Hurd Lab

We use Drosophila to study mitochondria @uoft

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This work was a great effort by many in the lab, especially @jonathanpalozzi, Swathi Jeedigunta and Anastasia Minenkova, and we thank so many others in Toronto and elsewhere who have heard the story and provided great insight and suggestions! 9/9

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We are excited to share this new story from our lab! We report discovering a crucial piece of the long-standing mystery of how mitochondrial (mt) genomic integrity is maintained across generations. Summary follows: 🧵 1/9 https://t.co/tH0Fhi1bxS

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Our work suggests the exciting idea that mtDNA selection and meiosis, which are required for maintaining mtDNA and nuclear DNA fitness respectively, are genetically and developmentally linked. 8/9

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Really exciting to have such a vibrant community of Drosophila researchers here in Canada 🇨🇦!! Looking forward to future meetings!

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Thanks to everyone for a successful #CanFly2019, especially the organizing committee: Julie Brill, Bruce Reed, @RFG_Lab, @tjsmerritt, @kramer_lab, @KimlabFlyroom, @IanDworkin, as well as all the PIs and trainees who shared their great science this past week!

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this cool fly art is courtesy our neighbour Janine in Craig Smibert’s lab. You can find more of them @drosophiladiez on Instagram!

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looks like we caught the playoffs bug! #WeTheNorh

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@RusanLab @siekhauslab @nyuskirball @UofT @nih_nhlbi Could not agree more. Our work builds upon seminal research by both Hong Xu’s lab and Hansong Ma and Patrick O’Farrell https://t.co/bIpVNGgYDf

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We were able to escape the lab only to be trapped in an escape room - thankfully we made it out!

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You can learn about one of the current projects in the lab, mtDNA purifying selection, in this review we published recently:
https://t.co/d6J2dgW1xy

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Since the lab recently turned one year old, we're celebrating by joining Twitter! Follow us to learn all about mitochondria and the germline in flies!

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*bzz bzz* we tweet in peace 🦟🦟