Our department houses the MSU transgenic Drosophila facility, a specially equipped microinjection laboratory which is suitable for generation of lines of transgenic flies via P-element mediated germline transformation.

Transgenic Drosophila are currently being generated for studies of gene expression in Drosophila and other dipteran species, for structure/function studies of ion channels, and mitochondrial DNA polymerase. Such recombinant flies are also suitable for overexpression of recombinant proteins.

The facility is open to all users on the Michigan State Campus. Investigators interested in creating such Drosophila lines should contact the Facility Director, David Arnosti, for more information.