Europe Drosophila Society | Junior European Drosophila Investigators

The European Drosophila Society was registered as a non-profit association in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2023.

To oversee the organisation of the European Drosophila Research Conference and other meetings
To promote Drosophila research in Europe
To promote educational initiatives explaining the value of the Drosophila model
To advocate for Drosophila research and represent the interests of the European Drosophila community to national and international institutions
To promote cohesion and cooperation among Drosophila researchers worldwide and to support common infrastructure
To promote interactions between the European Drosophila community and other scientific communities

The European Drosophila Board is driven by a number of values/principles

To defend the value of basic science driven by the curiosity of independent investigators
To promote a better representation of diversity in the scientific community in terms of gender, country and ethnicity
To encourage the use of Drosophila to address environmental and societal issues (loss of biodiversity, insecticides, global warming, human and veterinary diseases….)
To promote solid and reproducible research with the highest standards
To advocate that the benefits of science are shared among the whole community
To favour the sharing of knowledge and open access communication
To promote the educational role of science and the communication with the lay public
To favour the development of common resources for the community

You can read the full constituion here and enroll on their main page.

This is an EXTREMELY</b> useful initiative for the promotion of basic research using our favourite model organism!