E-mail: fly.facility.biologia@unipd.it

Web site: https://dibio-fly-facility.netlify.app/

The Department of Biology (DiBio, University of Padova) Fly Facility has the aim of promoting the use of Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism in research and teaching.

Location 

“A. Vallisneri” Building, Viale Giuseppe Colombo n. 3 / via Ugo Bassi n. 58/b

Offices and Laboratories at 2nd floor south, rooms n°4 and 6

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 09:00 to 14:00

Scientific manager

Prof.Mauro Agostino Zordan

Mail: mauroagostino.zordan@unipd.it

Phone: 049 827 6211

Technical manager

Dr. Paola Cisotto

Mail: paola.cisotto@unipd.it

Phone: 049 827 6228

Instruments

• 2 Drosophila CO2 anaesthesia stations equipped with Leica M60 stereo microscopes
• A Leica S9i stereomicroscope and PC with software dedicated to image analysis and digital data analysis
• 3 walk-in thermostatic rooms of which two, constantly kept at 18° C for the long-term maintenance of Drosophila lines, the other being available for the conduction of experiments under controlled environmental conditions
• 2 thermostatic cabinets, one of them constantly kept at 23°C for maintenance of experimental Drosophila lines
• Modular computerised equipment for the long-term acquisition of daily locomotor activity and sleep-wake cycles
• High resolution digital videocamera, dedicated computer and specific software for the detailed analyses of Drosophila larval and/or adult behaviour
• Apparatuses to perform behaviour experiments in Drosophila adults and larvae.

Activities

• Supply of different nutrient media and materials for Drosophila cultures
• Spaces reserved in walk-in thermostatic rooms and thermostatic cabinets for the self-maintenance of Drosophila cultures.
• Maintenance of Drosophila strains
• Provision of Drosophila lines of general interest for research and teaching laboratories at university level
• Supply of teaching material and proposals for activities at primary and secondary schools level
• Orders for Drosophila lines from major stock-centers
• Spaces for “Fly-pushing”, anaesthesia, stereomicroscope observation and imaging of Drosophila
• Consultancy and training
• Behavioural analyses ("single and multiple climbing assay", "optomotor test", "checker test", analysis of larval motility, adult locomotor activity, recording of behavioural activity)