#inktober2021 Day 25: If you #splat it, they will come. Though #fruitflies have their individual lives, they are social #insects and benefit from being together. So, they gather to eat, mate and lay eggs. (1/3) #scicomm #sciart #stem #chemicalecology #nature #biology #flyroom
#inktober2021 Day22: #Open big! A lot of the research done with #fruitflies involves #disection. This means opening up the fly to take a look inside. We use different techniques to give color to the specific structures, and see them through the #microscope 🔬. (1/2) #scicomm
#inktober2021 Day 19: An infinite #loop The #DNA is a very long #molecule. To fit in the cell it is looped around proteins, packed into what we call #chromosomes. At the beginning of the 20th-century, work in #fruitflies showed that the chromosomes contained the #genes. (1/3)
#inktober2021. Day 16 Want to learn about bird's #compass? Study #fruitflies! Birds can sense the earth's magnetic field, and use it as a compass to find their way in their long trips. But, how do they do it? (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #stemm #Navigation
#inktober2021 Day 15: See-through #helmet How can we study brain activity in an animal as they go about their day? Here a cool new method using #fruitflies (1/4) #scicomm #sciart #biology #circuits #Drosophila
