5/20/2022 PhDone! Congratulations to our new grads, Dr. Jack Hsi (Left) and Dr. Mark Khoury (Right) on completing their MCB PhDs!
4/15/2022 Stephan and Geert’s paper on epithelial monitoring published in Science!
9/7/2021 Jung’s paper on tumor and BBB published in Dev Cell!
8/17/2021 Lab review on tumor-host interactions published in Nat Rev Cancer
7/23/2021 Cindy off to grad school!
8/1/2020 New postdoc Stephan joins the lab! Welcome!
Undergrad Sami Haraguchi receives the I.L. Chaikoff Memorial Award for recognition of outstanding achievement and excellence in the Cell & Developmental Biology and Neurobiology emphases! Congrats Sami!
Mark’s first paper published in PNAS https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/05/14/1918462117
Katy O. awarded Damon Runyon Postdoc Fellowship
Dong’s last paper out in Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10874-x
Dong off to Cambridge & Caltech postdoc: Japanese food fest[
New postdoc Katy Ong- Welcome to the lab
Anne Classen returns for a visit —great work published in eLife
Many alumni at Lunar New Year’s party!
Geert awarded his Ph.D. in Utrecht
Alex departs for OHSU Ph.D program: Zoo outing
Our first preprint on Biorxiv: 3D Tissue elongation via ECM stiffness-cued junctional remodeling
We’ve joined Twitter! @bilderlab
New tech Cindy Liu joins the lab
Geert’s paper correctly cloning the tumor suppressor tid out in Dev Cell
Jung’s paper, in collaboration with Tom Neufeld, out in G&D
Dong turns in thesis –Ph.D. official!
Hui-yu Ku starts her postdoc!
Another Nobel Prize for the Fruit Fly: David’s commentary in The New York Times
Nice commentary on Justin’s paper in Current Biology and F1000
Courtney off to Genentech —MiniGolf farewell
Fly Research Ecosystem review now available in Genetics.
Justin’s paper demonstrating ECM mechanics in organ sculpting published in eLife
Mark Khoury joins the lab! Liquid lunch at Triple Rock[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20170402″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5922″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”4/2/2017″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]
Dong awarded First Prize for his poster at Annual Drosophila Research Conference: http://genestogenomes.org/dros17-gsa-poster-award-winners/
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20170201″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5941″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”2/1/2017″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Remy Crest joins the lab (family)! Congratulations Papa Justin and Mama Shaila![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5886″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”1/15/2017″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Collaborative paper on tumor-induced autophagy out in Nature[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20161215″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5891″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”12/15/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Kath’s going away party at Pacific Pinball Museum[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20161210″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5889″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”12/10/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Surprise Birthday Party for Lupe[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20161001″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5890″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”10/01/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Courtney Bone starts her postdoc[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5822″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”9/26/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Read David’s introductory Forum piece for Developmental Cell’s 15th anniversary issue: ‘The Maturation of Development’[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160915″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5823″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”9/15/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Ryan off to UCSF Ph.D. program; Alexandra Houser takes over as lab technician[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160714″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5807″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”7/14/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Model Organism Database support letter tops 10,000 signatures, gets shout-out by NIH Director Francis Collins at TAGC Orlando plenary: ‘Your voice is heard’[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160713″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5802″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”7/13/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Ale delivers Sandler award lecture for best Drosophila thesis, 2015 at Orlando TAGC meeting[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160518″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5794″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”5/18/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Yalda wins Chaikoff Award at graduation for her MCB thesis![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160517″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5795″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”5/17/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Former tech Josh Schoenfeld (now MD/PhD, U Iowa) visits Berkeley[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160429″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5768″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”4/29/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]New Ph.D. student Jack Hsi joins the lab![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160428″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5789″ img_size=”250×230″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”4/28/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”||”][vc_column_text]Dong-Yuan and Kath’s paper is out in Cell Reports[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160324″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5766″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”3/24/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Justin presents his work alongside MCB colleagues Iswar Hariharan and Becca Heald in Kobe, Japan[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160111″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5767″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”1/11/2016″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Katie Sharp arrives to start her postdoc![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20160101″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5698″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”1/1/2016 FlyNews Bookshelf” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]FlyNews Bookshelf: a short list of recent material of general interest to Drosophila researchersFactcheck.org critique of Rand Paul statement about fruit fly research funding
NIGMS Director Jon Lorsch on his view of research funding efficiency
Results of GSA survey of funding for genetics research
Reflections on the value of model organisms from GSA president Jasper Rine
And the value of non-model organisms from Drosophilist Bill Sullivan (UCSC)
Gurdon Institute head Daniel St. Johnston on The renaissance of Developmental Biology
Two powerful pieces of advocacy and history from 2014 Beadle Award recipient Hugo Bellen: here and here.
Barry Ganetzky and Scott Hawley on the centennial of Calvin Bridges’ evidence for the chromosome theory of inheritance
Founding FlyBoard PUI rep Karen Hales’ primer on working with Drosophila
The announcement of FlyBook’s launch, and its Preface and first chapters
Wonderful outreach videos from the Manchester Fly Facility: #1 and #2
NPR morning edition: fruit flies and insomnia[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20151219″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5983″ img_size=”250×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”12/19/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Dong returns from trip to Japan, presenting at BMB2015 and RIKEN-CDB[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20150921″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5077″ img_size=”200×200″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”9/21/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Jung Kim starts his postdoc in the lab –Welcome Jung![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20150814″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5706″ img_size=”200×150″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”8/14/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Marta finishes her overseas rotation in the Bilder lab –goodbye party at CREAM[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20150617″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5746″ img_size=”200×133″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”6/17/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Dong attends EMBL workshop on Bioimage Data Analysis[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”20150614″][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5731″ img_size=”200×150″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”6/14/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]David and Thomas reunite at BioMed conference in Barcelona[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5738″ img_size=”200×200″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”5/28/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Ale’s paper is featured in a News and Views in Nature[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5739″ img_size=”200×250″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”5/22/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Ale receives her Ph.D. and gives the commencement address[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5740″ img_size=”200×150″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”5/2/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Lab attends Whitney Ibarra’s Quinceañera[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5742″ img_size=”200×47″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”4/21/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]News and Views on Ale’s paper in Science Signaling, The Scientist (also highlighted in Developmental Cell’s end-of-year editorial)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5524″ img_size=”200×90″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”4/6/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Ale’s paper on fly cancer cachexia is published[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5078″ img_size=”200×180″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”4/2/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Katie Sharp accepts the lab’s postdoc offer[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5743″ img_size=”full” style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”3/4/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]David begins term as President of the Drosophila Board as he and Geert attend Fly Meeting[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5341″ img_size=”200×152″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”2/26/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]Brandon’s paper on Drosophila tumors is published in eLife[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”5748″ img_size=”200×124″ style=”vc_box_outline”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”2/16/15″ font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” 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