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