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    About Us

    About Us overview
    • Our Drosophila Stock List
    • Our Drosophila book collection
  • Our Fly Services

    Our Fly Services

    Our Fly Services overview
    • Microinjection Service
    • Fly Pushing Services
    • MicroVillex Service
    • Stock-Keeping Service
    • Fly Food Service
  • Working in the Facility

    Working in the Facility

    Working in the Facility overview
    • 11 Fly Facility House Rules
    • Mites and how to avoid them
    • Drosophila quarantine
    • CoolLED Manual
  • Useful Fly Stuff

    Useful Fly Stuff

    Useful Fly Stuff overview
    • A Basic Training Package for Drosophila Genetics
    • Mites and how to avoid them
    • Mailing Drosophila
  • Outreach

    Outreach

    Outreach overview
    • Flies at the Cambridge Science Festival 2018
    • UTC Cambridge visit the Fly Facility
  • Our Staff

    Our Staff

    Our Staff overview
    • The Great Genetics Bake Off for Children in Need
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Our Fly Services
    • Working in the Facility
    • Useful Fly Stuff
    • Outreach
    • Our Staff

Working in the Facility

  • Working in the Facility overview
  • 11 Fly Facility House Rules
  • Mites and how to avoid them
  • Drosophila quarantine
  • CoolLED Manual

CoolLED Manual

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Simon Collier PhD - Fly Facility Manager University of Cambridge Department of Genetics Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 3EH
s.collier@gen.cam.ac.uk
+44 [0]1223 765124
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