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Cells build connections in organisms, and thus, form tissues that only allow certain substances or cells to pass through. In her doctoral thesis, biologist Thea Jacobs has carried out investigations on this process using a simple model – fruit fly eggs. In a guest article, she provides insight into her day-to-day research and explains what she has discovered so far.

Neurobiologist Dr Bente Winkler is investigating how fruit fly brains react to inflammation. To do this, she is using genetically modified fruit flies in which a reaction of the immune system can be artificially activated. In this guest article, she explains how this could contribute to disease research.

PhD students and postdocs from the Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre took part in a workshop on science communication and subsequently created articles about their research. Using different media and narrative styles, four of them report on various aspects of their research on the fruit fly.