Posts Tagged: drosophila
Orie Shafer: Researching the Sleep of a Fruit Fly
Did you know that the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a powerful model organism for the...
A fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeding on a banana. (Photo by Sanjay Acharya, Wikipedia)
William Ja Seminar: 'Eat, Excrete, & Die: Regulation of Homeostatic Behaviors and Aging in Drosophila'
"Eat, Excrete, & Die: Regulation of Homeostatic Behaviors and Aging in Drosophila." That's the...
This cartoon from the lab of William Ja will illustrate his Jan. 22 seminar on "Eat, Excrete, & Die: Regulation of Homeostatic Behaviors and Aging in Drosophila."
Katie Thompson-Peer: Fruit Flies as a Model to Study Dendrite Regeneration
The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is widely used for biological...
This is the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, that Katie Thompson-Peer uses in her biological research. (Photo by André Karwath, Wikipedia)
Christine Tabuloc's Seminar: Inside Her Intricate Research World of Drosophila
Remember the spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii? Native to Southeast Asia, it infests...
A spotted-wing drosphila, Drosophila suzukii, targeting a raspberry. Native to Southeast Asia, it infests soft-skinned fruits such as strawberries, raspberries, cherries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches and grape. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wanhe Li: Fruit Flies Eat More and Sleep Less When They're Isolated and Lonely
Like humans, fruit flies eat more and sleep less when they're isolated and lonely. So says...
A fruit fly edging toward a raspberry. This fruit fly is the spotted-wing Drosophila. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)