Drosophila Stock Center
Dr. Maureen Lamb is the co-director of the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University Bloomington. The center holds the largest repository of fruit fly stock in the world. The center shipped out to over 950 institutions last year orders a year consisting 156,000 vials, or 3,200 vials per week. The center holds the fly line for white one discovered by Thomas Hunt Morgan at the turn of the 20th century, and houses 93,335 different stocks at the facility.
Dr. Lamb received her doctorate from the University of Iowa where she specialized in “Cell Cycle Control, Cell Fate Decisions, Critical Thinking in Scientific Presentation and Writing”. Their post-doctoral research was done at the Stowers Institute for Medial Research.
During this episode we talk about the importance of fruit flies in research, the day-to-day at a stock center, as well as the logistics involved in the running of such a large operation.
Recorded on 08.27.2025
Pertinent Links:
Drosophila Stock Center: https://bdsc.indiana.edu/Cart/BatchEntry
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jhzGvxUAAAAJ&hl=en
