VanFly BC

VanFly 2020nline | July 14-15, 2020 | 1-5pm
Register here: [email protected]

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

The Vancouver Drosophila Research Conference (VanFly) is back! With VanFly 2020nline 1-5pm on July 14th and July 15th!

See the poster for details!

@EstherVerheyen @EJRideout @TanentzapfLab @Gordonflylab @Auld_Fly_Lab @Imin200 @vancityflyguy

[UBC Life Sciences Institute @ubclifesciences]

Dr. Ethan Greenblatt @vancityflyguy studies the role of protein translation and its misregulation in a fruit fly model to identify promising pathways for treating #autism and other conditions.

https://t.co/yvM5jnRXUR

#AutismAwarenessDay #drosophila #WAAD2021
@VanflyBC

[CanFly @CanFly2021]

To all Canadian fly aficionados: mark your calendars for a virtual CanFly meeting June 21-25 2021! To accommodate different time zones, sessions will run each day from 12 pm to 5 pm EST, 9 am - 2 pm PST. Details of the website and timelines coming soon, stay tuned.

[Women's Health Research Cluster @ResearchonWH]

Are you a @UBC student who will be giving a presentation at a conference about #SexDifferences or #WomensHealth? If you answered yes, we want to give you $250 to register for the conference! Submit an application by Nov 22nd and DM us for further details. https://t.co/EcHszYEBFO

[Elizabeth Rideout (@ejrideout.bsky.social) @EJRideout]

For those attending Vancouver Diabetes Research Day, there will be a symposium and panel discussion on sex differences on Thurs Nov 12 at 1.30 pm PST. Register if you are interested! @BCDiabResNet @JWMillington @JimJohnsonSci @BrownriggGeorge @SisSkovsoe @LiannaWat

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

cool!

[FlyBase @FlyBaseDotOrg]

Analysis of Gal4 Expression Patterns in Adult Drosophila Females https://t.co/2XOXv5ppqs

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

Nominate a student for the Larry Sandler Award, which recognizes outstanding #Drosophila research by a recent PhD graduate. The awardee will receive a complimentary registration to #Dros21 and deliver a talk on opening night. Nominations are due Dec. 21. https://t.co/DChfNbOOxy

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

Big congrats to @LiannaWat! Drosophila, represent 💪

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

@vancityflyguy Thank you! We look forward to seeing you in real life too 😄

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

@seroude @Auld_Fly_Lab @JWMillington @StephenKinsey10 @LiannaWat @KatieClayworth Thank you! 😄

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

Thank you to all the people who attended VanFly 2020nline these last 2 days! We had a wonderful keynote, amazing trainee & PI speakers, and a very insightful career panel! It's always nice for the fly community to get together and catch up. Until next time 🤩

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

Congratulations to all our winners!! 🎉🎉

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

The results are in 👀 All the talks were amazing but we had to narrow it down to 4 winners. That being said... drumroll please!

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

Big thanks to our prize sponsors @BCDiabResNet and Centre for Cell Biology and Development and Disease (@EstherVerheyen)

[Genetics Society of America @GeneticsGSA]

#Dros21 will be online, with a keynote from @HarmitMalik! Please complete the survey and help shape the schedule and format. https://t.co/mcf3M93JUE

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

@Auld_Fly_Lab Thank you!

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

@majuarcaa Thank you so much 🤩

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

@Imin200 Thank you!!! We really enjoyed making this happen and are already looking forward to next year 👀

[VanFly BC @VanflyBC]

If you attended our speaker sessions, don't forget to vote for your favourite talks! We will be announcing the winners tomorrow ~ so keep your eyes peeled 👀