Alysia Vrailas-Mortimer

My research focuses on aging and age-related diseases using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as my model system. She/Her
@avmfly.bsky.social

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@HamillHimself dropped off my newest trainee at the lab today. I was worried about him fitting in as a non-traditional student (50 years old!) with the other padawans, I mean grad students, in my lab. But I found he is just like all my other students (1/4)

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If interested in implementing a #FlyCURE course please reach out. You can use the QR Code below🪰#DROS25

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#FlyCURE is modular so you can implement modules from different Fly-CURE courses to fit the needs of your course #STEMEducation #DROS25

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#Fly-CURE is also developing molecular biology and developmental biology courses #Dros25

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#FlyCURE is recruiting for the Genetics of Behavior course. We are recruiting interested faculty for training and implementation for AY 25/26. Training will be summer 2025 and will be virtual #Dros25

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#FlyCURE is expanding into new courses! Bioinformatics is up and running! This course applies bioinformatics techniques to analyze mutations Mapped by Fly-CURE students! Students have gone on to bioinformatics grad programs after taking this course! #Dros25

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Fly-CURE has published 15 student authored micro publications Biology papers with over 800 student authors #undergradResearch

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Fly-CURE is currently taught at 30 institutions across the US

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Fly-CURE has published 15 student authored micro publications Biology papers with over 800 student authors #undergradResearch

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The first of the Fly-CURE talks are starting #Dros25. Come learn about how we
can provide real inquiry based research experiences for undergrads in a classroom setting #undergradResearch

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Last day to register! Don’t miss out!

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#RegisterNOW here: https://t.co/gm25FenpeE
For our next Mentoring workshop about "🅲🅾🅽🅵🅻🅸🅲🆃 🆁🅴🆂🅾️🅻🆄🆃🅸📷🅽", 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 2𝙣𝙙. The panelists will be: Michael Steinberg & Susie Brubaker-Cole from OREGON STATE University
@CarolineMvz @AVM_fly #DoNOTMissIT

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Join us for our free workshop on conflict resolution on Oct 2nd! All are welcome

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#RegistrationAlert Register here: https://t.co/gm25FenpeE
For our next Mentoring workshop about "🅲🅾🅽🅵🅻🅸🅲🆃 🆁🅴🆂🅾️🅻🆄🆃🅸📷🅽", 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 2𝙣𝙙. The panelists will be: Michael Steinberg & Susie Brubaker-Cole from OREGON STATE University
 @CarolineMvz @AVM_fly.

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Have you seen our amazing program??
🅂🅄🄱🄼🄸🅃 🅈🄾🅄🅁 🄰🄱🅂🅃🅁🄰🄲🅃. Annual Symposium Webinar!!! #YoshinoriOhsumiand
@patricia_boya will be the keynote speakers. We acknowledge @BiochemSocfor the great contribution to our meeting #Thanks https://t.co/Txy3J5To1N

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@JanUlrikDahl1 @IllinoisStateU @ISUResearch Congratulations and a well deserved honor!

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@FairlyScience Congratulations, Amanda!

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Thinking about starting a lab in Europe? @WAutophagy is hosting a FREE on-line event led by panelists from the UK, Spain, and Belgium to discuss the challenges and strategies for starting your own lab at a European Research Center/University. All are welcome to attend!

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#WorkshopAlert are you planning to start a lab in Europe?? We got you the workshop you were waiting...all the information to success opening a lab in Europe is here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ register now: https://t.co/jQq0cyuK3f
#WomenInScience

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Hey OSU community, DAM Proud Day is April 24th. Please support our BB and BMB students in their outreach efforts. DAM Proud Day donations go directly to outreach programs designed and implemented by our students and are also used to provide scholarships for our students 🔬🧬🦫🦫

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Comparative Biology of Aging Workshop was awesome! So many great talks! #TAGC24

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To quote other attendees “very cool talk” from @NathanTMortimer on parasitoid wasp venom delivery 🪰🐜#TAGC24

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@iam_shef gave a very interesting talk on carbohydrate metabolism and Tor affecting brain size 🪰🧠#TAGC24

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Nice talk by @ChowLab member Travis Tu’ifua on using natural variation to identify gene variants that protect against disease #TAGC24 🪰