Junior European Drosophila Investigators

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Who are the JEDIs

The JEDIs are early career scientists working on Drosophila melanogaster in Europe and having recently established their independent research group.
The JEDI Club was founded to allow Junior European Drosophila Investigators to share ideas, expertise, and resources. This portal serves as a hub for JEDIs to get to know each other and interact, both through these pages and via our mailing list.

Can I become a JEDI?

If you are a group leader running your own Drosophila research lab for up to seven years, whether on a tenure-track or temporary position, we invite you to join us. Please take a few minutes to fill out this form.

Who is behind this?

The JEDI club originated by a brainstorming session between Bart Deplancke and Alex Stark. Within a few months the group grew to more than 60 members, spread all over Europe and working in Universities and Research Institutes. Alex and Bart were then flanked in the organization by Giorgio Gilestro, Pavel Tomancak and Yogi Yaeger.
Starting in 2025, the organization is restarting with these people.

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Mar 09, 2025 Up to date map of the registered attendees on March 9th alt text

After closing the registration, here's the word cloud of themes that will be present on site for the resurrection of the JEDIs. Looking forward to meeting y'all there!

[image or embed]— Junior European Drosophila Investigators (@fly-jedi.bsky.social) March 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Dec 16, 2024 Last 10 days to register to the JEDI meeting 2025 in Chateau du Feÿ here !.
Dec 16, 2024 Registration opening for the JEDI meeting 2025 in Chateau du Feÿ here before Feb. 28th!.

Dear Droso peeps, we re-announce the upcoming JEDI meeting that will take place at Château du Feÿ from June 3rd to 5th in 2025. You'll find a prelim program flies-jedi.github.io/projects/202... We're hoping to gather about 45 of more or less young droso PI to reboot the community. -> Register Now!

[image or embed]— Junior European Drosophila Investigators (@fly-jedi.bsky.social) January 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dec 16, 2024 Rebooting the FlyJEDI community.