For more information, please contact the O’Connor-Giles, Harrison, or Wildonger labs. Our plasmids are available through Addgene and the Drosophila Genomics Resource Center. Our flies can be obtained from the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center.
Kate O’Connor-Giles is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University. The O’Connor-Giles lab investigates synapse formation, function, and plasticity.
Melissa Harrison is an Associate Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Harrison lab is elucidating the molecular mechanisms that regulate early zygotic transcription.
Jill Wildonger is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wildonger lab studies neuronal polarity and microtubule-based transport.
Scott Gratz is a Scientist in the O’Connor-Giles lab. Scott played a lead role in adopting the CRISPR/Cas9 system for use in Drosophila and is continuing to work on improving the system and expanding its applications.
Dustin Rubinstein is the Director of the Gene Editing & Animal Models facility at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a postdoctoral researcher in the O’Connor-Giles lab, Dustin built Target Finder.