Ariel Frame and Elizabeth Mohler speak with Brendan Charles about his research on Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) investigating how these animals behave and how they can be used to study the biology of the brain. In particular, Brendan discusses work from his recently completed MSc and ongoing PhD work that touches on 9 neurons in the fly brain which govern female aggressive behaviour and characterization of tRNA mistranslation in flies. 

To learn more about this kind of fly research, check out Dr. Amanda Moehring's Twitter @FlyBehaviour and website.

Recorded on Oct 6, 2021

Produced by Ariel Frame

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