Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
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Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
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Preparations for the next JEDI meeting are underway! The upcoming Junior European #Drosophila Investigator / #NewPI meeting is planned for Portugal in June. Final dates and additional details will be announced soon - stay tuned for updates!
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Dear colleagues,
The 36th French Drosophila Meeting (Trégastel, Oct 5–8, 2026) website is now online!
drosofrance26.sciencesconf.org
We look forward to welcoming you in Brittany!
Best wishes,
The Organizing Committee
Hadi Boukhatmi, Régis Giet, Roland Le Borgne
Happy New Year 2026!
This year, Hadi Boukhatmi, Régis Giet and I are delighted to be organising the 36th French Droso Meeting in Brittany, from 5 to 8 October.
A great line-up of speakers
Mark the date in your diaries !
The meeting website containing all the details will be opening very soon.
Happy 2026 everyone- the time has come to apply!
Registration for this exciting Dev Bio conference is until the end of January!
Junior European Drosophila Investigators
Registration is now OPEN for the French Drosophila Meeting! 🪰
Join us for an exciting conference featuring a fantastic lineup of invited speakers. drosofrance26.sciencesconf.org
Deadline: June 30
Places are limited, so don’t wait!
We look forward to seeing you at Trégastel !
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📣 #Job alert!
Looking to establish your own independent research in cell biology, development or evo-devo?
The @cnrs.fr is recruiting 7 scientists in that area of research.
Here are updated unofficial guidelines. Reach out to members of the committee if you have questions
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Glad to share our latest work showing that #drosophila epigenetic enzyme TET controls muscle development independently of its catalytic activity but prevents muscle aging in a catalytic-dependent manner!
Congratulations to Vincent and Emilie @igred.fr !
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Roland Le Borgne
Bardin Lab
NIce to see that our recent publication on the use of Drosophila to unravel a role of Aneuploidy-induced senescence and the non-autonomous effects of CIN-driven tumors link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Background Enzymes of the Ten-Eleven Translocation family are responsible for 5-methylcytosine (5mC) oxidation and play a key role in regulating DNA demethylation during various developmental processe...
Come join us in beautiful Roscoff for this Conference Jacques Monod on Developmental regulation: from molecular to ecological niches
May 18-22, 2026 Roscoff, France
Abstract deadline: January 31, 2026
Apply here: cjm.sb-roscoff.fr/en
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The CNRS is recruiting passionate researchers (F/M)!
The campaign runs until January 12, 2026.
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Bardin Lab
Marco MILAN LAB
CNRS
Lucas Waltzer
Chromosomal instability (CIN), characterized by frequent changes in chromosome number and structure, is common in human carcinomas and often leads to aneuploidy, an unbalanced number of chromosomes. D...