Accommodations

If accommodations at Allerton fill up, these hotels are nearby:

  • Best Western: 805 Iron Horse Place, Monticello, IL; 217-762-9436
  • Foster Inn: 1414 N. Market St., Monticello, IL; 217-762-9835

Drosophila research at IU Department of Biology

Cross section of an adult Drosophila retina.
A fruit fly's compound eye is made up of hundreds of unit eyes called ommatidia, which are primarily composed of light-sensing photoreceptor cells.
3D model reconstructed from immunofluorescence images showing prominin mutant Drosophila photoreceptor cells expressing a GFP-tagged human Prominin1.

IMAGE 1: Cross section of an adult Drosophila retina. The photoreceptors are in green and the rhabdomeres are in magenta (image by Andy Zelhof). IMAGE 2: A fruit fly's compound eye is made up of hundreds of unit eyes called ommatidia, which are primarily composed of light-sensing photoreceptor cells. IMAGE 3: 3D model reconstructed from immunofluorescence images showing prominin mutant Drosophila photoreceptor cells expressing a GFP-tagged human Prominin1 (green) (image by Jing Nie and Jim Powers). Images courtesy of Andy Zelhof lab