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So, sleep amount is generally conserved and obviously it adapts to species-specific ecological conditions, exactly as for the elephant and the bat. But what about sleep homeostasis? How do these exotic...
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When you deprive an animal of sleep, it tries to recover some of it ASAP. This is a hallmark of sleep homeostasis and what we observed in D.melanogaster: but not in any of the other species! Like the...
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However, at least some species were able to show rebound sleep when we used a different way of keeping them awake: social stress induced by male-male interaction in a laboratory boxing ring equivalent....
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We see the same effect in at least four of our 7 species: male-male interaction does lead to sleep rebound in melanogaster, simulans, sechelia, yakuba. Still no signs of homeostasis in the remaining...
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And conversely, when we remove synaptic proteins from specific parts of the brain involved in learning and memory in D. melanogaster we get a similar effect: no tiredness after sleep deprivation
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What is the take-home message? Well, we try to figure out what all this means in evolutionary terms. We think sleep has different functions in different species (doh!) and some functions therefore...
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The one common thing all animals have in common is they all sit on the same planet which has been rotating at the same speed for a very long time. We believe this adaptation created sleep in the first...
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Then, other sleep functions kicked in. Some animals need sleep to cope with stress. Some others need sleep to learn better. To memorize. To fight bacteria. Who knows how many different functions there...
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This makes sense on multiple levels and can ultimately explain why elephants can do in 1 hour what bats seem to take 20 hours for! This work was led by Michaela Joyce, with wonderful Alice French, phd...
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Believe it or not, these are perfectly working AI-generated QR codes. Try them out!
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Hi fly people. What is the current consensus on making RNAi transgenics? Valium10 vectors and trip strategy? Is there anything more new or advanced I've missed?
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I've never played a Zelda game before. Does it make sense to simply start with breath of the wild or should I try something else first?
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Kudos to the Argentinian Neuroscience Society for using plastic-free material for the conference badges! First time I see this, and it makes a lot of sense. Please take note
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The most common feedback we give to our mentees' presentations is: ”your slides are too busy. Remove some data and show only stuff you are actively explaining”.Yet this is the most common mistake PIs...
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The Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London has several openings for PhD positions and I would be happy to sponsor a candidate eager to work on sleep and neurobiology. If interested,...
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Join the 20th edition of the Italian Drosophila Conference in Milan, March 6-8, 2024! Keynote speakers will be Florence Besse (IBV, Nizza) and Aurelio Teleman (DKFZ, Heidelberg). Abstract submission...
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drosophila.social just migrated to a new more powerful server - and upgraded to version 4.2.3 on its way there.happy new year everyone!
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Below is the strongest evidence of plagiarism from Claudine Gay and it's a very interesting one because it highlights how absurd plagiarism can be.The words she used are basically verbatim but the...
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