string: Border cell motility requires a precise level of STAT activity, which is tightly regulated by a genetic circuit that includes attenuationmediated by Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling at 36E (Socs36E) (Starz-Gaiano et al., 2008; Yoon et al., 2011; Montell et al., 2012; Monahan and Starz-Gaiano, 2013).