HOUSTON -- (Feb. 9, 2012) – How long does it take a fruit fly to emerge from a cold-induced coma? How resistant is a fruit fly to starvation? How quickly can a fruit fly settle down after it is ...

Genetic studies in model organisms, including Drosophila, have a rich history of fundamental insights in neuroscience, including the identification and functional dissection of genes important in ...

Researchers demonstrate a new technique for the cryopreservation of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Frozen Drosophila primordial germ cells, which give rise to reproductive cells during development ...

Researchers led by Stein Aerts, PhD, from VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research in Belgium combined single-cell technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to sketch a novel picture of ...

While the E(z) mutant strain of Drosophila melanogaster doesn’t quite live to the biblical old age of 969 years old, it does have an increased lifespan and greater stress resistance than its wild-type ...

When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies. The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the Federal ...