[Lfm] Does anyone have Httex1p Q93 and bang sensitive flies?

Fri Oct 2 13:10:36 UTC 2020

hi lucia

i think your collaborator should contact Amos in Ibadan, who may have 
some epilepsy flies already in Nigeria...maybe

  >> Abolaji Amos Amos <amos_abolaji at yahoo.com>

isa

On 02/10/2020 13:57, Lucia Prieto-Godino wrote:
> Dear all,
>
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> We do a lot of activities and among them we organise advanced courses 
> on Drosophila genetics and neuroscience for African researchers. One 
> of our alumni in Nigeria has hit a roadblock, as many of us have, 
> because it seems impossible to get flies from Bloomington at the 
> moment (please read email below). He is looking for flies model for 
> Huntington disease (UAS-elav>Httex1p Q93) and bang-sensitive flies to 
> use as models for epilepsy. I do not have these stocks in my lab, but 
> I would be very thankful if someone could help him out (he is cced so 
> you can contact him directly if you can help).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lucia
>
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>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *Royhaan Folarin <roy.abulkhayr at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:roy.abulkhayr at gmail.com>>
>> *Subject: **My Need for Huntington's & Epileptic Flies*
>> *Date: *2 October 2020 at 13:23:59 BST
>> *To: *Lucia Prieto-Godino <lucia.prietogodino at crick.ac.uk 
>> <mailto:lucia.prietogodino at crick.ac.uk>>
>> *Cc: *M.Bukar-Maina at sussex.ac.uk <mailto:M.Bukar-Maina at sussex.ac.uk>
>>
>> Dear Dr. Lucia,
>>
>> I hope you're doing great and keeping safe in this trying time. We 
>> hope for further ease.
>>
>> Like I once updated you after the TReND workshop in Ghana, I am 
>> currently working on some mutant and transgenic drosophila flies with 
>> a group of students who have been assigned to my supervision. We 
>> already acquired some Alzheimer's ( Aβ42 ) and Parkinson's (h-αS) 
>> models through Dr Mahmoud's networks thankfully. However, we 
>> currently need some *Huntington’s* stocks (UAS-elav>Httex1p Q93) and 
>> any of the  bang-sensitive (BS) *Epilepsy* group of Drosophila mutants.
>>
>> Due to the lock down, some labs which had some of these flies 
>> unfortunately lost them to some technical glitches, while some 
>> persisting International travel restrictions remains a hindrance for 
>> some to order the flies from Bloomington. I thus wish for your 
>> assistance in getting these flies through your contacts while I'll be 
>> happy to pay for the shipping. Getting these flies would be 
>> especially helpful and fulfilling to these students (10 of them) who 
>> have been prepared with respective objectives to investigate in the 
>> flies as their final year research project.
>>
>> I discussed this earlier with Dr. Mahmoud, who suggested my sending 
>> you this email in hope for some assistance through your connections.
>>
>> I'd thus be glad to hear from you soon.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Royhaan
>>
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