Emily’s manuscript on the evolution of Oskar function in Drosophila is now posted on bioRxiv!

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Emily‘s manuscript uncovering the biochemical basis for evolutionary change in oskar function between Drosophila species is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the preprint here.

Cassandra was interviewed for a “Meet the Speaker QA&” during her visit to the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

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Cassandra was interviewed for a “Meet the Speaker QA&” by Daniel Ming-Kang Lee, a postdoc in the lab of Alex Meissner at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. Read the interview here!

Isobel’s work on determining sex in ticks is discussed by the Harvard Gazette!

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Isobel‘s molecular method for telling male and female ticks apart, and its relevance to understanding and treating Lyme disease, is discussed by the Harvard Gazette! Read the article here.

Anastasia’s manuscript on the molecular mechanism of Oskar function in Drosophila is now posted on bioRxiv!

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Anastasia‘s manuscript on the molecular mechanism of Oskar in Drosophila germ plasm assembly is now posted on bioRxiv! Read the manuscript here.

Welcome sabbatical visitor Enrique Martín-Blanco!

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Welcome to Enrique Martín-Blanco! He is a senior research group leader at the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona in Spain, and is visiting us on a six-month research sabbatical to investigate the evolution of nervous system morphogenesis in arthropods.