boxing day gift🎁!! last paper of year for the Lai Lab. @Binglong15 study about miRNA control of the Drosophila auditory center, Johnson's Organ, gets the cover of year-end issue @GenesDev. its our 10th paper in G&D, thanks terri and laureen for support!.

i'm generally off this place (see you at 🦋) but popped on bc i need to crowdsource some help. i need to borrow some band equipment for a special gig in san diego, mid-march. can anyone help hook me up with guitar, amp, and/or PA? if so, please contact me. RTs appreciated!! 🎸.

looking forward to see folks at UTSW!.

final observation on this site: i find it HILARIOUS that my browser favicon still shows the bird. it's, like, giving this site the bird.

its truly a dream all 3 referees gave thumbs-up for Science to publish our work on miRNA regulation. but this feeling pales in comparison to making a difference to a trainee's life. it's a privilege to work with the BEST like @seungjaylee. he's on the job market, hire him now!!.

hi all! i am basically off twitter the past month and don't miss it. come find me at bluesky, same handle. however, i had to pop on here to amplify @seungjaylee comments on our new work on miRNA repression in Science. amazing, surprising story, read all about it! @MSKCancerCenter.

RT @seungjaylee: Best holiday gift ever! My long held mystery has finally come to light in @ScienceMagazine. It'd not be possible w/o my me….

RT @DarrenObbard: Apparently today is #FlyDay or #DrosophilaDay in honour of the day #Drosophila melanogaster line w1118 was isolated. Here….

i played an impromptu house show in iowa this wknd. tried a bunch of these guitars, the weirdest was a sears silvertone with amp built in the case! check out that headstock.🎸 ⁦@chrmosimann⁩ ⁦@TheLovelyLab⁩ ⁦@benoitbruneau⁩ ⁦@fspasqualini⁩⁦@wbderry⁩

checklist for awesome visit to Iowa.✅ learn hearing ephys.✅ see friends from my grad, postdoc and faculty eras.✅ meet many new and curious folks in diff disciplines.✅ start 4 new collabs.✅ get folks out to indiepunk show, also play galaga.✅ play impromptu house show. whew!

chips or legos? hmmmm.

the o'hare in o'hare

my side vocation as fly courier. i brought a bunch of nyc flies to live in iowa, and bringing a bunch of iowan flies (four different species!) back to live in nyc. also, awesome parting gift from the eberl lab, a milk bottle!! always wanted one for my collection of stuff. 🪰

apparently i am currently not too far from this house. next time i'll visit!

today i visited my incredible collaborator Dan Eberl in Iowa, and learned how to do electrophysiology of the fly "ear". no, i can't do it, but at least i learned how. its actually not too complicated, but he's had decades to perfect his craft. 🪰

RT @JMTali: Excited to share our latest work! We developed a new method for studying RNA localization via proximity labeling: OINC-seq! In….

calling all fly folks! today is the deadline to submit your abstract for Dros25 in San Diego. excited to see everyone there and learn about all the latest in our favorite model organism! 🪰.**********.make sure to submit your abstract by 7:59 pm EST, tonight, Thursday, Nov 14.

if you know where this is, it's my third time this year!

so, what is the situation, exactly?

one of my many, random, pastimes is photographing stapled telephone poles. also message boards on college campuses in summer, when everythings been ripped off and it's just the staples.

omg what is happening? ferrero rocher at the seminar snacks table?!?