In this course, students will…

• Maintain and identify female and male fruit flies and microdissection their brains
• Develop testable scientific hypothesis and design a statistically relevant experimental design
• Critically assess primary scientific literature
• Become familiar with molecular biology concepts including DNA and RNA structure, transcription, and gene expression quantification
• Isolate and assess the quality of DNA
• Perform behavioral bioassays and generate data
• Utilize metagenomics sequencing (nanopore)
• Apply statistical methods to analyze differential gene expression
• Apply fundamental bioinformatics analysis to infer biological relevance of experimental exposures
• Design a scientific poster and present their findings in a formal science seminar setting