Our lab is focusing on behavioral neurogenetics of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. We are interested in taste and feeding-driven motivational behavior, molecular basis and neuronal circuits underlying gustatory learning and memory, changes in feeding due to evolutionary selection, and in optogenetics and thermogenetics techniques.
May 3, 2017
Three students out of the four that presented. Amelia is missing as she presented in the morning section.
Yuanyuan during her intense presentation.
Meghana (Right) and Jennifer (left) explaining their poster.
February 26, 2017
Shania is a computer science freshman from School of Engineering who joined the lab last semster. Here is a picture from middle of the night, working on her application together with her team.
August 9, 2016
Meghana Parik, a new PhD student arrived from India to work in the lab. I'm very excited to have two grad students in the lab now.
July 21, 2016
Yuanyuan and I meeting with James Watson in his office at CSHL.
July 20, 2016
My fourth year teaching the course. But this year is my own independent teaching of taste aversive learning. Students will learn taste learning as well as olfactory aversive learning from Josh Dubnau. It's always nice to be here. 12 very smart students and great talks.
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July 17, 2016
Yuanyuan Li, the first graduate student join Masek's Lab. And almost instantly went to CSHL Drosophila Neurobiology Course and here is pictured with optogenetic device she just made. Good luck doing this and more in our lab.