Laura Boulan

We are hiring!

Excited to kick off 2026 as a junior PI at the University of Geneva, with a focus on multicellular coordination in organs and organisms. Looking forward to new collegiality and collaborations—plus mountains and lakes. I’m also recruiting a PhD student on excitable dynamics in organogenesis.

Our lab is actively looking for posdocs and there is NOW an Open Call for Postdoc contracts (3 years) here: www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...

Neuroendocrine control of calcium mobilization in the fruit fly - Nature The peptide hormone Capa is responsible for regulating extracellular fluid Ca2+ levels in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Beautiful "fundamental physiology" paper in a glamour journal - there is still some hope!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you so much Marco!!!

Indeed! It’s really interesting to highlight shared principles between different growing systems!

Thanks Nica!

Merci !

Thanks a lot!

Exclusive: Harvard University lays off fly database team The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.

www.thetransmitter.org/community/ha...

Thanks Kasia! 🙂

Merci Alex!

2 post-doc positions open in the lab to do research on inter-organ signalling in regeneration and cancer in flies and mice.

Thanks Elizabeth!

Thanks Michael!

A switch to non-proliferative growth sustains Drosophila wing development during the early pupal stage Using precise tissue volume quantification, El Marzkioui, Gaugué, et al. show that wing primordia continue to grow during the early pupal stage, a phase of increased cell volume driven by insulin/IGF ...

Our new paper is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! Using 3D reconstructions and volume measurements in Drosophila wing primordia, we show that growth can be uncoupled from cell proliferation and uncover a new time window for growth arrest.
With @leopoldlab.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Hello world! So lucky to host the one and only @lboulan.bsky.social tomorrow - come for the science, stay for the experience! @igred.fr

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Attendees in the orangerie at château du Feÿ

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Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila Boumard et al. demonstrate gap-junction-dependent tissue-scale nucleotide sharing, which impacts cellular sensitivity to perturbation of nucleotide homeostasis and replication stress. Drosophila wing ...

Very happy to share our latest lab publication!
The hard work of @bboumard.bsky.social, Gwenn Le Meur and collaborators!
Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila: Developmental Cell
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lDFi_Yv6z...

Hello World! Are you passionate about epigenomics and evolution 🧪🧬🐭🐵 ? Are you looking for a postdoc in a stimulating and inclusive environment ? Look no further... We are seeking creative postdocs for our ERC project EvoEpi @igred.fr ! 👇Details👇
tinyurl.com/PostdocEvoEp...
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Montpellier. Pour finir la journée tous ensemble !

Stand up for Science in Montpellier!
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The importance of delivering Recherche d'Avenir – research for the future In recent years, several European countries, including France, have reduced their investment in scientific research, with biomedical research taking a significant hit. The primary casualty is basic re...

In her Essay, Renata Basto highlights the huge budget cuts facing the scientific community in France. In response to the cuts, a group of researchers has formed the ‘Pour une Recherche d'Avenir’ initiative to secure the future of French research.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...