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What We Do
The Drosophila Resources team provides professional care, maintenance, and organization for Janelia's fly resources. Through a combination of a knowledgeable staff and automation, we build and maintain Drosophila stocks and offer expert advice, transgenic line production, and genetic and quarantine services.
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Equipment
- Three stock-changing robots:
- Run 12 hours a day with a maximum capacity of 27,648 stocks
- Can change 2,700-3,600 stocks per day, send an email if there’s a problem and make duplicate copies of the stock without changing database.
Services
Our expert staff will keep stocks and maintain fly repositories. They also will:
- Maintain 30,000 stocks in duplicate, on a four-week cycle, at 18 degrees C, with copies being two weeks apart in age
- Protect stocks by allowing access to only fly facility personnel
- Outsource transgenic work to various companies using the Phi C31 integrase system
- Monitor lab areas for stocks in need of maintenance
- Import and export fly stocks
- Quarantine all stocks that come to Janelia
- Set up crosses, perform stock constructions and recombinations
- Help with stock lists and labels
