Grateful to the editors and collaborators who made this possible, and always glad to connect with others working in insect science and related fields 🧬
The discovery of a digestion-slowing hormone in the Gila monster's venom paved the way for Ozempic. When a Gila monster named Pebbles needed medicine in return, a pharmaceutical chemist pivoted to help save the species. nyti.ms/4i5w40U
Now proper out: doi.org/10.1093/gene...
Full-circle moment: as an undergrad/PhD student, I actually studied from the 1st edition of this book.
Years later, I’m now one of the contributors to the new edition; still feels a bit unreal!
Writing this chapter was a great chance to step back and synthesize molecular approaches in insect biology, connecting development, metabolism, and health-related research
FlyBase, a Drosophila database, will lose a third of its team in early October because the Harvard grant that covered the employees’ salaries was canceled. Scientists warn that losing FlyBase could devastate fly research.
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The rise of dark proteins
A small but very meaningful milestone for me 🪰📘
I contributed a chapter to the 2nd edition of Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science
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Researchers have developed a deep learning protein language model, ESM3, that enables programmable protein design.
Learn more in this week's issue of Science: https://scim.ag/3Qo3HPw
From @yalesom.bsky.social. Yale has sunk in my estimation, maybe it's following the spirit of our times since Jan 20th. This is like phrenology.
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.
Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science, Second Edition is a unique resource that provides extensive review articles on contemporary topics in insect s...