From r.arguello at qmul.ac.uk Thu Mar 5 11:17:18 2026 From: r.arguello at qmul.ac.uk (Roman Arguello) Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 11:17:18 +0000 Subject: [Lfm] 4-year PDRA: Thermosensory Evolution Message-ID: Hello fly community - I?d like to share an advertisement for a 4-year postdoc in my group that is supported by a Leverhulme Project Grant. The aim of the project is to investigate the evolution of thermosensory perception among closely related species of fruit flies that have evolved in their thermoecologies and in their temperature preferences. A combination of transgenic tool generation, physiology, and behavioural experiments will be involved. Please see the attached advert for more information. Informal inquiries are welcome. 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In-Reply-To: <0E987207-FB9F-436B-BCD9-DD9C5C802B65@cam.ac.uk> References: <0E987207-FB9F-436B-BCD9-DD9C5C802B65@cam.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear all, Please disseminate to students who might be interested in using the latest in mitochondrial genome engineering technologies to investigate the impact of specific mtDNA mutations on organismal fitness. This is an exciting opportunity to connect with labs in Cambridge, New Zealand and Australia. - Alex The Francis Crick Institute Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1140062 and a company registered in England and Wales no. 06885462, with its registered office at 1 Midland Road London NW1 1AT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Roman Isabel M Palacios Fogg Building | QMUL Mile End, London https://palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com Founder of DrosAfrica (http://drosafrica.org) EMBO Member -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: TempEvolutionPDRA.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 302252 bytes Desc: TempEvolutionPDRA.pdf URL: From g.gilestro at imperial.ac.uk Wed Mar 11 10:25:09 2026 From: g.gilestro at imperial.ac.uk (Gilestro, Giorgio F) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:25:09 +0000 Subject: [Lfm] =?windows-1252?q?flyRoom_=97_a_stock_management_tool_for_t?= =?windows-1252?q?he_fly_community?= Message-ID: Dear LFM fellows, I wanted to reach out about something I've been building that I think could be genuinely useful for our community: flyRoom https://www.flyroom.net flyRoom is a web application for managing Drosophila stocks. It grew out of my own lab's need for a modern, reliable system to keep track of our collection, plan crosses, and stay on top of vial maintenance ? the sort of thing we all struggle with using spreadsheets or ageing FileMaker databases. What it does: * Low barrier to entry ? import your existing stock list from a CSV or Excel file in minutes. Download a template, fill it in (or adapt your current spreadsheet), and bulk-import your entire collection in one go. * Multi-user ? each lab member gets their own account, with role-based permissions (admin and user). Everyone receives their own personalised email reminders about stocks that need flipping and virgins that need collecting, so responsibilities are clear and nothing falls through the cracks. * Stock management ? once your stocks are in, you get full-text search across genotypes, notes, and any field; a flexible tagging system with custom colours for easy filtering; and soft delete so nothing is ever lost by accident. * FlyBase integration ? search 188,000+ stocks across seven major stock centres (Bloomington, VDRC, Kyoto, NIG-Fly, KDRC, FlyORF, NDSSC) and import them directly into your collection with one click. Genotypes, FlyBase IDs, and source URLs are pulled in automatically. * Cross planning ? a step-by-step wizard to select parents, define outcome type (ephemeral, intermediate, or new stock), set your timeline, and review before committing. Crosses are tracked through their full lifecycle ? planned, in progress, completed or failed ? with automatic placeholder stock creation for offspring and AI-assisted genotype predictions. * Flip tracking and reminders ? a maintenance dashboard shows which stocks need flipping, sorted by urgency. Set your lab's own warning and critical thresholds, and receive weekly email digests so nothing gets missed. Flips are logged with one click, or automatically when you print a label. * Label printing ? generate QR codes and barcodes for vial labelling, with configurable label formats. Scan a code to jump straight to that stock's page. No more messy labels with messy handwriting (guilty as charged for that one). * Email notifications ? automated reminders for cross milestones (flip days, virgin collections), weekly maintenance digests, and stock request updates. * Mobile-friendly ? it's web based so you don't need a fancy computer to use this. Any old computer or tablet will do. Stock requests: One feature I'm especially keen to highlight is the stock request system. You control exactly who can see your stocks, with three levels of visibility: * Public ? visible to all flyRoom users worldwide * Organisation ? visible only to labs within your university or institution * Collaborators only ? visible only to specific labs you've marked as collaborators Other labs can browse the stocks you've chosen to share and request them directly through the platform. Requests are batched, and the owning lab receives email notifications with all the details. For a community like ours in London and across the UK, where we're often shipping stocks to each other anyway, this could save a lot of back-and-forth emails and make it much easier to find what's already available locally before ordering from stock centres abroad (Note: of course this saves time and money to us, but at the same time may affect revenue for the stock centres so I am thinking to offset some resources to redirect towards BDSC, VDRC, and of course flyBase if the system picks up - suggestions welcome) On pricing: There is a free tier (up to 200 stocks, 2 users) that is perfectly functional for smaller collections. Paid plans are geared towards different type of funding we may have at any given time. That said ? I know the funding landscape is not easy at the moment so if your lab is interested but budget is tight, please just get in touch. I am very happy to work something out. The goal is to make this useful and accessible, not to price anyone out. The first three months are free for everyone on the largest plan so you have lots time to test the system anyway. I am not going to send any more messages about this so if you want to hear about future progresses I'd recommend you follow the flyroom blue sky account. If you find this useful, please circulate it with your collaborators. Thanks a lot! Giorgio For those who care: every service flyroom uses runs on EU/UK server: Germany for hosting, France for AI, UK for data backup and payment collection. -- Giorgio F. Gilestro Associate Professor in Systems Neurobiology Department of Life Sciences Imperial College London lab webpage | vCard | find us bsky | mastodon | twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Washing vials and plugs for reuse Japanese version: https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/fly/kyorin/food_care_ja.html English version: https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/fly/kyorin/food_care.html Detailed recipes and information on where to obtain materials are also provided. Please make use of them. If you have any questions about obtaining or breeding closely related species resources, please feel free to contact us. Best regards, Ken Awazaki 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8611 Department of Biology, School of Medicine, Kyorin University TEL: 0422-47-5511 ext. 23641 FAX: 0422-44-1864 awasakit at ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp ------------ Yutaka MATSUBAYASHI, PhD, FHEA Senior Lecturer in Systems Biology Programme Lead, BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences School of Life and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Health, Environment and Medical Sciences Bournemouth University https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/ymatsubayashi From: jfly on behalf of Takeshi AWASAKI (jfly ??) Date: Friday, 13 March 2026 at 05:00 To: jfly at shigen.info Subject: [Jfly 1103] ????? External Email: Use caution when responding, opening attachments, or clicking links. J-Fly??? KYORIN-Fly ??????????????????????????? ????????????????KYRON-Fly web?????????????? ??????? ?????????????????? ???? https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/fly/kyorin/food_care_ja.html ??? https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/fly/kyorin/food_care.html ?????????????????????????? ???????? ?????????????????????????????????????? ????????????? ???? --------------------------------------------------- ?181-8611 ???????? 6-20-2 ?????????????? TEL: 0422-47-5511???23641 FAX: 0422-44-1864 awasakit at ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp --------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. 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Please see attached a file with categorised items (as a list, or in table format at the end of the file) Now we have three projects ongoing that the material can be used for: One in collaboration with Droso4Nigeria (www.droso4nigeria.wordpress.com), and another with Rwanda (https://firat.rw/partners). In addition, we aim to enhance biology education in secondary schools using hands-on resources and visual tools to make science more practical, engaging, and relevant to young learners (with https://blostemei.org/). More projects will pop up in any case in the future, so any materials, etc?available at any time, please let us know Thanks! Isabel M Palacios Fogg Building | QMUL Mile End, London https://palacioslabqmul.squarespace.com Founder of DrosAfrica (http://drosafrica.org) EMBO Member -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To support these goals, we are reaching out to request donations of equipment, consumables, and surplus items. We are happy to receive second-hand/surplus/opened/ or leftover items in good working condition, including partially used consumables or older models. Please feel free to forward this message to others in your network who may be able to help. Please see attached a file with categorised items (as a list, or in table format at the end of the file) Now we have three projects ongoing that the material can be used for: One in collaboration with Droso4Nigeria (www.droso4nigeria.wordpress.com), and another with Rwanda (https://firat.rw/partners). In addition, we aim to enhance biology education in secondary schools using hands-on resources and visual tools to make science more practical, engaging, and relevant to young learners (with https://blostemei.org/). More projects will pop up in any case in the future, so any materials, etc?available at any time, please let us know Thanks! 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