Nina Mitchell and Abhi Krovvidi traveled to Jefferson City to present their research at the Missouri State Capitol. Their poster, titled "Appetitive Olfactory Short-Term Memory Detection Utilizing Y-Maze Paradigm in Drosophila melanogaster" explains their work in adapting an appetitive olfactory long-term memory paradigm into a short-term assay. Additionally, they use an updated Y-maze and have adapted the assay to greatly improve the movement of flies into the decision arms of the apparatus. Implementing both short- and long-term memory paradigms in tandem can investigate memory-related processes over a span of time and help further advance the process of memory acquisition, short-term storage, and consolidation into long-term memory. We are proud of their hard work and representation of the Dissel Lab in front of Missouri's lawmakers!