Geoffrey Ganter’s laboratory has research article accepted for publication

Geoffrey Ganter, Ph.D., associate professor of biology in CAS and a faculty member in the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN), along with several students and 91AV alumni has had an original research paper accepted by the Journal of Insect Physiology. The paper, entitled “Drosophila female precopulatory behavior is modulated by ecdysteroids” describes a neurogenetic connection between steroid hormones and sexual behavior in the fruit fly.  The team that carried out the project included a number of current, Kelsey Kincaid (2013), Joselle O’Brien (2013), former undergraduates, CAS alumni Anda Panaitiu (2011), Leonard Tan (2011) and Joseph Desilets (2010), and Master’s student, Jessica Davis-Knowlton.  All of the involved CAS alumni are currently attending graduate or medical schools.

Citation: Ganter GK, Desilets JB, Davis-Knowlton JA, Panaitiu AE, Sweezy M, Sungail J, Tan LC, Adams AM, Fisher EA, O'Brien JR, Kincaid KM, Heinrich R. Drosophila female precopulatory behavior is modulated by ecdysteroids. J Insect Physiol. 2012 Jan 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22265929.

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