[Lfm] FW: LFM Friday 23 October 2026

[Lucy Fea]

Hello all,

Just another reminder about the LFM on Friday 23 October - if you haven't already done so, please could you let us know if you plan to attend by responding to the Eventbrite invitation in the email below.

Many thanks,
Lucy

From: Lucy Fea
Sent: 17 September 2026 17:51
To: 'lfm at londonflymeeting.org' <lfm at londonflymeeting.org>
Subject: LFM Friday 23 October 2026

Dear all,

The second of our biannual LFMs will be on Friday 23 October 2026 at the Crick (in the auditorium and/or seminar rooms 3, 4 and 5). Please could you let us know by 12 October at the latest if you plan to attend by responding to the Eventbrite invitation in the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfm-23-october-2026-tickets-2001396808731?aff=oddtdtcreator

The talks will start at 1pm with each talk lasting 20 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions. There will be a coffee break and an exhibition by our sponsor, BMKGene from 2.45-3.15pm and the talks will finish at 4.40pm for drinks and pizza. This is the programme:

1.00 - 1.25pm: Silvia Aldaz Casanova (Sharpe lab, Babraham Institute), "Mapping subcellular H2O2 dynamics reveals tissue specific redox patterns in Drosophila"
1.25 - 1.50pm: Abigail Wilson (Jepson lab, UCL), "A Drosophila Torsin knockout model recapitulates key behavioural and neuronal hallmarks of dystonia"
1.50 - 2.15pm: Lena Lampe (Gould lab, Crick). "A cuticular lipid barrier shields metamorphosis from environmental stress"
2.15 - 2.40pm: Ramya Ranganathan (Fernandes lab, UCL), "Defining the pan-neuronal transcriptome and its regulatory logic during neuronal differentiation"
2.40 - 2.45pm: Sponsor presentation by Paul Norton (BMKgene)
2.45 - 3.15pm: Coffee and exhibition by sponsor
3.15 - 3.40pm: David Wilnow (Vincent lab, Crick), "Glycosaminoglycans trigger Wnt multimerization to direct planar transport across epithelia"
3.40 - 4.05pm: Tia Griffiths (Vagnoni lab, KCL), "Mapping mitochondria-organelle contact sites during neuronal ageing and neurodegeneration"
4.05 - 4.30pm: Euan Mortlock (French lab, Bristol), "Brains and Beauty: Linking mushroom body investment and sleep composition in Heliconius butterflies"
4.30 - 4.40pm: Fly community news from Nic Tapon

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http://lists.londonflymeeting.org/listinfo/lfm



The LFM was originally set up for London fly labs but it's now open to all UK fly labs, so please spread the word!

Directions to the Crick:
https://www.crick.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us

This LFM is generously sponsored by BMKGene.
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