#  Fly FAQs 

 



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###    Where can I post and find fly research-related jobs?  expand\_more  

Many fly research-related jobs are advertised by employers, on standard job search sites, and at career sites run by biological journals. In addition, the [FlyBase Jobs posting](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!categories/flybase/jobs) forum is designed to support fly-related job postings.

 



 

 

 



###    Where can I post questions I want to ask my fly research colleagues (such as to get help finding a fly stock or protocol)?  expand\_more  

 There are severals ways to ask questions of fly colleagues.

 [Bionet.drosophila](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bionet.drosophila) provides a discussion forum and posting site for Drosophila-related questions, events, and job postings.  
[FlyBase General Forum](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!categories/flybase/general) lets you ask questions about FlyBase tools and data.  
[FlySlack](https://flyslackco.slack.com/) connects fly researchers to one another on the Slack platform.  
Other ways to reach 'fly people' with research-related questions include posting questions at Twitter (#Drosophila) or asking questions at ResearchGate.

 



 

 

 



###    I am looking for physical resources for Drosophila studies (fly stocks, plasmids, etc.). Where can I get started finding those?  expand\_more  

FlyBase maintains [a list of facilities providing material resources for *Drosophila* research](http://flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:Drosophila_Material_Resources).

 



 

 

 



###    I am new to Drosophila research. What resources are available to help me learn about this great system?  expand\_more  

 There are many books, publications, publication collections, and other resources available to help you learn about the history of fly research, basic information about fly development and physiology, and how to perform genetic and other assays using the fly. Here are just a few places to start.

 The ["Genetics on the Fly" primer](http://www.genetics.org/content/201/3/815) by Hales et al. (2015) provides an excellent distillation of background information relevant to *Drosophila* research.  
The ["How to design a genetic mating scheme"](http://www.g3journal.org/content/3/2/353.long) training package from Roote and Prokop (2013) provides information about how to set up and 'score' fly crosses, such as using visible markers.  
GSA [Genetics journals' FlyBook](http://www.genetics.org/content/flybook) chapter series provides expert background information on many areas of *Drosophila* research.  
[The Interactive Fly](http://www.sdbonline.org/sites/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm) provides background information about *Drosophila* development.  
[The Manchester Fly Facility](http://www.flyfacility.ls.manchester.ac.uk/flylinks/) provides background information and links to additional resources for information about flies and fly research.  
The [FlyBase Resources wiki page](http://flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:External_Resources) lists information, protocol, reagent, and other resources relevant to *Drosophila* research.  
FlyBase also maintains a [FlyBase "new to flies" wiki page](http://flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:New_to_Flies?) with links to additional resources.  
The ["Culture of Drosophila: the laboratory setup" article](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21357029) by Ashburner and Roote (2007) discusses basic fly lab needs like incubators and fly food.

 



 

 

 



###    Where can I find Drosophila gene and genome information?  expand\_more  

[The FlyBase database](http://flybase.org/) is considered by many the 'go-to' resource for *Drosophila melanogaster* gene and genome information.  
Additional resources include the following, many of which get their underlying fly gene and/or genome information from [FlyBase](http://flybase.org/).

[FlyMine](http://www.flymine.org/) (good for batch searches with a list of genes)  
[Gene2Function](http://www.gene2function.org/search/) (good for viewing an overview of gene information for a fly gene as well as for orthologs in other species)  
[DIOPT](http://www.flyrnai.org/diopt) (good for finding orthologs of one or more gene among nine species, including humans and flies, for one or more genes)  
[Manchester Fly Facility 'fly links'](http://www.flyfacility.ls.manchester.ac.uk/flylinks/) and [FlyBase External Resources](http://flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase:External_Resources), as well as the [Information Resources](/links) page on this site (including the "[online resources](/links/linktype/online-resource)" and "[online databases](/links/linktype/online-software-tool-or-database)" categories), provide links to many additional and specialized databases.