@virtualflybrain

VFB makes exploring Drosophila neuroanatomy easy: Find brain regions, neurons, transgenes, phenotypes, papers in a few simple clicks. Join us on GitHub to help

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FlyBase@FlyBaseDotOrg10 Mar 2023
New #FlyBook chapter! Drosophila postembryonic nervous system development: a model for the endocrine control of development academic.oup.com/genetics/ar…

Drosophila postembryonic nervous system development: a model for the endocrine control of develop...

Abstract. During postembryonic life, hormones, including ecdysteroids, juvenile hormones, insulin-like peptides, and activin/TGFβ ligands act to transform

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HHMI | Janelia@HHMIJanelia26 Jun 2022
Applications are now open for Structure and Function of the Insect Central Complex, the sixth in a series of Janelia-hosted meetings on this highly conserved insect brain region. 🧠 📅 Application deadline: July 7 More info 👉 janelia.org/you-janelia/conf… @janeliaconf
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Carolina Rezaval@crezaval27 Jun 2022
Thank you @BBSRC for funding our work on #decision-making in #Drosophila *PDRA and tech posts coming soon*. Pls, RT and reach out if you might know of someone interested. I will be attending #FENS (Paris) and #ICN (Lisbon) in July. Pls, get in touch if you want to chat.
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Allan-Hermann Pool@Allan_HPool5 May 2022
First Pool Lab pre-print: bit.ly/3yoewcy. We resolve a major pain with 3’ single-cell RNA-sequencing (10x Genomics etc.) – missing gene expression data from thousands of genes. This stems from suboptimal reference transcriptomes and can easily be recovered. T below: 1/12
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Greg Jefferis@gsxej5 May 2022
Come join us @MRC_LMB, Cambridge, the birthplace of #connectomics! New group leader position (TT/T) with long-term core funding for staff, students and equipment. Interest in development/application of synaptic resolution imaging (hardware/software) encouraged. Pls RT (or DM)!
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Tiago Lubiana@lubianat25 Apr 2022
What are the guidelines for describing new cell types? Surprisingly, there were not any general guidelines until last week, when our pre-print got out: arxiv.org/abs/2204.09673 (with @chrismungall , @paola_roncaglia et al.) A thread 🧶
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Carlos Ribeiro@RibeiroCarlitos28 May 2021
Excited to share our latest work - we use pan-neuronal 2 photon imaging to dissect how the #brain integrates multiple internal states to guide #food #choice! Fantastic work by @dahaniel who took on this challenging project almost solo! #drosophila biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 1/21
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Shimaa Ebrahim@Shimaebrahim1727 Apr 2021
FINALLY my paper is out ! nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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EBISPOT OLS@EBIOLS23 Nov 2020
A number of our users have custom installations of OLS, OxO and Zooma. @NicoMatentzoglu has created a page where you can you tell us about your custom EBI Ontology Tools installation and your use case: github.com/EBISPOT/ontotools…
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Jaison Omoto@jaison_omoto25 Apr 2021
Thank you for the highlight! Also please check out the fantastic @elife Insight article by @stanley_heinze, which exquisitely contextualizes our work, led by first and corresponding author Ben Hardcastle. elifesciences.org/articles/6…

Navigation: Why flies look to the skies

Fruit flies rely on an intricate neural pathway to process polarized light signals in order to inform their internal compass about the position of the Sun.

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eLife - the journal@eLife25 Apr 2021
Fruit flies use polarised light as a ‘sky compass’ to help themselves navigate elifesciences.org/articles/6…
Images of neurons in the head of a fly shown in green and pink

ALT Images of neurons in the head of a fly shown in green and pink

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Carolina Rezaval@crezaval3 Mar 2021
Interested in genes, circuits and decision making? We're looking for a #postdoc to join our lab @UoBbiosciences. Deadline 24 March. Info: rezavallab.org. Contact me if you have any questions. Please share! #neuroscience #Drosophila
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Marta Costa@martamcosta25 Feb 2021
Join our team! Led by @gsxej and @Landgraf10006, in collaboration with @ScottishWaddell, Gwyneth Card and Gerry Rubin. Chance to gain some experience in a big #connectomics project.
Fly Connectome@flyconnectome5 Feb 2021
Replying to @flyconnectome
Just under a week to go until the advert closes! Don't forget to apply to work with us @CamZoology #Drosophila #connectomics
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cengenproject@cengenproject17 Dec 2020
1/4 We are very excited to announce a gene expression data set for every neuron type in the entire C. elegans nervous system.
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Jack Lindsey@Jack_W_Lindsey16 Dec 2020
How does neural connectivity support learning and memory? This (very long) paper provides insights, diving deep into the connectome of the fly mushroom body. A huge team effort that I was fortunate to be part of. Here are some of my favorite parts (1/22) elifesciences.org/articles/6…

The connectome of the adult Drosophila mushroom body provides insights into function

Analysis of neuronal circuit architecture provides mechanistic insights into what an adult fly can learn, remember, and use to guide its behavior.

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Greg Jefferis@gsxej2 Nov 2020
Super proud of @SebaCachero for leading this project from conception to validation – a long term project supported by @MRC_LMB. Final version available here rdcu.be/b9BAo (review process gave some nice additions compared with the preprint).
Nature Methods@naturemethods2 Nov 2020
Greg Jefferis @gsxej and his team developed BAcTrace as a predominantly retrograde tracing tool for connectomic analyses in Drosophila. nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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FlyBase@FlyBaseDotOrg28 Oct 2020
The closing date for this position is fast approaching (Nov 4).
FlyBase@FlyBaseDotOrg5 Oct 2020
FlyBase is seeking a biocurator/ontologist to work on scRNA-seq datasets at our Cambridge UK site. Details here wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBas…. Come join our awesome team!
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Great opportunity at the EBI for a neurobiologist to work on defining new brain cell types using data from the @AllenInstitute jobs.ac.uk/job/CBT718/neurob… . Hurry - only one week left to apply!
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eLife - the journal@eLife19 Oct 2020
The central region of the fruit fly brain has been fully mapped in 3D for the first time, including roughly 20 million connections between some 25,000 neurons elifesciences.org/digests/57…

Reconstructing the brain of fruit flies

A map of the central region of the fruit fly brain, showing all neurons and their connections, is now freely available online.

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FlyBase@FlyBaseDotOrg5 Oct 2020
FlyBase is seeking a biocurator/ontologist to work on scRNA-seq datasets at our Cambridge UK site. Details here wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBas…. Come join our awesome team!
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UoE EREN@UoEREN28 Jul 2020
Here is a flyer for all of the events @BlackInNeuro are holding, with the times in BST to avoid confusion: canva.com/design/DAEC9H84fNA… This evening: Neuroracism Panel 17:30-19:00 Neuroracism Journal Club 22:00-23:00 Register here: cnlm.formstack.com/forms/bla…
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