The South West Fly Meeting is a Genetics Society national Special Interest Group run by Dr James Hodge at the Biomedical Sciences Building, University of Bristol.  These meetings are for all people interested in Drosophila research but who may, due to geographical, time and financial constraints, not be able to attend the London Fly Meetings. The meetings are regular, informal and consist of research focused seminars given by the scientists who conducted the research. 

This group promotes the mandate of the National Centre for Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of protected animals in research. We aim to facilitate future collaborations, grant applications, teaching and public engagement opportunities involving Drosophila, thereby promoting cutting edge genetics and model organism research in this country.

Programme

• 13:30 - 14.00      Snacks, tea and coffee
• 14.00 - 14.30      title TBC - Dr Giuliana Clemente (Dr Helen Weaver’s lab, University of Bristol)
• 14.30 - 15.00      Cell elimination strategies upon identity loss in the developing wing disc - Menna El Gammal (Dr Fisun Hamaratoglu Dion lab, Cardiff University)
• 15.00 - 15.30      title TBC - Hannah Jones (Dr Giorgio Gilestro’s lab, Imperial College)
• 15.30 - 16.00      Tea and Coffee
• 16.00 - 16.30      Functional analysis of diabetes associated genes identified from GWAS data - Jana Soenksen (Dr Benjamin Housden lab, University of Exeter)
• 16.30 - 17.00      Essential elements of radical pair magnetosensitivity - Dr Adam Bradlaugh (Prof. Richard Baines lab, University of Manchester)
• Open discussion, pizza and drinks followed by Robin Hood pub