STEM Life, Health and Chemical Sciences

Genetics Lab

What this lab helps me to achieve

• culture and maintain Drosophilla fly stocks
• observe Drosophilla under a microscope
• manipulate Drosophilla genome
• understand genetics and inheritance traits
• draw conclusions of heredity patterns form data obtained

Who can use it

• all STEM students, academics, visiting researchers.

What instruments are there

• incubators
• CO₂ fly pads
• CO₂ gun
• dissecting microscope
• fly food station

Where is the lab located

• Venables C Wing

Who is responsible for this lab

• Brett Keith
• George Bryant

Research groups using this lab

• Ilias Kounatidis
• Robert Saunders
• Claire Kotecki

Learn more about genes and genetics

• free course on What do genes do?
• free course on Meiosis and Mitosis
• free course on What is genome made of?
• free course on Gene testing
• free course on Gene manipulation in plants