We are excited to announce a Cambridge Fly club continuation in 2026, with new expanded committee, new speakers, new posters, new beer and pizzas, new sponsors, and the great same old and yet always new and vibrant Cambridge Drosophila fly community!
The next meeting on the 8th of July 2026 will hold a conversation with two fantastic speakers:
Dr. Alex Whitworth
Title: “Investigating Parkinson’s disease on the fly – understanding the role of aberrant immune signalling and the gut-brain axis“.
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge.
Dr. Anna Franz
Title: “Fat cells on the move: The unusual swimming cell migration of fat cell in Drosophila“.
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London
The Cambridge Fly Club
The Cambridge Fly Club is an initiative aiming to unite all Drosophila scientists in Cambridge (UK). It brings together scientists from around 30 research groups (see List of Labs) from world leading institutes and departments in Cambridge, including the Nobel Prize winning institutes MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the Wellcome Trust/CR-UK Gurdon Institute.
We organise several events every year (See Past meetings) to maintain a positive dynamic and facilitate networking within this friendly and collaborative scientific community.
Our meetings are held every 2-3 months, on Wednesdays at 4:00 pm, at The Gurdon Institute (See Location).
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Check frequently this page to keep up to date with the upcoming meetings!
A normal Fly Meeting goes as follows: Before the talks of two speakers (from Group Leaders to finishing PhD students) we offer free pizza and beers to attendees to start discussion, meet up collaborators or welcome new members to the Fly community. The first talk starts at 4:00 pm, and is followed by a small break before the second talk starts. Each talk lasts for 20-30 minutes, including questions.
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