The Little Bang
By: Markus K. and Max V. In the school year 2021-2022, we took a class called Genetics and Biotechnology Honors. Throughout the year, we learned how to use pipettes, micropipettes, microscopes, electrophoresis machines, etc. However, the highlight of this class was...
Flybucks: Fruit Flies On Caffeine?
By: Josh Nydick My experiment was a little all over the place at the beginning of it all, as I started with three group members until one decided to switch to all virtual. This left me with myself and one other person who then became inattentive and didn’t show up to...
Buff Guys? Nah, Buff Flies!
By: The Gene Team When handed our flies, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. At first, we struggled a lot with the everyday making of food for them. We could not maintain our flies successfully to the point where we almost had no flies to work with. It...
How Does Human Birth Control Effect My Flies’ Fertility?
By: Jackie Faulk, Emma Chobert, Lea Preysman, and Tyler Nguyen Mr. Beal handed us a vial of about 40 living, breathing fruit flies in January. Every day household bugs became a fundamental part of our lives for three months. It took a little bit to learn how to...