Alex Gould Lab, now only @alexgouldlab.bsky.social
@AlexGouldLab
Dormant account. Located @TheCrick in London, we investigate how diet and other factors in the environment affect our metabolism and health
January 20th 2025 seems like the right day to finally stop using X. From now on, we will only be posting on Bluesky: @alexgouldlab.bsky.social Come on over! Huge numbers of scientists have already migrated there. Hope to re-meet you all soon…

Our latest paper by @ItsJoshSurely in collaboration with @cerys_manning has been accepted just in time for Christmas! We show that protrusions present on spinal cord neural progenitors mediate long-range signalling extending it beyond immediate neighbours biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Temporally distinct 3D multi-omic dynamics in the developing human brain | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…
FlyBoard elections are open through Feb. 16, 2025. Please look for Genetics Society of America email: Select future FlyBoard leadership! Here is a link to access the candidate statements and ballot: genetics-gsa.org/2025-fly-board… Please repost. #Dros25 @GeneticsGSA
Our institute @MRC_LMS is recruiting! #NewPI Come join us in London to establish your own research group, in vivo models (including #Drosophila) are encouraged! 🚨Deadline for applications is Monday 13th January (midnight UK-time) lms.mrc.ac.uk/work/vacancies…
A new preprint from our group was posted at bioRxiv: Stress-induced organismal death is genetically regulated by the mTOR-Zeste-Phae1 axis biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Desaturase-dependent secretory functions of hepatocyte-like cells control systemic lipid metabolism during starvation in Drosophila. Li J, Huang K, Dibra I, Liu Y, Perrimon N, Simons M. 2024 11:rs.3.rs-5566817. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5566817/v1. PMID: 39711529
Are you a company interested in joining us at #EDRC2025 ? We are looking for sponsors and companies who would like to participate in our meeting in September! Please RT @DSHB_antibodies @BFKLab
Calling all PhD students and supervisors! @Fly-EDS PhD prize application deadline Feb 28 2025! europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd-t…
The European Drosophila Society @Fly_EDS has just launched a #prize to the best #PhD thesis using #Drosophila. 🏆🪰 Deadline is Feb 2025. Prize = €1000 & keynote presentation at the EDRC in Alicante @edrc2025! More info here: europeandrosophilasociety.org/eds-best-phd-t…
The #EDRC2025 will select proposals for six workshops, each with up to nine speakers (12 minutes presentations + 3 minutes Q/A). If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please send a one-page proposal to [email protected] by May 5, 2025
Second edition of the EMBO workshop on Developmental Timing across species. Second edition organized by @bassemh1 @MDiazCuadros @VanderhaeghenP2 and I. #EvoDevoTempo Cool speakers & fun networking activities organizers. More details coming soon. Save the date!
We're hiring! Please RT! Exciting opportunities for #PhD students, #postdocs, and #research assistants to join us in exploring how the brain prioritises actions in conflict. #Neuroscience #Drosophila Interested? Get in touch! rezavallab.org
Your chance to host Europe’s largest #Drosophila meeting…
Calling European Drosophila researchers! With @edrc2025 coming soon in Alicante, and EDRC 2027 in Bonn, we are opening the call for a host city for the 30th European Drosophila Research Conference in 2029! If your city's fly community is interested, go to: tinyurl.com/2b74ab4s
Only one week left to apply if you are Interested in doing a PhD @TheCrick in London. Our lab are proposing a project on metabolic roles of the blood-brain barrier in neural stem cell proliferation More details here: tinyurl.com/mr4bbjc2 Please RT
Just one week left to apply for our 2025 PhD programme! Join us for: 🔬Innovative science 🗺️International, collaborative environment 💰£26,125 tax-free stipend + tuition and visa fees Applications close midday on Tuesday 5 November ⬇️ crick.ac.uk/careers-and-st…
Meeting alert! Registration deadline 15th November! Join us next year @TheCrick in London for The Beddington Dev Bio symposium. A stellar lineup of speakers, additional talks to be selected from submitted abstracts. You don't want to miss this crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the-3…
Awesome arachnids… theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…
Looking forward to unveiling our latest research on new tools for cell-type specific labelling and imaging of metabolites at #ISSCR2025, taking place in Hong Kong on 11-14 June 2025. Register here: invt.io/1txbzxlcubn @ISSCR
David Ish-Horowicz FRS (1948-2024): outstanding scientific discovery, with a unique touch of selfless humanity An Obituary by Ilan Davis (@ilandavis), with his personal reflections on David's unique approach to science and scientific friendship: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/15…
We have a #PhDposition to investigate host - #microbiome interactions using #Drosophila and model gut #bacteria. Details in the picture attached. Be part of our new group @COSHeidelberg in beautiful Heidelberg! Please RT
We are now accepting applications for the next cohort of #PhD students to start October 2025 @MRC_LMS. Checkout the wide range of collaborative projects including one from us with @omer_karin! We welcome applications from diverse fields and backgrounds. lms.mrc.ac.uk/study-here/phd…