Compiled by Emily Kellogg and Rachel Wilson

Hello! Welcome to the Wilson lab!

Useful links#

• Lab Meeting Schedule
• Lab Away Dates
• Immunohistochemistry Reagents Log
• Ask Rachel to share her calendar.
• Ask Rachel for a key.
• Ask NeuroOps for a locker
• Read the HMS Neurobio FAQs
• Familiarize yourself with the contents of this WilsonLabWiki! (And keep it updated!)
• Make sure you get an HMS email and HUID as soon as possible, if you don’t already have one
• Check out the new postdoc orientation guide. This is pitched to new postdocs, but it has some items of interest for all new lab members.

Getting Started#

Here are some basic topics you’ll need to master in the first couple of weeks of experimental work:

• Adult fly body anatomy
• Learning to do fly crosses
• Landing sites for transgenes
• Fly stock maintenance
• Useful markers for fly pushing
• Mites

The lab has also created more detailed curriculum here.