Group Members

Esther Alcorta Azcue
University of Oviedo. Oviedo.

Principal Investigator:
Esther Alcorta Azcue

Members of the equipment:
José Fernando Martín López
Jacob Riverón Miranda
Tamara Boto Fernéndez
Carolina Gómez-Díaz

Publications 2006-2008

Gomez-Diaz C, Alcorta E. Quantitative analysis of antennal mosaic generation in Drosophila melanogaster by the MARCM system. Genesis. 2008 46:283-8.

Martin F, Kim MS, Gomez-Diaz C, Hovemann B, Alcorta E. High efficiency of a double-screening method on single P-element insertion lines to identify quantitative trait mutants in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetica. 2006 128:359-72.

Gomez-Diaz C, Martin F, Alcorta E. The Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate kinase1 gene affects olfactory reception in Drosophila melanogaster. Behav Genet. 2006 36:309-21.

Experimental techniques

• Model Species-: Drosophila melanogaster
• Behaviour: Y and T mazes in adults and larval behaviour in in Petri dishes.
• Gene expression: RT-PCR, quantitative PCR and microarrays
• Optical and fluorescence microscopy
• Immunohistochemistry in sections of olfactory receptor organs with confocal microscopy.
• Electrophysiology in olfactory receptor organs (electroantennogram. EAG and electropalpogram, EPG) and single sensillum recordings (SSR).