Dr Michelle @Drosmel@qoto.org

To make #TAGC24 a family-friendly & equitable meeting where parents & caregivers can participate without worrying about childcare responsibilities, Camp GSA welcomes children 6 months–12 years for onsite childcare! Pre-register by Feb 16 to secure a spot:
https://genetics-gsa.org/tagc-2024/childcare-and-family-resources/

It's kind of difficult to describe from a still photograph, but when this desert blister beetle (Pleuropasta sp.) walks forward, it looks *exactly* like a red harvester ant dragging a large seed backwards. It's a really tremendous mimic.

Photographed in Anza Borrego.

#Meloidae #Desert #Insects

How are olfactory #cilia and sensory neuron differentiation regulated? This study of #zebrafish & mice shows that the #forkhead domain transcription factor Foxj1 is critical for #OlfactoryCilia and #SensoryNeuron differentiation #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3SfsTbv

Endogenous biosynthesis of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) regulates fish oocyte maturation by promoting pregnenolone production. https://www.zoores.ac.cn/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2023.032 #Morpholino

For #CellMigration lovers
How do cells decide when facing a symmetric junction?
The membrane oscillates exploring both directions until one arm wins.
TLDR: this depends on the actin cytoskeleton & cancer cells decide faster than healthy cells
#scicomm @pj_saez
Full https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02335-6

Cruising for amazing #science activities that support #CriticalThinking? Don’t miss these great resources for all kinds of science fun. https://blog.tcea.org/science-activities-critical-thinking/ #tcea #tceajmg #teachers

For all you fans of the classic film.

Looking for a full-time lab technician. This is a career appointment with UC benefits! #neuroscience https://hr.jobs.ucla.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1705877260566

JOB POSTING: Teaching Excellence and Learning Outcomes Specialist at the University of New Hampshire https://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=178668050

I bet my girlfriend that this picture of our cats could get 10 billion boosts on Mastodon.

She said she doesn't believe me. She said there's only 13 million accounts on Mastodon. She said there aren't even 10 billion people on Earth. She said it concerns her that I struggle so hard to comprehend large numbers.

Let's prove her wrong everyone. Boost away and show her just how awesome the Mastodon community is.

The recording of Michael Ashburner's Memorial Symposium is now available on our YouTube channel. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC_SU7WhKuSFdpQ7it5HEiog

Guinessomics

""The present yeast used to make Guinness stout brewed in Dublin, Ireland, can be traced back to 1903, but its origins are unknown. To that end, we used Illumina and Nanopore sequencing to generate whole-genome sequencing data for a total of 22 S. cerevisiae yeast strains: 16 from the Guinness collection and 6 other historical Irish brewing."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-05587-3

I'm hiring! Plural is looking for a senior engineer for a Typescript-focused web applications team. We make the legislative process more transparent in every U.S. state and emerging democracies in Africa. Fully remote!

https://pluralpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Senior-Fullstack-Web-Developer-Plural-2024.pdf

#FediHired #GetFediHired

drosophila.social just migrated to a new more powerful server - and upgraded to version 4.2.3 on its way there.

happy new year everyone!

Happy New Year to our followers! It's the beginning not only of the year, but also the month, which means the #Technical_Advances submitted in December are up
https://wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Papers_with_technical_advances#Dec_2023. As always, if you've published a new technique, resource, or reagent you'd like featured, make sure to flag it when you #FTYP.