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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The LFM is back! The next meeting will be on <b>Tuesday 10 February 2026</b> in the
<b>LMCB seminar room, UCL</b>. Please could you let us know if you plan to attend by responding to the Eventbrite invitation in the link below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfm-10-february-2026-tickets-1980092956335?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfm-10-february-2026-tickets-1980092956335?aff=oddtdtcreator</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The talks will start at <b>13.00 </b>with each talk lasting 25 minutes. There will be a coffee break from
<b>14.40-15.10</b> and the talks will finish at <b>16.25</b> for drinks and pizza. There will be seven speakers in total (speaker order tbc):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jia Chen: <b>Integrin Signalling and Intestinal Epithelial Cell Polarity
</b>(St Johnstone lab, University of Cambridge)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sean Hubbert:<b> ExTaSy: A swappable CRISPR platform for endogenous tagging in Drosophila melanogaster</b> (Centre for Functional Genomics, Oxford Brookes University)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Martina Legido: <b>Damage recognition by intestinal stem cells via Draper-Src-Shark-STAT signalling promotes adult Drosophila midgut regeneration</b> (Patel lab, University of Bristol)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shajahan Anver: <b>Reduced rRNA synthesis extend lifespan in flies</b> (Alic lab, UCL)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yu-Chien Hung: <b>The role of photoreceptor neuronal activity in Neurocalcin-mediated sleep in Drosophila
</b>(Ko-Fan Chen Lab, University of Leicester)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yutaka Matsubayashi: <b>Integrin- and C/EBP-dependent ‘molecular logistics’ for the coordinated development and function of the basement membrane and tissues
</b>(<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Bournemouth)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Rhian Walther:
<b>Morphogenesis from the ground-up: A novel role for Laminin in coordinating cell shape remodelling in epithelial development</b> (Pichaud lab, UCL)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>The LFM is generously sponsored by the Genetics Society<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lucy Fea<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Science Operations Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The Francis Crick Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">1 Midland Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">London NW1 1AT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">T: 020 3796 5412<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:gray;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">E: <a href="mailto:lucy.fea@crick.ac.uk">
<span style="color:gray">lucy.fea@crick.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please note my working hours are:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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