Drosophila
Posted by Chantel Morey on 2009-06-12
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In the Sherwood Lab, I work with drosophila and the affects of proteins that can lead to neurodegenerative diseases in humans and drosophila. These proteins cut the microtubule cytoskeleton in neurons and I am specifically studying the protein spastin. The human genome is very closely related to the genome of drosophila and by studying their genome we can learn more about humans. I spend a typical day in the lab analyzing the phenotypes of different flies and determining the genotypes that correspond. I am also crossing flies of different genotypes to study the DNA of the progeny through electrolysis. These are some of the things that I look at in an average day: 
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