...and Presentations

April 2025 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium

Xavier Choussat (undergrad)- Poster presentation at The Michigan League, entitled "The Effect of Insulin-like Peptides 2 and 3 on Drosophila melanogaster Metabolic Activities". Co-authored with Christi Gendron Ph.D.

Luciana Zecchin (undergrad)- Poster presentation in the Biomedical Science Research Building, entitled "Identifying Which Tissues Regulate Lifespan In Response to Death Perception". Co-authored by Christi Gendron Ph.D.

April 2024 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium

Madelynn Verheek, Senior in the Class of 2024, and Pletcher lab member since September 2021. Maddy was presenting her Senior project (Dissecting rewarding effects of Drosulfakinin (DSK) on males under social stress in Drosophila melanogaster) at the Chemistry building. She has been a research assistant, mentoring under research scientist Tatyana Fedina for her last five semesters. Maddy will be working in Chicago, at the Rush University Medical Center until she starts Medical School. The Pletcher lab wishes her "Well!" in her future endeavors.

April 2023 UROP 2023 Spring Research Symposium

Representing the Pletcher lab at this years UROP Symposium held at The Michigan League is First-year UROP student, Sydney Jones, pictured with her co-author and mentor, Christi Gendron Ph.D.

Sydney presenting her poster "Investigating the Impact of Environmental Conditions on Drosophila melanogaster Feeding and Aging" to an interested party.

March 1 -5, 2023 64th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago, IL...

Undergraduate, Yousef Emara, presenting his poster "Understanding the Role of NPF in Mediating Social Behaviour"

Former Post-Doc, Yang Lyu, presenting her poster... co-authored by undergraduate David Boettger, former undergraduate Maris Tjilos, and Dr. Pletcher

September 27 - October 1, 2022 Cold Spring Harbor, Mechanisms of Aging

Pletcher, Scott- Talk: Modulation of Drosophila aging by nutrient demand and reward

Henry, Evelynn- Poster: Identifying and characterizing a longevity control center in the Drosophila brain

Chakraborty, Tuhin S- Virtual Poster: The neuronal and molecular mechanisms by which death perception impacts fly behavior and lifespan

Evie Henry, pictured here, on the right, presenting her poster

July 29, 2022 Kahn Auditorium, Biomedical Science Research Building

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Summer Research Student Jailyn Loor, from Cornell University, presenting "Understanding the role of Neuropeptide F in mediating social behavior in Drosophila"

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