Epithelial biology: polarizing proteins, elongating eggs, and cold-blooded cancerhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3mwbts6q3wc2e"...given to the most striking image that clearly conveys a point of important biological information in Drosophila research…Because the Award is tied closely to science as well as aesthetics, only images that have been published in a primary research journal... are eligible." drosophila-images.org [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbts6q3wc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3mwbtndasws2eThis incident @nikonsmallworld brings to mind rules we set for the Drosophila Image Award in 2004. We didn't want to reward pretty pictures generated for their own sake, but celebrate the amazing images that emerge from everyday science, where beauty and discovery are inseparable. 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbtndasws2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3mtc3q463j22wNow out in Annu Rev Cancer Biol: "Beyond Mice and Men." We think of cancer as a disease of humans, as well as pets 🐈‍⬛ 🐕 & lab mice. But cancer is found across the animal tree of life, including clams and fruit flies. Comparative oncology has a lot to teach us. 🧵 https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-070524-04023417 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtc3q463j22whttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lzyuu3mlp22aAnd so fabulous to dine out with former postdocs Anne Classen @classenlab.bsky.social, Thomas Vaccari @vaccarilab.bsky.social and Lucy O’Brien. Many laughs, fond memories, and talk of bright futures for all of them. #EDRC202529 Sep 2025 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyuu3mlp22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lzyule3glc2zHonored to share stage with all the great plenary speakers at #EDRC2025. Exciting science and great vibes from Drosophila researchers worldwide – Let’s keep the American, Euro, and APAC communities coordinated and strong!29 Sep 2025 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyule3glc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lvucwp76z22tBeautiful paper from former student @dy-chen.bsky.social now postdoc in Zernicka-Goetz lab. Human embryos, stem cell models & mice: BM heterogeneity drives AP symmetry breaking. High-end microscopy, live imaging, physical modeling, mechanistic tests. Tour de force. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-61441-608 Aug 2025 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvucwp76z22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3ltlj7vdp4s2rAmazing and multitalented postdoc @ongkaty.bsky.social taking time out from writing her new paper with this generous initiative. #genetics, #CRISPR, #drosophila, hallmarks of #cancer and more. For a great cause; support @flybase.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2025 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlj7vdp4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lstm2mhtnk2lHappy to share a new publication: an introduction to comparative oncology in @natrevcancer.nature.com‬. Thanks to the leaders in the field for welcoming me as an invertebrate researcher. rdcu.be/etKdN https://rdcu.be/etKdN30 Jun 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstm2mhtnk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lp3cemrq5227New paper from superb postdoc Hui-Yu Ku about how proteases pattern extracellular matrix to precisely sculpt an organ. She will soon be an independent PI at National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan, expanding to study how ECM regulates egg activation. Congratulations! https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.241216112213 May 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3cemrq5227https://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lovyervu622nThursday, May 22 from 1 – 2:15 pm ET, Wu-Min Deng, @perrimonlab.bsky.social and I will discuss fly cancer models during a #BeyondMammals webinar held by the NCI. Register for free to hear some of the many ways that Drosophila can contribute to #CancerResearch. https://events.cancer.gov/dcb/beyond-m....11 May 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovyervu622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lizlq6rdcc2e#Drosophila community: Dr. Istvan Ando has generously donated his invaluable anti-hemocyte monoclonal Abs to the #NIH-founded public repository @dshb-antibodies.bsky.social in #Iowa. We’ve tested several of them and they look great. See the🧵 for details. (1/5)25 Feb 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizlq6rdcc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3lfdqanrwg22vThursday, January 30 from 1 – 2:15 pm ET, Wu-Min Deng, @perrimonlab.bsky.social and I will discuss fly cancer models during a #BeyondMammals webinar held by the NCI. Join to hear some of the many ways that Drosophila can contribute to #CancerResearch. https://events.cancer.gov/dcb/beyond-mammals.09 Jan 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdqanrwg22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3laxl3hlgns2zPart of our lab studies #Drosophila cancer models. Delighted to announce ‘Beyond Mammals: Exploring Cancer Models” webinar held by NCI, hopefully in advance of funding opportunities. I’m speaking with @perrimonlab.bsky.social and others incl #Zebrafish and #Celegans PIs. Registration free. https://events.cancer.gov/dcb/beyond-mammals15 Nov 2024 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3laxl3hlgns2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kokkguj2we2oHosted a joint lab retreat with @LOBrienLab.  Shared lots of science, some lore, and a bit of history, and introduced the Stanford folks to some of the joys of Berkeley.25 Mar 2024 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kokkguj2we2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kokkcha4wu22New lab preprint —longtime project finished in Hong Kong by new investigator @Jung_Kim_PhD. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.21.586173v125 Mar 2024 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kokkcha4wu22https://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kn7hsp3ztc24Now accepting applications- come join us in Berkeley! #Drosophila #Celegans https://careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_APP_SCHJOB.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=21&JobOpeningId=65730&PostingSeq=1 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2024 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn7hsp3ztc24https://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kmdipopqzs2lWe are hiring a research technician for June here in Berkeley.  Great for a post-bac interested in genetics, development or cancer biology.  bilderlab.berkeley.edu Will update w/ official posting but feel free to reach out now, esp. candidates w/ model organism experience #drosophila. Please RT.26 Feb 2024 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmdipopqzs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kelv2dhr5s23Thomas Brodsky has arrived on Bluesky! Tom runs The Interactive Fly website and tirelessly surveys the #Drosophila literature. He won one of the inaugural Drosophila Community Service awards last year. Please follow him, like his posts, and welcome him here! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2023 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kelv2dhr5s23https://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kebo4nlj2s2dNice @berkeleyMCB turnout tonight for @nkwhiteman.bsky.social 's triumphant talk about his book 'Most Delicious Poison'! @gastrulateordie Don Rio Georjana Barnes @DavidGDrubin @Choano_Lab n/s @danfeldman.bsky.social @mfeller.bsky.social @nickingolia @lianafaye.bsky.social Sabeeha Merchant16 Nov 2023 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kebo4nlj2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kd2mbim6dh2f#bullettime [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2023 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd2mbim6dh2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kd2m7uip5u2t@bilderlab Halloween 2023: The (Extracellular) #Matrix @KatyOng1 @CajulaoJan31 Oct 2023 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd2m7uip5u2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bilderlab.bsky.social/post/3kb4sl7and32danother awesome @bilderlab alumni talk. @d_y_chen, former @berkeleyMCB PhD, visits to describe his exciting work in @ZernickaGoetz lab and catch up with @MeganMartikPhD and @gastrulateordie. When he heads for the job market, grab him!07 Oct 2023 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:q4oaklmuqpcykwzctqu4kslu/app.bsky.feed.post/3kb4sl7and32d