precision gene editing to intimately explore chemical co-evolution between species.
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Congratulations to the Dros 2025 Poster Award winners!
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the GSA Poster Awards for posters presented at the 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference! Undergraduate and graduate student members of GSA were eligible for the awards, and a hard-working team of judges made the determinations. Congratulations to all! Undergraduate students: Ines Riojas, Lake Forest College Glial Expression of ER…
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New tools for gene function analysis in bugs and buds: G3’s latest resource papers unlock new possibilities for genetic analysis in the fly, mosquito, and yeast
Exciting opportunities for researchers to study gene function with new genetic tools and resources published in G3.
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OVO gives rise to female flies in embryogenesis
In the Drosophila germline, a female-specific requirement for OVO is reported in a new paper in G3.
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Grants & FundingHugo Bellen and Catherine Tasnier Drosophila Neurogenetics Lecture Announcement
Qili Liu to present the first Hugo Bellen and Catherine Tasnier Drosophila Neurogenetics Lecture at 66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
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Congratulations, Spring 2025 Victoria Finnerty Travel Award recipients!
The Victoria Finnerty Undergraduate Travel Award supports conference-attendance costs for undergraduate GSA members who are presenting research at the Annual Drosophila Research Conference. #Dros25 will be held in San Diego, CA from March 19–23, 2025. Victoria Finnerty, who died in February 2011, was a long-time member of the Genetics Society of America and served the Drosophila community and the genetics community at large in…