Scientists have been working with the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, for more than 100 years to answer fundamental questions in biology. The Losick laboratory takes advantage of the ease and power of Drosophila genetics to understand the basic mechanisms of tissue repair.
Funding
The Losick Lab is currently supported by funds from Boston College and NIH NIGMS.
Finding New Ways to Heal Our Wounds: Featured in Science
Stress Responders: Polyploid cells, which have extra copies of their genomes, may help tissues respond to injuries and species survive cataclysms.
Drosophila as wound healing model
Wound-induced polyploidization is required for tissue repair