fly-jedi http://www.fly-jedi.org Junior European Drosophila Investigators Wed, 02 May 2012 12:16:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 registration for the second JEDI meeting is open http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/05/registration-for-the-second-jedi-meeting-is-open/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/05/registration-for-the-second-jedi-meeting-is-open/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 16:53:33 +0000 Carlos Ribeiro http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=4080 It is our pleasure to announce that the registration for the second JEDI meeting which will take place from the 18th to the 20th of October 2012 at the hotel INATEL in the beautiful beach town of Foz do Arelho, Portugal is open.

You can register at http://www.fly-jedi.org/registration2012/

Registration for the meeting will cost 160 Euros (180 Euros for late registrations after the 16 of June) and will cover 2 nights in single rooms, full board and coffee breaks. Travel organization and expenses will be the responsibility of the attendees. To register to the meeting you will need to have an account on the JEDI website with a complete personal profile. Upon submitting your data, you will be redirected to the payment page. Please be aware that Paypal is the only method of payment.

For further information as well as a preliminary program visit:
We will also need your help in making sure everybody knows about this so please forward this announcement to all the colleagues in Europe you would like to have there! Specially the ones in your local community!

 

See you all there!
Carlos and Christen

 

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/05/registration-for-the-second-jedi-meeting-is-open/feed/ 1 Chicken and egg causality dilemma http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/04/chicken-and-egg-causality-dilemma/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/04/chicken-and-egg-causality-dilemma/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:38:57 +0000 Pavel Tomancak http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3997 Alex Kalinka and I (in that order) have written an opinion piece for Trends in Ecology and Evolution where we put forward a new perspective on the evolution of animal life-cycle inspired by the recent studies of the developmental hourglass model. The early development is plastic; the egg is an evolutionary innovation and an extension of the mother reflecting its ecological circumstance. The oldest, foundational stage of development is the phylotypic period that recapitulates the adult stage of a primitive multicellular ancestor (go Haeckel). Aristotle was asking the wrong question, neither chicken nor the egg were the first, it was the pharyngula.

Consider this food for thought. Maybe we could start a polemic below, but for that someone would have to actually use this site…

PAvel

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my first student published his first paper, characterizing modEncode’s “HOT regions” as patterned developmental enhancers.

Let’s use the force to understand how the fly orchestrates all its 14,000 or so genes’ expression :-)

Best,

Alex

 

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/04/hot-stuff/feed/ 0 HFSP grants to JEDIs http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/hfsp-grants-to-jedis/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/hfsp-grants-to-jedis/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:10:45 +0000 Pavel Tomancak http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3985 Casey Bergman, Uwe Ohler and myself have been awarded an HFSP grant to continue working on the developmental hourglass. This is a renewal of the grant we received in 2008 and it is the first time in the history of HFSP when a grant was renewed. We acknowledge the contribution of Alex Kalinka, a post-doctoral fellow who has been and will be instrumental for the success of this project. He is clearly a JEDI in the making.

On a personal level, since I will turn 40 tomorrow, I am delighted that at least in the eyes of HFSP I continue to be a Young Investigator and thus my cherished JEDI status will be preserved for the next three years…

Carlos Ribeiro on the other hand is in trouble as he was awarded the Program grant for the big boys. :-)

Congratulation Carlos!

Did we miss anyone?

PAvel

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/hfsp-grants-to-jedis/feed/ 2 Epithelial Organisation http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/epithelial-organisation/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/epithelial-organisation/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:51:22 +0000 Luis M. Escudero http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3967 My dear JEDIs,

I am going to be honest… I need publicity. I am more unknown than the language spoke by R2D2.

We published this paper about a network analysis of epithelial organisation (back in November, sorry if you consider it too old, but it was my first paper as co-corresponding). Now, the computerised analysis of images is my independent investigation line…

This is the link: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v2/n11/full/ncomms1536.html

I really hope that you like it. If you have any comments or questions, do not doubt to contact me, I will be very happy to talk about it.

Utini!!!!!

Luisma

 

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/epithelial-organisation/feed/ 0 Not sure if that is moving towards the dark side, we published our first paper in mice, http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/not-sure-if-that-is-moving-towards-the-dark-side-we-published-our-first-paper-in-mice/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/03/not-sure-if-that-is-moving-towards-the-dark-side-we-published-our-first-paper-in-mice/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:59:37 +0000 Eduardo Moreno http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3958 As said, it may qualify as being attracted by the dark side, but we are proud to have published our first paper in mice:

http://dmm.biologists.org/content/early/2012/02/23/dmm.008623.full.pdf+html

It is also linked to our first European Patent Application and we are very excited about the possibility of blocking clonal selection as a novel mechanism for cancer therapy!

Kind regards!

Edu

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I am curious how we fare at the coveted Crete meeting that will be held this summer at Kolymbari. Here is a little poll to find out. Click Crete meeting or Read more to enter the poll.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Its voluntary, anonymous and fun. Please don’t vote twice.

PAvel

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/02/crete-meeting-poll/feed/ 2 The Return of the JEDI: the second annual meeting of the Junior European Drosophila Investigators http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/the-return-of-the-jedi-the-second-annual-meeting-of-the-junior-european-drosophila-investigators/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/the-return-of-the-jedi-the-second-annual-meeting-of-the-junior-european-drosophila-investigators/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:58:42 +0000 Christen Mirth http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3917 18th -20th of October 2012, in Foz do Arelho, Portugal

It is our pleasure to announce that the next JEDI meeting will take place from the 18th to the 20th of October 2012 at the hotel INATEL in the beautiful beach town of Foz do Arelho, Portugal.

As a continuation of the inaugural JEDI meeting in 2011, the meeting will bring together independent Drosophila investigators in Europe at an early career stage and aims at fostering scientific, professional and personal exchanges in an informal setting. We want to continue the debate on how to strengthen the position of young team leaders within the established scientific community, how to create new, innovative and collaborative research structures within the new generation of Drosophila scientists, and finally on how to strengthen the awareness and support for Drosophila research within the European scientific environment. A detailed program will follow.

Foz do Arelho is a charming small beach resort one and a half hours north of Lisbon surrounded by beautiful beaches and dramatic cliffs on the Atlantic Ocean. It is easily reachable from Lisbon by train and a subsequent short TAXI ride. The INATEL hotel is five minutes from the beach and very family friendly. Local activities include hiking, swimming, and surfing and the lagoon is perfect for kids. We would like to encourage people to come with family with the possibility of remaining for the weekend following the meeting.

We expect to charge 160 Euros for the meeting registration, which covers 4 days stay in single rooms, full board and coffee breaks. Travel organization and expenses will be the responsibility of the attendees. We are currently exploring additional funding possibilities for participants. The attendance is limited to 80 participants.

We plan to open the registration on the JEDI website at the end of February and will close at the end of April.

Please disseminate this email to other potential JEDI. See you there and don’t forget your swim trunks and your surf board!

Christen Mirth and Carlos Ribeiro

PDF of the meeting announcement.

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/the-return-of-the-jedi-the-second-annual-meeting-of-the-junior-european-drosophila-investigators/feed/ 4 Positions available in the European network for Drosophila systems neuroscience http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/positions-available-in-the-european-network-for-drosophila-systems-neuroscience/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/positions-available-in-the-european-network-for-drosophila-systems-neuroscience/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:47:59 +0000 Carlos Ribeiro http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3906 We are very excited to launch a new European initiative in the field of Drosophila Neuroscience and are currently recruiting candidate PhD students for this programme.

Our lab at the Champalimaud Foundation Neuroscience Programme in Lisbon is a member of the new Marie Curie Research Training Network FLiACT which will start on the 1st of January 2012 and will run for four years, supported by the European Commission. This initiative will host 12 Ph.D. students. The FLiACT fellows will seek to elucidate how neural circuit computation directs stereotypical behaviours and how circuit-function relationships are genetically encoded in Drosophila.

We are now recruiting PhD student candidates for the network and would like to encourage you to direct candidates to this opportunity and to disseminate this email and the attached poster.

Research within the network will be conducted in 8 European academic laboratories and 3 private companies (SMEs). Each partner is specialized in a different field of neurobiology. Through collaborative projects, visitor exchanges and workshops, the FLiACT fellows will have the opportunity to receive theoretical and practical training in disciplines as diverse as molecular and behavioural neurogenetics, electrophysiology and bioengineering. The fellows will benefit from career mentoring from the FLiACT community to increase their career prospects in both the academic and the private sectors.

FLiACT fellows will be offered a competitive salary (41-57 k?/year depending on the host country) as well as travel and mobility allowances. Each fellow will be enrolled in the international Ph.D. programme associated with the host institute or in collaboration with a local university.

The FLiACT is an equal opportunity initiative committed to promote gender balance in science. Applications from non-EU members are welcome. Citizens and long-term residents of European countries may not be eligible to apply in the institution of their home country (for additional information, see
full conditions of eligibility). Fluency in English is required. Candidates holding a degree in life sciences, engineering, computer science, physics or mathematics can apply for the following 12 projects.
Application can be submitted on our webpage. Deadline for applications is the 6th of February 2012 (VERY SOON!).

]]> http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/positions-available-in-the-european-network-for-drosophila-systems-neuroscience/feed/ 0 Postdoctoral positions in Munich http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/postdoctoral-positions-in-munich/ http://www.fly-jedi.org/2012/01/postdoctoral-positions-in-munich/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:15:55 +0000 Hernan Lopez-Schier http://www.fly-jedi.org/?p=3824 I am looking for candidates to take up postdoctoral positions (PhD
positions may also be available for unusually talented students) in the
López-Schier group, when it moves to Germany to the Helmholtz Zentrum
München early in 2012, for the following four research lines:

1) Develop a project on cellular mechanics during tissue regeneration
and repair, mainly applying a combination of high-end quantitative live
imaging, cell biological and genetic approaches and computer modeling.
This project is ideal for a biologist with a background in informatics, or a
physicist or an engineer. The model system of choice is the zebrafish or Drosophila.

2) Develop a project on cellular neurobiology in Drosophila. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in fly genetics or electrophysiology.

Candidates should be ambitious and independent. Recent doctorates (or
about to obtain a PhD). At least one first-author publication in a high-profile journal is a must for postdoctoral candidates.

Applications should include a letter of presentation, a CV and the names and contact information of three academic references.

Dr. Hernán López-Schier
Laboratory of Sensory Cell Biology & Organogenesis
Centre de Regulació Genòmica – PRBB
Doctor Aiguader, 88 (08003) Barcelona; Spain
TE (office): +34 93 316 0134
TE (lab): +34 93 316 0130

http://www.crg.es/hernan_lopez_schier

Chairman
European Science Foundation Network “QuanTissue”

http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=8356

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