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2020

JULY 2020
6 years in the making, our new paper in PNAS dissects the roles of seminal fluid versus sperm in mediating reproductive ageing in males. We also found that the decline can be postponed –  read here! 

MAY 2020
We're joining  the superb Department of Evolution, Ecology & Behaviour, in the new Institute of Infection Veterinary and Ecological Sciences  at the University of Liverpool. It is an exciting place to be – come join us!

APR 2020
When do female flies get aggressive after mating?  Is it the same for different strains? Does machine learning work for scoring fly female aggression? See our new paper to get the answers!

MAR 2020
Our new paper in Roy Soc Open Sci identifies odd looking 'presences' (for want of a better word) in the spermathecal ducts of some female flies. They seem to associate with sperm competition outcomes – see what you think! 

FEB 2020
Dresden here we come! In February I'm heading to the Technische Universität Dresden for 6 months as a Dresden Senior Fellow, to set up new collaborations with Klaus Reinhard.


​2019

NOV 2019
Another PNAS paper,  again led by Ben Hopkins, which shows how activity of Drosophila male prostate-like secondary cells influences the seminal proteome & sperm dynamics in the female.

AUG 2019
Our PNAS paper, led by Ben Hopkins, shows how males can alter their sperm and seminal fluid proteins differently in response to rival males. Complete with explanatory video!
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MAR 2019
Our Mol Cell Proteomics paper, led by Irem Sepil, uses a novel quantitative proteomics method to identify new Drosophila seminal proteins.

JAN 2019
Our Nat Comms paper shows how polyandry affects sexual selection on males – great work from Ju Morimoto & the team!
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2018

NOV 2018
Our new paper in Proc B, on fly nervous system-sex effects on behaviour & lifespan, is the work of two terrific undergrad project students, Ewan & Tomoyo!

OCT 2018 
We have a new paper in Functional Ecology, lead by Ellie Bath, showing how juvenile lifestyles affect adult fighting in females

JUL 2018 
Read this article in the Mirror explaining the similarities between Love Island and our research on fly sex
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2017

AUG 2017 
Check out Sally Le Page’s new (and first) paper, on male relatedness and familiarity, and sexual conflict in fruit flies (
open access)!

JUL 2017 
Welcome to Dani Edmunds, who started her DPhil studies in the fly lab today, supervised by Jen Perry and Stu Wigby.


JUN 2017 
Check out our new 
quick guide to seminal fluid, out now in Current Biology

MAY 2017 
Our new 
Nature Ecology & Evolution paper shows that sperm and sex peptide increase aggression in female flies!

MAR 2017 
We did an 
Oxford Sparks twitter takeover! 

FEB 2017 
Check out our new fly-sex karaoke 
podcast!

JAN 2017 
​New paper from lab alumni Cedric Tan, on his PhD work on 
relatedness and sexual selection in the red junglefowl
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