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🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Fleur Chelemen on a brilliant thesis defense! Years of hard work, experiments, and scientific passion all came together in an outstanding presentation. Our whole lab is incredibly proud — well deserved, Dr. Chelemen! 🌟🧬👏 #thesis #genetics #drosophila

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd DrosoSpain meeting #DrosoSpain2026 will take place in San Joan de Alicante from the 9th to the 11th of April 2026 #savethedate

Reaffirming the value of model organisms in training scientific minds - Nature Cell Biology As biomedical research prioritizes human models and translational promise, classic model organisms are increasingly dismissed. Here we argue that they have a lasting value, both in enabling discovery and in cultivating scientific thinking, by training researchers in systems reasoning, integrative thinking and independent inquiry.

Model organisms, in particular non-mammalian model organisms, such as yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans, #Drosophila and zebrafish, have long stood at the centre of biological discovery www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Proud and honored to present the lab work at #EDRC2025 Thanks to everyone for the inspiring questions and conversations!

Three fantastic keynote lectures to kick off #EDRC2025 Lucia Prieto-Godiño @crick.ac.uk the @embo.org sponsored lecture, Romain Levayer @pasteur.fr and Marta Llimargas @ibmb-csic.bsky.social

Distinct cellular and molecular mechanisms contribute to the specificity of the two Drosophila melanogaster chitin synthases in chitin deposition Author summary In this study, we investigated the specificity of the two chitin synthases in D melanogaster, named Kkv and Chs2. Chitin synthases are enzymes that produce chitin, an abundant polysacch...

🚨 New paper out!
Our latest work has been published in PLOS Genetics!
In this study, we investigated the specificity of the two chitin synthases in D. melanogaster, Kkv and Chs2.

📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Different cellular and molecular mechanisms of chitin deposition contribute to the specificity of the two chitin synthases in D. melanogaster. Chitin is a major component of arthropod extracellular matrices, including the exoskeleton and the midgut peritrophic matrix. It plays a key role in the development, growth and viability of insects. B...

🌟 New Article Alert! 🖋️
Our latest work is live in bioRxiv 📰✨.
Here, we dive into chitin deposition focusing on the peritrophic matrix and the specificity of chitin synthases.

🔗 Read it here: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

#Blog #NewArticle #Chitin #Drosophila #IBMB #Drosospain #SEBD

We have gathered a starter pack of Spanish Drosophilists! If you are Spanish or live in #Spain and love and work with #Drosophila, please ask us and we will add you! go.bsky.app/4GsN1t9