Equipment

For maintenance and basic phenotype analysis:

• Two workstations with stereo microscopes, external light sources and CO2 system for anesthetizing flies.
• Humidity- and light-controlled fly incubators at varying temperatures (18°C, 25°C, 29°C).

For experimental setup:

• Stereo microscopes for imaging flies/larvae, including mobile camera setup for taking color pictures of flies and/or their dissected tissues.
• Axiovert brightfield microscope with phase contrast and fluorescence equipment, includes light sources for sorting green and red fluorescent flies/larvae
• Inverted microscope for imaging fly samples prepared on microscope slides
• MiniHypoxia chambers with adjustable O2 levels for hypoxia studies.
• Water baths for heat shock treatments at the department
• Equipment of handling, dissecting and preparing samples