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Fly Facility

Department of Genetics
 

The Department of Genetics Fly Facility is one of the largest in Europe, and offers a range of services to Drosophila researchers both within and outside Cambridge.


Drosophila Microinjection Service

Our Drosophila microinjection service is available to fly researchers throughout the European Union. We can inject flies for P-element/piggyback transformation, phiC31-mediated transgenesis, CRISPR/TALEN genome engineering and other experiments. We also provide screening and balancing services.


Fly-Pushing Services

Our fly-pushing services are primarily aimed at UK fly researchers. We are happy to discuss the researcher's needs for fly-pushing (screening, stock construction, etc). Costs for fly-pushing services are arrived at by negotiation between the researcher and the Fly Facility.

Drosophila Stock-Keeping Service

Our Drosophila stock-keeping service is available to UK fly researchers. We will maintain your Drosophila stock collection and will ship your stocks to any location worldwide.


Fly Food Service

The Fly Facility provides Cambridge fly groups with many kinds of fly media in a variety of containers (vials, bottles, plates etc.).


Contact Information

Tiny fly

E-mail contacts

Simon Collier (Fly Facility Manager): s.collier@gen.cam.ac.uk

General Fly Facility enquiries: flyadmin@gen.cam.ac.uk

Microinjection enquiries: flyinject@gen.cam.ac.uk

Fly food enquiries: flymedia@gen.cam.ac.uk

Stock collection requests and enquiries:

Address

Department of Genetics,
University of Cambridge, Downing Street,
Cambridge CB2 3EH,
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)1223 765124
Fax: +44 (0)1223 333992

 

The Fly Facility webpages are maintained by Simon Collier. Please contact me ) if you have any problems using the site.