Calcium Imaging in Drosophila Organs

David Gazzo1

Jeremiah Zartman1

1. University of Notre Dame

01/17/2025

Ex vivo calcium imaging in Drosophila opens an expansive amount of research avenues for the study of live signal propagation through complex tissue. Here, we describe how to isolate Drosophila organs of interest, like the developing wing imaginal disc and larval brain, culture them for extended periods, up to 10 hours, and how to image the calcium dynamics occurring within them using genetically encoded biosensors like GCaMP.


Keywords
calcium imaging calcium dynamics Drosophila Ex vivo Microfluidics
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Researchers should cite this dataset as follows:

Gazzo, D., Zartman, J. (2025). Calcium Imaging in Drosophila Organs. Purdue Unversity EMBRIO Data Inventory.

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