Findlay Lab

Join us April 9 for a Faculty Workshop moderated by @AmLarracuente that will provide a brief overview of how to interpret job ads & prepare custom application materials by panelists Rhea Datta, Soon Goo Lee, @tera_levin & Nina Wang. Register now: buff.ly/WZMkOmA

Coming up soon at #Dros25, check out our lab manager Prajal's poster (#836F) on the functional consequences of cross-species divergence in a de novo gene required during spermatogenesis!

The Chow Lab is hiring postdocs! We discover modifier genes & therapeutics for rare diseases. Lots of opportunities to work w/ clinicians, families, foundations, & industry. Check out posters: 444, 445, 496, 517, and 519. Also talk 154 on Saturday #Dros25 linktr.ee/clementchow

FlyBase made a fly gene themed crossword puzzle for #Dros25. If you missed getting one (we have lots at the FlyBase booth), or you couldn’t be here, it’s also available online. puzzleme.amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?…

I uprooted my life to move to MD, took on significant debt to make it happen, and now, just weeks later, I’m left without income, health insurance, or stability. If you’re able to, please consider donating a few bucks gofund.me/a26407d0

The KU IRACDA (research/teaching) program has initiated a search for 3 postdoctoral scholars to join our program in Fall 2025! iracda.ku.edu If you are interested in genomics/hypoxia and using zebrafish, I'd be happy to chat about being your mentor for this opportunity

Seminal fluid not sperm important for age-related fertility decline but it can be reversed 👇 bit.ly/4jnX79b 📽️Krish Sanghvi - Sperm swimming inside the female’s seminal receptacle in fruit fly females. @iremsepil, @KrishSangvi, @sam_gascoigne, @TaraLynC, @mplsoxford

Abstract submission for SMBE2025 in Beijing is open. If you study gene duplication or new genes, please consider submitting an abstract for a talk for Symposium 7, The Origin, Evolution, and Phenotypic Contributions of New Genes. smbe2025.scimeeting.cn/en/web/index/2…. Deadline is Jan 30, 2025.

Fly testes are always busy

Why is an old male reproductively doomed to fail? Is it poor sperm and seminal fluid, or do females not like him and his ejaculate? doi.org/10.1093/evlett… Now in @EvolLetters by @Krish_Sangvi, @sam_gascoigne, @TaraLynC, @iremsepil, et al. Image: Krish Sangvi & Martin Jahn

🧬📝🚨 Out today: A genomics learning framework for undergraduates We hope this will be one more tool to help integrate genomics into undergraduate education by supporting evidence-based curriculum design with a set of standardized concepts. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

A truly extraordinary story. Black cottonwood polar trees have a complex gene acquired partly from ants and fungi, which dramatically improves the efficiency of photosynthesis in variable light, boosting biomass productivity by up to 200%. Massive implications for both agriculture and the carbon cycle... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines. Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with @profvrr & he taught me a few things about poliovirus. So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻

Calling all fly biologists: submit your research for consideration in the “Everything you ever wanted to know about sex” workshop at #Dros25! We hope to highlight diverse science, researchers, and career stages. Email submission to rmgraze@auburn.edu by Wed, Jan 15.

A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Exclusive: After 60 years, scientists finally know why ginger, calico, and tortoiseshell #cats look the way they do. bit.ly/4eTU84K @NewsfromScience

Exclusive: After 60 years, scientists finally know why ginger, calico, and tortoiseshell #cats look the way they do. bit.ly/4eTU84K @NewsfromScience

Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version @AnnualReviews annualreviews.org/content/journa….

I'm helping organize another @brewmor webinar. If you've developed inclusive assessment materials or have experience with ungrading or coordinating assessments across instructors - submit an abstract for a lighting talk! abstract submission form: tinyurl.com/microBrewAbstr…

31aa microprotein,originated de novo from non-coding sequence, regulates kernel dehydration A Zea genus-specific micropeptide controls kernel dehydration in maize: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…