Brian Calvi

The largest flower in the world is about to bloom in the IU Biology greenhouse. Visit or stream and consider donating: @IUBloomington iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_fc9y…

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One month left for early-career researchers to apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Decoding whole genome doubling: Insights from evolution, development and disease' organised by @BastoRenata and @ZStorchova. biologists.com/workshops/deco… #BiologistsWorkshops

Early-career researchers can apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Decoding whole genome doubling: Insights from evolution, development and disease' organised by Renata Basto @BastoRenata and Zuzana Storchova @ZStorchova. biologists.com/workshops/deco… #BiologistsWorkshops

I am so happy for Victor and another recognition of the impact of curiosity driven research. That which does not get you tenure at Harvard gets you…

BREAKING NEWS The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Here's our newest story about the surprising impact of unscheduled endocycles on tissue growth. @FlyBaseDotOrg @IUBiology journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a…

A Postdoc position is available in the Calvi lab at Indiana University, Bloomington to study cell division, genome stability and cancer in Drosophila. Calvi lab: calvi.lab.indiana.edu/index.html To apply: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25679

We will be back up as soon as possible.

Most of FlyBase is currently down. There has been some extreme weather in Indiana, where our servers live, with ongoing power outages.

IU trustee Winston reveals that when trustees chair Buckner issued a statement of support for Whitten, he lied that it was unanimous and failed to consult all board members. Winston also criticizes Whitten’s “toxic” “culture of fear.” indianapublicmedia.org/news/iu-truste…

Lux et Veritas? @IUBloomington @IUBiology indianapublicmedia.org/news/iu-truste…

Evidently the Dunn Meadow policy on the website that IU keeps citing and hastily amended to squash free speech isn’t the official 1969 policy. @IUBloomington @IUBiology

Congrats to Yi-Ting Huang for winning 1st place prize for her poster at Cancer Research Day. @IUBiology

Calvi lab representing at Simon Cancer Center Cancer Research Day. @IUBiology

More on the student who received a 5-year ban from another @idsnews reporter: The ban was for a year until he made a joke about a misdated notice given to another protester, so they scratched it out and changed it to a 5-year ban, he said. idsnews.com/article/2024/0…

pamela whitten set armed police to destroy “unsafe tents” — the tents in question housed medical supplies, sunscreen, and art supplies #whittenmustfall #whittenmakesiuunsafe #iu #GazaSolidarityEncampment

Another paramilitary assault and more arrests of peaceful IU students today. idsnews.com/article/2024/0…