Fruit Flies in Biomedical Research

• Published in: Genetics (Austin) Vol. 199; no. 3; pp. 639 - 653
• Main Authors: Wangler, Michael F, Yamamoto, Shinya, Bellen, Hugo J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Genetics Society of America 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Bioassays; Biomedical research; Careers; Drosophila; Drosophila - genetics; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Genetic disorders; Genetic Research; Genomics; Humans; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); Organismal biology; Organisms; Research funding; Scientists; United States; United States; funding; GWAS; Drosophila; collaboration; functional genomics; genetic disease; human; whole-exome sequencing; public health

Many scientists complain that the current funding situation is dire. Indeed, there has been an overall decline in support in funding for research from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Within the Drosophila field, some of us question how long this funding crunch...