From Marisa.Merino at liverpool.ac.uk Tue Nov 3 09:07:03 2026 From: Marisa.Merino at liverpool.ac.uk (Merino, Marisa) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 09:07:03 +0000 Subject: [Lfm] =?utf-8?q?MRC_NW-DMS_PhD_opportunity_=E2=80=93_Merino_Lab?= =?utf-8?q?=2C_University_of_Liverpool?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Drosophila Colleagues, I hope you are doing well. We currently have an MRC NW-DMS PhD project available in our lab at the University of Liverpool, co-supervised with Prof Dan Palmer. I would be very grateful if you could share this with any suitable candidates. The project asks how different liver cancer states become dependent on extracellular signalling, combining human HCC tissue, 3D spheroids and in vivo Drosophila genetics ? to connect tumour biology with fundamental mechanisms of morphogen signalling. * 4-year PhD * MRC NW-DMS competition-funded studentship * Open to UK and international applicants * Deadline: 27 November 2026 If interested, candidates are very welcome to contact me with a CV and brief cover letter: ? marisa.merino at liverpool.ac.uk Full project details: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mrc-nw-dms-dla-programme-state-selective-dependence-on-smoc-regulated-extracellular-signalling-in-hepatocellular-carcinoma/?p201596 ? Background literature: * Vuilleumier et al., Nat Cell Biol (2010) ? secreted feedback control of Dpp * Harmansa et al., Nature (2015) ? Dpp spreading and tissue growth * Merino et al., Nat Cell Biol (2022) ? morphogen scaling and cell fitness * Merino & Gonzalez-Gaitan, Trends Cell Biol (2023) ? cell death decisions from morphogen fields * Simon et al., eLife (2024) ? extracellular control of Dpp stability Many thanks in advance, and please do let me know if you have any questions. BW, Marisa. Marisa M. Merino, PhD Lecturer and Research Group Leader Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology Department of Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine University of Liverpool Crown St Liverpool L69 7ZB Tel: +44(0)151 7954989 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7003-3890 [cid:55e7451d-dfbf-4949-805f-1ed0d8dc50db] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.png Type: image/png Size: 731881 bytes Desc: image.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PhD position_Merino Lab.png Type: image/png Size: 7336130 bytes Desc: PhD position_Merino Lab.png URL: From alessio.vagnoni at kcl.ac.uk Mon Nov 9 14:21:09 2026 From: alessio.vagnoni at kcl.ac.uk (Alessio Vagnoni) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 14:21:09 +0000 Subject: [Lfm] Request of Appl[d] fly line Message-ID: Dear All, Would anyone have the Appld mutant line (BL stock #43632) in their collections and be able to share it? Many thanks, Alessio PS: apologies about cross-posting -- Alessio Vagnoni, PhD King's College London Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 5 Cutcombe Road London, SE5 9RX +44 (0) 20 7848 5486 (Office) https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/alessio-vagnoni www.vagnonilab.com Multidisciplinary Institute of Ageing ? MIA Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CiBB) University of Coimbra Polo I, Rua Larga 3004-504 Coimbra https://www.uc.pt/mia/research/flycab-cell-biology-of-neuronal-ageing-group/ ? My working hours may differ from yours. Responses to emails are only expected during your working hours. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: