On A Snowy Day - Some News From Last Summer
12/13/2007
Today's weather leads to thoughts of last Summer...
During the Summer, 2007, New Paltz student Regina Klein, did research in Dr. Aaron Haselton's lab.
Regina is studying sleep/activity patterns in fruit fly Drosophila. (Sleep little babies, sleep ....). Regulating the photoperiod and temperature of the little maggots is crucial, so a lab incubator is used. [NOTE: The cage in the background contains our Desperate Houseflies, but those are for another student project this fall.]
Throughout the fall, Regina plotted the flies' daily patterns of activity and checked up on her research subjects each day. The physiology of sleep is a hot topic in biology and medicine, and this experimental system will allow a genetic analysis.
Regina plans to present her work at an undergraduate research meeting, such as the Student Research Symposium (SRS).
