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Episode#34 Memory Assays in Drosophila Melanogaster – Subhajit Sarkar

July 18, 2023 Barkha Yadav-Samudrala Episode 34
Episode#34 Memory Assays in Drosophila Melanogaster – Subhajit Sarkar
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Episode#34 Memory Assays in Drosophila Melanogaster – Subhajit Sarkar
Jul 18, 2023 Episode 34
Barkha Yadav-Samudrala

Hello listeners, 

This week we will discuss a behavior technique different from what we usually discuss. Our guest Subhajit Sarkar, a PhD student at IIT Kharagpur in India, will talk about the nitty-gritty of how to perform memory assays in a fruit fly!

Thank you for joining us, and I hope you keep listening. 


Reading suggestions:

Plasticity of local GABAergic interneurons drives olfactory habituation

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1106411108

A simplified courtship conditioning protocol to test learning and memory in Drosophila
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843266/ 

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Show Notes

Hello listeners, 

This week we will discuss a behavior technique different from what we usually discuss. Our guest Subhajit Sarkar, a PhD student at IIT Kharagpur in India, will talk about the nitty-gritty of how to perform memory assays in a fruit fly!

Thank you for joining us, and I hope you keep listening. 


Reading suggestions:

Plasticity of local GABAergic interneurons drives olfactory habituation

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1106411108

A simplified courtship conditioning protocol to test learning and memory in Drosophila
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9843266/ 

Email me your suggestions at barkha@nerdrxpodcast.com

Website: https://www.nerdrxpodcast.com/

RSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/2051636.rss

Please follow NerdRx Podcast on social media 

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdrxpodcast

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