Flying thru Science

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In October, Diego, the artist behind Sciflies, participated in the #inktober2021 challenge. He used the prompts of each day to do a drawing and explain some research on Drosophila. You can find a recap of all the posts in our blog: sciflies.com Here a short summary🧵

21/12/30 04:08

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Hi! Yesterday we finished the #inktober2021 series. Here is a recap of all the drawings. We want to prepare something special, so we would like to get your feedback. Which drawings do you like the most? Write it down in the comments.🧵 1. Crystal 2. Suit 3. Vessel 4. Knot

21/11/04 21:51

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#inktober2021 Day 31: The #risk of being a larva Parasitoid #wasps attack and lay eggs inside of #fruitfly larvae. The poor larvae can only defend themselves by twisting and turning. (1/5) #scicomm #sciart #biology #stem #flyroom #modelrganism #postdoclife #Genetics #research

21/11/03 20:02

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#inktober2021 Day 29: A special #patch. When there is a #mutation within a #cell, are other neighbor cells also affected? To answer this, researchers use "mosaic" flies. (1/4) #molecularbiology #developmentalbiology #fruitfly #sciart #scicomm #STEM #postdoclife #phdlife #GMO

21/11/01 16:38

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#inktober2021 Day 28: #crispy flies The latest technique to modify the #genome of flies is called #CRISPR. It allows to target exact sites in the genome and insert custom-made modifications. (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #Drosophila #stem #molecularbiology #genomeediting #GMO

21/10/31 01:04

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#inktober2021 Day 25: If you #splat it, they will come. Though #fruitflies have their individual lives, they are social #insects and benefit from being together. So, they gather to eat, mate and lay eggs. (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #stem #chemicalecology #nature #biology #flyroom

21/10/26 17:59

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#inktober2021 Day 24: #Extinct Old, old flies. There are more than 1600 species in the #Drosophila genus. They live in diverse climates, behave differently and eat a variety of foods: from tree sap to fungi, from rotten fruit to flower petals. (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #STEM

21/10/25 18:26

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#inktober2021 Day 23: #leak. A blue feeling😨🎂. We all age. Humans, flies... is inevitable. But, can we delay it? Or at least make it easier to endure? Can we do something!? (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #stem #physiology #postdoclife #AcademicTwitter #Drosophila #stem #Biology

21/10/24 19:47

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#inktober2021 Day22: #Open big! A lot of the research done with #fruitflies involves #disection. This means opening up the fly to take a look inside. We use different techniques to give color to the specific structures, and see them through the #microscope 🔬. (1/2) #scicomm

21/10/23 21:18

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#inktober2021 Day 19: An infinite #loop The #DNA is a very long #molecule. To fit in the cell it is looped around proteins, packed into what we call #chromosomes. At the beginning of the 20th-century, work in #fruitflies showed that the chromosomes contained the #genes. (1/3)

21/10/20 19:00

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#inktober2021 Day 18: Fly me to the #moon #Drosophila flies were the first non-human animals to see earth from #space. In the 1940s intrepid flies launched from New Mexico in the US, on V2 rockets previously owned by Germany. (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #biology #STEM #astronaut

21/10/19 04:31

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#inktober2021 Day 17: Head-to-head #collision. How do fruitfly #larvae navigate their #environment? Larvae crawl forward, and at moments stop, bend their "head" to a side and change direction, or do a sweeping motion and go to the other side. (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #stem

21/10/18 02:41

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#inktober2021. Day 16 Want to learn about bird's #compass? Study #fruitflies! Birds can sense the earth's magnetic field, and use it as a compass to find their way in their long trips. But, how do they do it? (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #stemm #Navigation

21/10/17 14:45

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#inktober2021 Day 15: See-through #helmet How can we study brain activity in an animal as they go about their day? Here a cool new method using #fruitflies (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #biology #circuits #Drosophila

21/10/17 03:10

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#inktober2021 Day 14: #tick tock goes the biological clock The origins of #genetics of #behavior and #neurobiology in #drosophila are with the biological clock. The first #mutants were three variants of a single #gene later called "period". (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #biology

21/10/16 18:20

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#inktober2021 Day 13: A #roof to grow under How do #Drosophila flies help us understand #development? During development cells have to produce other cells, they have to move, change shape, and commit to new functions. (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #stem #biology

21/10/15 17:58

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#inktober2021 Day 11: #Sour A sour smell. #Drosophila like to eat food fermented by yeasts and bacteria. Some typical products of #fermentation are acids, like acetic acid (vinegar). Flies have special #smell receptors that allow them to sense these acids from afar. (1/2)

21/10/13 18:12

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#inktober2021 Day 10: #pick. I #pick you 💕. Working with #Drosophila flies is great because of the number of #genetic tools available. To use those tools we must make controlled crosses between chosen male and female flies (1/2) #scicomm #sciart #flyroom #stem #biology

21/10/12 20:54

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#Inktober2021 Day 9: Feel the #pressure #Drosophila #flies like soft #food, #smooth surfaces to lay their eggs, and softness in general. How do they recognize softness if they are covered with a tough cuticle suit of armor?(1/3) #scicomm #sciart #feelgood #touchme #massage #relax

21/10/11 15:46

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#inktober2021 Day 8: #watch. A #movie in color (though blurry). #Drosophila flies have compound eyes with around 700 units called 'ommatidia'. Despite popular belief, flies do not see the world as a #mosaic or a pixelated space. #scicomm #sciart #stem #fly #Biology #research

21/10/10 16:55

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#inktober2021 Day 7: #fan It is a hot summer night! The fan-shaped body in the #drosophila #brain is a central structure that controls #sleep. This part of the brain receives the information on how badly the fly needs to sleep and sends signals to induce sleep #scicomm #stem

21/10/08 20:46

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#inktober2021. Día 4: #Raven En algunas culturas un #cuervo es un signo de mal augurio. Para los moscólogos, los #ácaros son nuestros cuervos. Un ácaro en un vial puede ser el presagio de la fatalidad, la vanguardia de una #invasión (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #horrorart #nevermore

21/10/07 15:03

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#inktober2021. Day 4: #Raven In some cultures, a raven is a sign of a bad omen. For #fly people #mites are our ravens. A mite in a vial may be the harbinger of doom, a presage of an incoming invasion. (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #horrorart #nevermore #nature #Drosophila

21/10/07 14:57

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#inktober2021 Día 4: #knot El #gen knot (nudo) de #Drosophila es importante para la formación de las venas centrales del ala. El #mutante del gen tiene las venas centrales del #ala hechas un nudo (1/2) #STEM #scicomm #sciart #AcademicChatter

21/10/06 15:36

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#inktober2021 Day 4: #Knot The #gene Knot in #Drosophila is involved in the formation of the central veins of the #wing. In the #mutant , the central veins of the wing appeared to be tangled up in a knot (1/2) #STEM #nature #research #scicomm #sciart #Biology #AcademicChatter

21/10/06 15:30