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Preston Santo

Person: Undergraduate Researcher

I joined the Randall Lab in the winter of 2024 as a volunteer and was later brought on as an official member. My research focuses on antimicrobial peptides, and I am currently involved in developing a rapid, non-toxic antimicrobial peptide screening technology. I’m passionate about exploring the...

An optimized appetitive visual short-term memory paradigm in Drosophila

Publication: Journal Article

Holder, Brandon L., Jennifer A. McEllin, and Stephane Dissel. 2025. “An Optimized Appetitive Visual Short-Term Memory Paradigm in Drosophila”. BioRxiv.

Akashata Dawane

Person: Postdoctoral Researcher

Education Ph.D. Biotechnology; UNESCO-Regional Centre For Biotechnology, Faridabad, India M.S. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India

New eLife Insight Paper: Neuronal Signaling: Cell-specific tools for understanding behavior

News: April 14, 2025

We are excited to announce the publication of our insight paper, written to accompany the most recent publication from the Rubin Lab. This incredible paper uses the Split-GAL4 system to dissect the Drosophila central complex into cell-type specific driver lines and characterizes these based on...

Local High School Students Visit to Learn About Our Research

News: March 14, 2025

We were happy to host some local high school students to learn about what we do in our lab! Students got to sort flies based on sex, eye color, and wing shape, use a microscope to view dissected brains and VNCs, examine some of our behavioral equipment, and view some immunohistochemical images from...

Neuronal Signaling: Cell-specific tools for understanding behavior

Publication: Journal Article

Holder, Brandon L, and Stephane Dissel. 2025. “Neuronal Signaling: Cell-Specific Tools for Understanding Behavior”. ELife 14: e106686.