Alissa Armstrong
@armstrongflylab.bsky.social
Using Drosophila melanogaster to study inter-organ communication in nutritional responses. Posts by Alissa Armstrong. She/her
Happy to share the lab’s latest preprint! Led by PhD student @isaiahwill.bsky.social, we hope that this thorough characterization of expression patterns for many #drosophila fat body driver lines will be a useful resource to the fruit fly community.
June 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Happy to share the lab’s latest preprint! Led by PhD student @isaiahwill.bsky.social, we hope that this thorough characterization of expression patterns for many #drosophila fat body driver lines will be a useful resource to the fruit fly community.
I’m so proud of J’nea and Lena ! Both have been a joy to train and mentor as they’ve developed academically and personally. Yesterday at #DiscoverUSC2026, they showcased their research projects with expertise, confidence, and enthusiasm.
April 25, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I’m so proud of J’nea and Lena ! Both have been a joy to train and mentor as they’ve developed academically and personally. Yesterday at #DiscoverUSC2026, they showcased their research projects with expertise, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to @isaiahwill.bsky.social on being awarded a SPARC grant from @uscresearch.bsky.social, which will help support his awesome PhD work! #drosophila 🪰🔬👨🏽🔬
April 22, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Huge CONGRATULATIONS to @isaiahwill.bsky.social on being awarded a SPARC grant from @uscresearch.bsky.social, which will help support his awesome PhD work! #drosophila 🪰🔬👨🏽🔬
A different, refreshing way to do group lab meeting suggested by @jennagraham10.bsky.social Ideas brewing, projects moving! 🪰👩🏾🔬👨🏾🔬👩🏼🔬👩🏽🔬👩🏻🔬🪰
April 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
A different, refreshing way to do group lab meeting suggested by @jennagraham10.bsky.social Ideas brewing, projects moving! 🪰👩🏾🔬👨🏾🔬👩🏼🔬👩🏽🔬👩🏻🔬🪰
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the new Dr. David Duncan for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation today!!!🥳🎊👨🏾🔬🪰
March 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the new Dr. David Duncan for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation today!!!🥳🎊👨🏾🔬🪰
One of the things I do to decompress - cross stitch. I’ve been making pieces that are related to my research. This is the first one I completed (a while ago) of a germarium of the #drosophila ovary.
March 13, 2026 at 9:06 PM
One of the things I do to decompress - cross stitch. I’ve been making pieces that are related to my research. This is the first one I completed (a while ago) of a germarium of the #drosophila ovary.
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
STEM Black History Fact 23/28
George Washington Carver’s work on crop diversification improved nutrition, soil health, and food security, key determinants of public health. kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
George Washington Carver’s work on crop diversification improved nutrition, soil health, and food security, key determinants of public health. kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Black Scientists and Inventors | Black History Month
Learn about these inspiring men and women.
kids.nationalgeographic.com
February 26, 2026 at 2:50 AM
STEM Black History Fact 23/28
George Washington Carver’s work on crop diversification improved nutrition, soil health, and food security, key determinants of public health. kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
George Washington Carver’s work on crop diversification improved nutrition, soil health, and food security, key determinants of public health. kids.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
My visit to Berkeley last week to give a talk about the lab’s research for the MCB seminar series was AWESOME! Many stimulating conversations about science, mentoring, lab culture and community outreach. The icing on the cake was meeting @ongkaty.bsky.social. I love her pins, stickers, and patches!
February 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
My visit to Berkeley last week to give a talk about the lab’s research for the MCB seminar series was AWESOME! Many stimulating conversations about science, mentoring, lab culture and community outreach. The icing on the cake was meeting @ongkaty.bsky.social. I love her pins, stickers, and patches!
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
I've emerged from my faculty job app cocoon to open up the Etsy shop for a bit. Come grab some #Drosophila swag and support @flybase.bsky.social ! All proceeds are donated, here's the belated donation from December's sales.
February 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I've emerged from my faculty job app cocoon to open up the Etsy shop for a bit. Come grab some #Drosophila swag and support @flybase.bsky.social ! All proceeds are donated, here's the belated donation from December's sales.
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
James Walts & co use #Drosophila melanogaster to investigate how exercise impacts body composition, specifically, protein content. doi.org/10.1242/bio....
#ExercisePhysiology #Metabolites #TreadWheel #GWAS
#ExercisePhysiology #Metabolites #TreadWheel #GWAS
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
James Walts & co use #Drosophila melanogaster to investigate how exercise impacts body composition, specifically, protein content. doi.org/10.1242/bio....
#ExercisePhysiology #Metabolites #TreadWheel #GWAS
#ExercisePhysiology #Metabolites #TreadWheel #GWAS
Excited that Lena's undergraduate research efforts have been recognized by funding in the form of a Magellan Scholar Grant. We look forward to learning more about how RTK-mediated signaling allows fat tissue to communicate to ovarian tissue in #drosophila. 🪰🔬
January 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Excited that Lena's undergraduate research efforts have been recognized by funding in the form of a Magellan Scholar Grant. We look forward to learning more about how RTK-mediated signaling allows fat tissue to communicate to ovarian tissue in #drosophila. 🪰🔬
Today we celebrated @chsphd.bsky.social earning his doctoral degree at the hooding ceremony. It’s the end of an era, with all members of the first generation of Armstrong lab earning their degrees. #uofsc25 #uofscbiologicalsciences
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Today we celebrated @chsphd.bsky.social earning his doctoral degree at the hooding ceremony. It’s the end of an era, with all members of the first generation of Armstrong lab earning their degrees. #uofsc25 #uofscbiologicalsciences
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
Download our large database of funding opportunities for early-career faculty and researchers
Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
433 funding opportunities.
Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
433 funding opportunities.
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Download our large database of funding opportunities for early-career faculty and researchers
Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
433 funding opportunities.
Download it here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
433 funding opportunities.
End of Fall 2025 Celebration with the Armstrong Lab!
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
End of Fall 2025 Celebration with the Armstrong Lab!
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
Aurélia Joly, @micro-megs.bsky.social & co show that stem cell-intrinsic NF-κB activity is crucial for preventing apoptosis and ensuring proper intestinal epithelial repair following injury in #Drosophila. 🪰
doi.org/10.1242/bio....
#StemCells #Intestine
doi.org/10.1242/bio....
#StemCells #Intestine
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Aurélia Joly, @micro-megs.bsky.social & co show that stem cell-intrinsic NF-κB activity is crucial for preventing apoptosis and ensuring proper intestinal epithelial repair following injury in #Drosophila. 🪰
doi.org/10.1242/bio....
#StemCells #Intestine
doi.org/10.1242/bio....
#StemCells #Intestine
Played a modified version of BINGO in my Fundamental Genetics class today, and the students enjoyed it!
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Played a modified version of BINGO in my Fundamental Genetics class today, and the students enjoyed it!
Today a major milestone was achieved as @chsphd.bsky.social gave a beautiful presentation and successfully defended his dissertation. CONGRATULATIONS to the newly minted Dr. Simmons!!! 🎉🥳🍾🪰🔬👨🏾🔬
October 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Today a major milestone was achieved as @chsphd.bsky.social gave a beautiful presentation and successfully defended his dissertation. CONGRATULATIONS to the newly minted Dr. Simmons!!! 🎉🥳🍾🪰🔬👨🏾🔬
An Armstrong lab trainee is preparing to leave the nest - @chsphd.bsky.social presents his doctoral work and defends is dissertation next week.
October 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
An Armstrong lab trainee is preparing to leave the nest - @chsphd.bsky.social presents his doctoral work and defends is dissertation next week.
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
If you are a researcher whose lab uses FlyBase, consider a tax-deductible personal contribution. A lot of $100 contributions would help bridge the gap until we can set up a user fee system, and even $10 donations send the folks there the message we're behind them. Please share
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
#Drosophila community in the US and non- EU countries, please donate to help us support #Flybase. People behind the scenes have put in incredible effort over the past few months - as someone who has seen some of it first hand at #IUBloomington, they deserve all the praise. Please share and donate !
FlyBase needs your help! We ask that European labs continue to contribute to Cambridge, UK FlyBase, whereas US and other non-European labs can contribute to US FlyBase. For more information and how to donate: wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase...
FlyBase:Contribute to FlyBase - FlyBase Wiki
wiki.flybase.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#Drosophila community in the US and non- EU countries, please donate to help us support #Flybase. People behind the scenes have put in incredible effort over the past few months - as someone who has seen some of it first hand at #IUBloomington, they deserve all the praise. Please share and donate !
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
#Bluesky #Blacksky #Edusky Would you repost to help my students in rural SC? Your donation can brighten the classroom experience for our students. Your generosity will make a huge difference in the lives of our students, & I would really appreciate your assistance. www.amazon.com/baby-reg/die...
a thank you card with watercolor hearts on a white background
ALT: a thank you card with watercolor hearts on a white background
media.tenor.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#Bluesky #Blacksky #Edusky Would you repost to help my students in rural SC? Your donation can brighten the classroom experience for our students. Your generosity will make a huge difference in the lives of our students, & I would really appreciate your assistance. www.amazon.com/baby-reg/die...
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
I am really excited to be a part of this team. We took our time writing this, putting a lot of thought into how our journeys as #NativesInSTEM were affected by different aspects of Universities and looking for commonalities across the world. I hope folks in academia appreciate this work.
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I am really excited to be a part of this team. We took our time writing this, putting a lot of thought into how our journeys as #NativesInSTEM were affected by different aspects of Universities and looking for commonalities across the world. I hope folks in academia appreciate this work.
Early-career #Drosophila biologists (grad students, postdoc, pre-tenure faculty) looking to add a me tore to your mentoring network, be sure to complete the survey by 9/1 so that you can be matched to the best mentor possible.
#FlyCROSS mentee surveys are open for #earlycareer #Drosophila scientists. If you're a #gradstudent #postdoc or pretenure faculty or equivalent - fill up the survey by Sept 1 to participate & be matched by #mentor of your preferences to gain guidance to your unique needs. @flybase.bsky.social
docs.google.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Early-career #Drosophila biologists (grad students, postdoc, pre-tenure faculty) looking to add a me tore to your mentoring network, be sure to complete the survey by 9/1 so that you can be matched to the best mentor possible.
Reposted by Alissa Armstrong
👇 Contact me if you're interested!
As Requested - A Starter Pack of PIs in Biology (or adjacent) fields who are recruiting POSTDOCS! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you wish to be added! go.bsky.app/4gbXXR3
July 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👇 Contact me if you're interested!