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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The second of our biannual LFMs will be on <b>Friday 23 October 2026</b> 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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfm-23-october-2026-tickets-2001396808731?aff=oddtdtcreator">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lfm-23-october-2026-tickets-2001396808731?aff=oddtdtcreator</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The talks will start at <b>1pm </b>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
<b>2.45-3.15pm</b> and the talks will finish at <b>4.40pm</b> for drinks and pizza. This is the programme:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1.00 - 1.25pm: Silvia Aldaz Casanova (Sharpe lab, Babraham Institute), “<b><i>Mapping subcellular H2O2 dynamics reveals tissue specific redox patterns in Drosophila</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.25 – 1.50pm: Abigail Wilson (Jepson lab, UCL), “<b><i>A Drosophila Torsin knockout model recapitulates key behavioural and neuronal hallmarks of dystonia</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1.50 – 2.15pm: Lena Lampe (Gould lab, Crick). “<b><i>A cuticular lipid barrier shields metamorphosis from environmental stress</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.15 – 2.40pm: Ramya Ranganathan (Fernandes lab, UCL), “<b><i>Defining the pan-neuronal transcriptome and its regulatory logic during neuronal differentiation</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.40 – 2.45pm: Sponsor presentation by Paul Norton (BMKgene)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.45 – 3.15pm: Coffee and exhibition by sponsor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3.15 – 3.40pm: David Wilnow (Vincent lab, Crick), “<b><i>Glycosaminoglycans trigger Wnt multimerization to direct planar transport across epithelia</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3.40 – 4.05pm: Tia Griffiths (Vagnoni lab, KCL), “<b><i>Mapping mitochondria-organelle contact sites during neuronal ageing and neurodegeneration</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4.05 – 4.30pm: Euan Mortlock (French lab, Bristol), “<b><i>Brains and Beauty: Linking mushroom body investment and sleep composition in Heliconius butterflies</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">4.30 – 4.40pm: Fly community news from Nic Tapon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#323130">Send your new lab members here to sign up to the LFM mailing list:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#323130"><a href="http://lists.londonflymeeting.org/listinfo/lfm" target="_blank">http://lists.londonflymeeting.org/listinfo/lfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#323130"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#323130">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!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Directions to the Crick:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.crick.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us">https://www.crick.ac.uk/about-us/visit-us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>This LFM is generously sponsored by BMKGene. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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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</p>
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