
Episode #12
Dissecting Fruit Fly Brains to Understand Microcephaly
Taylor Hailstock recently defended her PhD at Emory. Her study organism? The fruit fly! Her study target? Microcephaly and brain development! You'd be amazed what we can learn about human diseases from studying the brains of flies. In fact, Taylor recently connected a gene called Orb2 for the first time to microcephaly. Learn more in this podcast episode with Dr. Hailstock!

