MBON screen progress 26.05.2026

on Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 9:05 | by

TH Driver lines larval expression verification

on Friday, May 22nd, 2026 12:57 | by

MB299B>UAS-mCD8::GFP; aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil

MBON screen progress 18.05.2026

on Monday, May 18th, 2026 12:32 | by

PI- values for world learning torque experiments. As usual the flies were tethered and subjected to adverse stimuli by laser dependent on torque domain, which also controlled arena color. Flies that show positive PI at the end indicate premature habit formation as WT flies don’t learn under these conditions in this time frame.
Same as above except the pretest preference has been subtraced
Current p-values for all the tested groups. Should be 25-30 flies at trial end.

Trans-tango repeat from previous week

on Monday, May 18th, 2026 12:21 | by

I was not able get any trans-tango signal from my reciprocal MB399B crosses so I repeated the experiment with anti-RFP antibody instead of anti-HA antibody

77124xMB399B (MBON02 reciprocal cross) stained with rabbit anti-GFP (2nd: anti-rabbit 488), rat anti-RFP (2nd: anti-rat 555), nc82 (2nd: anti-mouse 650)

MBON02 trans-tango images from Kaun Lab as reference:

Tango imaging

on Monday, May 11th, 2026 12:32 | by

99661xSS98650 (retro tango imaging for b3 mn) stained with rabbit anti-GFP (2nd: anti-rabbit 488), rat anti-RFP (2n: anti-rat 555), nc82 (2nd: anti-mouse 650)

GFP channel:

somehow my antibodies decided to work on retro tango flies even though I did not change anything in the protocol

retro-tango channel:

b3 presynaptic neurons from BANC dataset:

99661xSS48311 (b3 mn) stained with rabbit anti-GFP (2nd: anti-rabbit 488), rat anti-RFP (2n: anti-rat 555), nc82 (2nd: anti-mouse 650)

GFP:

Retro-tango:

99661xSS40980 (b1 mn) stained with rabbit anti-GFP (2nd: anti-rabbit 488), rat anti-RFP (2n: anti-rat 555), nc82 (2nd: anti-mouse 650)

GFP:

retro-tango:

b1 presynaptic neurons from BANC dataset:

77124xMB399B (MBON02 reciprocal cross) stained with rabbit anti-GFP (2nd: anti-rabbit 488), rat anti-HA (2n: anti-rat 555), nc82 (2nd: anti-mouse 650)

GFP:

trans-tango:

trans-tango maximum intensity projection:

MBON screen progress 11.05.2026

on Monday, May 11th, 2026 12:25 | by

Results from premature habit formation torque measurements of four drosophila crosses: MB399B, MB050B & MB027B gal4 driver lines crossed with UAS-Tetanus toxin lines and Wild type Berlin crossed with UAS-TnT as control. Which line is which is still unknown as the screen is incomplete and researcher must remain blind. It appears two crosses strongly form habits prematurely, one doesn’t and one is still on the borderline.

PI-values subtracted:

Same results as above except with pretest bias subtracted.

p-values:

p-values for the different groups

Finished salt (1.5 M) avoidance tests in larvae (Dop2R) under red and blue light

on Thursday, March 26th, 2026 2:25 | by

ARL <-> ABL: 0.009

BRL <-> BBL: 0.053

TH Driver lines larval expression verification

on Monday, March 16th, 2026 10:58 | by

TH-D’-Gal4>UAS-mCD8::GFP; aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil

NP1568-Gal4>UAS-mCD8::GFP (adult brains); aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil

TH Driver lines larval expression verification

on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 12:04 | by

NP1568-Gal4/CyO>UAS-mCD8::GFP; aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil

TH Driver lines larval expression verification

on Monday, March 2nd, 2026 12:28 | by

NP0047-Gal4/CyO>UAS-mCD8::GFP; aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil

TH-D’-Gal4>UAS>>mCD8::GFP,UAS>>mCD8::GFP; aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil

TH-D1-Gal4>UAS>>mCD8::GFP,UAS>>mCD8::GFP; aGFP (rabbit), NC82 (aBrp, mouse), GAR AF 488, GAM AF 555; Leica SP8, 20x immersion oil