#fruitflies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fruitflies, aggregated by home.social.
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🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.
The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research
#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies
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🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.
The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research
#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies
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RE: https://fediscience.org/@eLife/116235479359504132
About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.
© this text #StefanFWirth
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RE: https://fediscience.org/@eLife/116235479359504132
About the #nuclear #porecomplex (#NPC) #protein #Nup107 regulating broader #neuroendocrine functions in #fly larval #brains. The authors J. Kawadkar et al. (2026) in experiments reduced the Nup107 protein that enables #moleculetransfer between nucleus and cellular cytoplasma in #fruitflies using suitable genetic tools. According to the authors, there is a wider context between the protein and larval #developmentalprocesses based on the #steroidhormone #ecdysone.
© this text #StefanFWirth
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JGU researchers uncover novel connections during fruit fly aging: Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/jgu-researchers-uncover-novel-connections-during-fruit-fly-aging/
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JGU researchers uncover novel connections during fruit fly aging: Plastic and thus modifiable neurons lose their function at old age 👉 https://press.uni-mainz.de/jgu-researchers-uncover-novel-connections-during-fruit-fly-aging/
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Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit
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Dealing with #fruitflies makes me sympathetic to how the #theory of spontaneous generation held on for as long as it did. Where the hell did you little shits come from. Get out of my #fruit
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Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.
Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737937 -
Evolution in one sex is often affected by selection acting on the opposite sex. Geeta Arun et al. explore this using fruit flies and find that responses to selection are largely parallel between sexes.
Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/737937 -
Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
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Persistent viral #infections in #insects are not as harmless as once believed.
This study shows how such infections in #FruitFlies alter survival, reproduction, behavior & gene expression, revealing the hidden costs of #viral persistence
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Wow, happy fediversary!
You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!
Time flies! [1]
[1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.
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Wow, happy fediversary!
You made me go look when I joined - "must be almost two years now, right?" only to discover my 1000th day was recently, too!
Time flies! [1]
[1] "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." is one of my favourite "how many levels does this joke have?" jokes.
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Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”
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Harvard Crimson: Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research. “FlyBase lost a multimillion dollar grant when the Trump administration cut off Harvard’s federal funding in May. Now the repository is laying off staff — and researchers worldwide are worried.”
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Kitchen science! We seem to be back into fruit-fly season. We usually get 'em under control with an apple-cider vinegar trap. Just a jar covered in plastic with a few holes.
But I thought I'd see if there are more effective liquids to attract them. So I've surrounded the counter-top compost w six choices. Updates pending.
1. Apple cider vinegar
2. Chinese dumpling vinegar
3. White wine
4. Japanese sweet Mirin
5. Balsamic vinegar
6. Maple syrup in white vinegar -
Kitchen science! We seem to be back into fruit-fly season. We usually get 'em under control with an apple-cider vinegar trap. Just a jar covered in plastic with a few holes.
But I thought I'd see if there are more effective liquids to attract them. So I've surrounded the counter-top compost w six choices. Updates pending.
1. Apple cider vinegar
2. Chinese dumpling vinegar
3. White wine
4. Japanese sweet Mirin
5. Balsamic vinegar
6. Maple syrup in white vinegar -
How do animal #brains evolve to support ecological specialization? Yaoyu Jiao & Trevor Sorrells explore a @PLOSBiology study revealing that #glia show the most dramatic changes in brains of #FruitFlies adapted to a toxic niche. Paper: https://plos.io/4js7Rms Primer: https://plos.io/42VHcHw
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How do animal #brains evolve to support ecological specialization? Yaoyu Jiao & Trevor Sorrells explore a @PLOSBiology study revealing that #glia show the most dramatic changes in brains of #FruitFlies adapted to a toxic niche. Paper: https://plos.io/4js7Rms Primer: https://plos.io/42VHcHw
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Want to Get Rid of #FruitFlies? A #Bug Expert Shares His Secret Tip
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Want to Get Rid of #FruitFlies? A #Bug Expert Shares His Secret Tip
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🍎 Apparently, some scientists decided to play Dr. Frankenstein with fruit flies and discovered that tweaking a gene can give them bulging bug eyes 👀. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still trying to find the magic gene that stops our devices from throwing a tantrum with "400 Bad Request" errors every time we breathe. 🙄
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-gene-big-differences-eye.html #fruitflies #geneediting #bulgingeyes #techfrustration #sciencehumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🍎 Apparently, some scientists decided to play Dr. Frankenstein with fruit flies and discovered that tweaking a gene can give them bulging bug eyes 👀. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still trying to find the magic gene that stops our devices from throwing a tantrum with "400 Bad Request" errors every time we breathe. 🙄
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-gene-big-differences-eye.html #fruitflies #geneediting #bulgingeyes #techfrustration #sciencehumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Tiny changes in gene expression make big difference in eye size of fruit flies
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-gene-big-differences-eye.html
#HackerNews #tinychanges #geneexpression #fruitflies #eyesize #genetics #research
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Tiny changes in gene expression make big difference in eye size of fruit flies
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-tiny-gene-big-differences-eye.html
#HackerNews #tinychanges #geneexpression #fruitflies #eyesize #genetics #research
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Researchers at #UniLeipzig have for the first time demonstrated play-like behaviour in flies. They discovered that #FruitFlies voluntarily and repeatedly interacted with a carousel. Until now, play-like behaviour has mainly been described in vertebrates.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/02/13/flies-play-too-researchers-find -
Researchers at #UniLeipzig have for the first time demonstrated play-like behaviour in flies. They discovered that #FruitFlies voluntarily and repeatedly interacted with a carousel. Until now, play-like behaviour has mainly been described in vertebrates. https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetail/artikel/forschende-finden-heraus-auch-fliegen-fahren-karussell-2025-02-13
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Researchers at #UniLeipzig have for the first time demonstrated play-like behaviour in flies. They discovered that #FruitFlies voluntarily and repeatedly interacted with a carousel. Until now, play-like behaviour has mainly been described in vertebrates. https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/newsdetail/artikel/forschende-finden-heraus-auch-fliegen-fahren-karussell-2025-02-13
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Scientists Release an Astounding, Detailed Map of a Fly Brain in Groundbreaking Study — Colossal
“More than a decade before humans launched themselves into outer space, a tiny species made the journey first. NASA first sent fruit flies on a mission in 1947 to see whether the intrepid insects would return to Earth in one piece, indicating the groundbreaking trek was presumably safe for people, too….” 🪰🧠🔬🚀🪐 #insects #brains #neurology #science #biology #FruitFlies
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@Subumbral Some summers ago there were so many #fruitFlies (because we keep the food recycling bin open in the kitchen), I had to catch and release them in bulk! 😆
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@Subumbral Some summers ago there were so many #fruitFlies (because we keep the food recycling bin open in the kitchen), I had to catch and release them in bulk! 😆
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How to Kill #FruitFlies in Your #Home, Instantly
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-kill-fruit-flies-in-your-home-instantly
#DIY #traps and #homemade sprays to kill these kitchen and drain #pests for good.
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CW: CW - Mention of insects in fruit
This particular fruit fly decimated the strawberry season in Southern Maine this year. But, tbh, knowing that the larvae aren't harmful and are actually nutritious, I honestly have no problems eating them.
Are Those Squiggly White Things in Your Berries Actually Worms?And does soaking your fruit actually get them out? Here’s what an expert says.
By Caroline Tien
September 5, 2024"Before you freak out any more than you already have, the first thing to know is that the worms don’t actually pose any health risk, according to Dr. Wallis. 'Besides looking pretty yucky, they're not harmful to humans at all,' she says. They don’t change the taste of your fruit, and, she adds jokingly, can even add a bit of protein—a nutritional 'silver lining.'"
Read more:
https://www.self.com/story/worms-in-berries-tiktok?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us -
CW: CW - Mention of insects in fruit
This particular fruit fly decimated the strawberry season in Southern Maine this year. But, tbh, knowing that the larvae aren't harmful and are actually nutritious, I honestly have no problems eating them.
Are Those Squiggly White Things in Your Berries Actually Worms?And does soaking your fruit actually get them out? Here’s what an expert says.
By Caroline Tien
September 5, 2024"Before you freak out any more than you already have, the first thing to know is that the worms don’t actually pose any health risk, according to Dr. Wallis. 'Besides looking pretty yucky, they're not harmful to humans at all,' she says. They don’t change the taste of your fruit, and, she adds jokingly, can even add a bit of protein—a nutritional 'silver lining.'"
Read more:
https://www.self.com/story/worms-in-berries-tiktok?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us -
Fucking motherfucking FRUIT FLIES!!!!!!!!
GODDAMMIT!
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Fucking motherfucking FRUIT FLIES!!!!!!!!
GODDAMMIT!
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Exotic eye worm rapidly invades US by spreading from testes of fruit flies - Enlarge / An adult Thelazia callipaeda in the eye of a cat.
I... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043185 #fruitflies #fruitfly #science #health
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Exotic eye worm rapidly invades US by spreading from testes of fruit flies - Enlarge / An adult Thelazia callipaeda in the eye of a cat.
I... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2043185 #fruitflies #fruitfly #science #health
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#Wolbachia causes embryonic lethality in #FruitFlies by modifying #chromatin integrity in sperm. @KaurTweets @Symbionticism &co show that this occurs in the wMel-transinfected #Aedesaegypti #mosquitoes used to control vector-borne diseases #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3xgOsBH
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Can't stand the heat? How nutritional status modulates #thermosensation: behavioral & live brain imaging studies reveal why food-sated #FruitFlies prefer to stay at relatively higher temperatures compared to hungry flies #insulin #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/400hmjQ https://pic.twitter.com/8eRF13QtHg
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@deevybee Same here in Germany. Just so many that I can no longer ignore them but also not accept them.
We already tried a mixture of water and apple vinegar with some drops of rinse aid
#Fruchtfliege #fruitflies
