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Drosophila melanogaster
A powerful and tractable model for understanding development and function of tissues and organs of mammalian systems
Living explanted larval brain
Part of 3D time-lapse movie of an explanted larval brain showing the divisions of neural stem cells. In red: histone-RFP. In green: Jupiter-GFP marking the microtubule cytoskeleton showing the cell divisions. .
Research Case Study: Spatial Biology and Tissue Diagnostics
Professor Ilan Davis discuss how their research into spatial biology is helping change the way we see and treat neurodegenerative diseases
Drosophila blastoderm embryo expressing nlsGFP
This live movie shows a Drosophila blastoderm embryo expressing nlsGFP, which highlights the monolayer of nuclei at the periphery in green. The red signal represents Cy3-labeled runt RNA, which was labeled in vitro and microinjected into the cytoplasm. The RNA is subsequently transported apically (above the nuclei) along microtubules by the minus-end-directed molecular motor Dynein. The time-lapse movie was captured around the year 2000 by Gavin Wilkie and Ilan Davis at the University of Edinburgh using a DeltaVision widefield microscope by Applied Precision.
Transgenic Drosophila embryo expressing nlsGFP
This live transgenic Drosophila embryo expresses nlsGFP, a construct made by Ilan Davis during his postdoc in Pat O'Farrell's lab (Davis et al., Dev Biology, 1995). The embryo was imaged in 1998 using a wide-field DeltaVision microscope from Applied Precision by Ilan Davis, shortly after establishing his own lab at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Drosophila PDF neurons in a male adult brain
This movie features a transgenic Drosophila line expressing RFP under the control of the pdf promoter, highlighting the circadian-positive small and large LNV neurons in yellow. The blue signal represents DAPI, a nuclear marker. The video was captured using the Leica Stellaris 8 by Sofia Polcownuk.