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Abstract: The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a classical model organism of embryonic development. 

The mechanisms that lead from an unstructured embryo to an adult, fully-developed animal are at the core of biology, and their investigation keeps unveiling surprises and discoveries. I shall cover the first two hours (at room temperature)  of this fascinating process, illustrating the numerous and relevant contributions  brought by the overlap between biology and physics, which covers a broad  range of phenomena from fluid dynamics to mechanics.