August 2024
The press has highlighted our recent publication in Nature.
University press release
A twitter thread
Check out a movie about our research
Love is blind for male fruit flies who will choose sex over safety
El amor es ciego... por lo menos, en las moscas de la fruta
Pesquisadores descobrem que moscas machos ignoram perigos durante acasalamento
Chez les drosophiles, le sexe à ses risques et périls (Le Monde)
Las moscas de la fruta macho ignoran las amenazas cuando pueden tener sexo
Liebe macht Fruchtfliegen-Männchen blind
El amor es ciego para los machos de la mosca de la fruta
¿El amor es “ciego”?
Carolina was interviewed on an Argentine radio news programme
Watch a movie about our work
May 2022
'Fruit flies prioritise mating over survival'. Check out the press release on our last paper led by Saloni Rose. Here.
Saloni's paper on the trade-off between immunity and reproduction has been covered by >150 newspapers and news websites. Here are a few ones:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/university-of-birmingham-animals-b2076133.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-40869632.html
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/university-of-birmingham-animals-b999265.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10802157/Fruit-flies-sex-theyre-ill-study-finds.html
October 2021
Carolina discussed the science we do in the lab in the week's Scientistt podcast. Check it out here.
August 2021
Sex or food? Inside a fruit fly's brain as it makes that decision. BBC news covered our work. Check it out here.
A great Twitter threat explaining our findings, by Annika Barber here.
To court or to eat? That is the question (at least for the fly). Flying Thru Science explained our recent work with simple language and nice cartoons. It's very cool, check it out here.
Fruit Flies Choose Food Over Sex When Deprived of Both. InsideScience covered our study. Check it out here.
Can fruit flies help us to understand Alzheimer's disease better? BBC news covered our study in their website. Check it out here.
Food or sex? Fruit flies give insight into decision-making. Check out the press release of our study here
