Working in the Lab

What it's like working in the lab, our values, and data management.

Lab Values

Our lab is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion within the scientific community. We prioritise creating a safe and equitable space where every member and colleague is empowered to excel. We categorically oppose all forms of racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, ableism, and religious discrimination.

Our goal is to actively support our colleagues, elevate the voices of BAME and LGBTQ+ communities, and advocate for necessary changes. We also support lab members with caring responsibilities or dependents by providing a supportive and flexible working environment.

Our efforts extend to promoting open dialogue and accountability to become better colleagues and to broaden the accessibility of science to all. We are part of the broader School of Biological Sciences community, sharing a commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

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Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Data management

Datasets

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Most of our datasets are openly available on:

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Lab protocols

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Most of our lab protocols are available on:

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How the lab works and where everything is kept

If you're new to flies, and especially if you've just started working in our lab, I recommend you start by reading this detailed guide about how everything works, where everything is kept, and how we dispose of flies and other lab material.

 

The guides below are also extremely helpful introductions to fly work in general!

Cover image from "Drosophila Workers Unite", by Michele Markstein. A laboratory manual for working with Drosophila. The cover features a fruit fly in a blue shirt and red bandana, with arm raised to show bicep muscle,

Markstein M. (2018) Drosophila Workers Unite! A Laboratory Manual for Working with Drosophila. University of Mass/Amherst.

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Hales, K. G., Korey, C. A., Larracuente, A. M., & Roberts, D. M. (2015). Genetics on the fly: a primer on the Drosophila model system. Genetics, 201(3), 815-842.

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Troha, K., & Buchon, N. (2019). Methods for the study of innate immunity in Drosophila melanogaster. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology, 8(5), e344.

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