Retro-tango confocal images and Torquemeter practice results
on Monday, January 26th, 2026 12:43 | by Ipek Subay
Retro-tango:

(2023) retro-Tango enables versatile retrograde circuit tracing in Drosophila eLife 12:e85041. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.85041
Retro-tango genotype: y[1] w[*] P{y[+t7.7] w[+mC]=QUAS-mtdTomato-3xHA.S}su(Hw)attP8; P{y[+t7.7] w[+mC]=retro-Tango(panneuronal)}attP40/SM6b; P{y[+t7.7] w[+mC]=10xUAS-retro-Tango(ligand)-P2A-EGFP-F}attP2
Crossed with IS69306 (BDSC 601295 and 75552) split-Gal4 driver to express in b1 motor neurons. CNSs stained with anti-GFP Rabbit, (2nd ab: goat anti-rabbit 488), anti-HA Rat (2nd ab: goat anti-rat 555), nc82 (2nd ab: goat anti-mouse 647)




Channel 1 (Green: Laser Line ( 496 nm) Intensity: 23.99%) Spectral Positions/Gain/Offset: (501nm – 556nm) / 865.7 / -0.03
Channel 2 (Blue: Laser Line ( 561 nm) Intensity: 13.10%) Spectral Positions/Gain/Offset: (566nm – 639nm) / 537.7 / 0.03
Channel 3 (Red: Laser Line ( 633 nm) Intensity: 23.99%) Spectral Positions/Gain/Offset: (644nm – 776nm) / 802.9 / -0.01
Second line retro-tango crossed with SS98650 (split-Gal4 driver line from Janelia targeting b3 motor neurons)




Settings are same as above
Torquemeter Practice with WTB Flies
N=10 out of 24 glued flies
Optomotor at start:


Optomotor end:


Performance index:

Performance subtracted:


rut and rad expression in ventral nerve cord:
cells that express all 4 genes more than 2 fold, 889 cells in total

Top genes expressed in all of these cells:

Category: Habit formation, retro-tango
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