fruit flies

Shoring up the tissues that separate neurons and other brain cells from the circulatory system in fruit flies and mice can prolong life in the presence of a tumor.

The Harvard University evolutionary biologist pioneered the use of protein gel electrophoresis to study molecular genetics.  

In both Drosophila and mosquitoes, protection lasts for generations following a single maternal exposure to positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses.

In brain samples from people with Alzheimer’s disease, the protein aggregates more strongly bound proteins involved in processing RNA, the same study finds.

Genetically engineered Drosophila withstand toxins common in monarch butterflies’ diet.

The Francis Crick Institute neurobiologist aims to learn how physiological states, such as hunger, alter information processing in the brain.

The sei ion channel in fruit flies keeps their neuronal excitability in check.

Fly avatars bearing multiple genetic changes akin to those of a cancer patient lead to a tailor-made treatment that has shrunk the patient’s tumors.

Algorithms for motion capture help neuroscientists dig into the question of how the brain produces behavior.

Images from the country’s Chang’e-4 lunar lander show the first sprouting plants.

The Stanford University professor was known for his work on sex determination and courtship in flies.

Researchers show that Drosophila melanogaster males are capable of producing more modes of courtship song with their wings than previously thought.

A leader in the Drosophila community, the UCSD professor was well known for his so-called Red Book of fruit fly genetics.

Sex-deprived males seek out alcohol.

A new algorithm scrutinizes the most hard-to-read segments of the genome.

The DIY devices collect data and enable light stimulation, chamber agitation, and gas infusion.

Researchers examine the effects on the fruit fly intestine of the protein responsible for Fragile X syndrome in humans. 

In Drosophila larvae, the formation of blood cells takes place in a specialized organ, the lymph gland.

Young talks with The Scientist about studying circadian rhythms in fruit flies, the applications of his work beyond Drosophila, and winning the prize.