This page lists the insect lines that we have in the lab. Please contact PI Yehuda Ben-Shahar if you would like access to any of our stocks.

Using our 2-step CRISPR protocol, we have generated several attP “landing site lines” that can be distributed to the community for use in recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (see “Protocols” page for more information). As a byproduct of the protocol, we have also generated some w- (white-eyed) lines.

We are also maintaining a number of “wild type” stocks for various insect species.

Drosophilids

Wild Type

  • D. melanogaster (Oregon R)
  • D. simulans
  • D. mojavensis
  • D. virilis
  • D. ananassae
  • D. pseudoobscura

attP Landing Site

  • D. melanogaster 
  • D. simulans

w- (white-eyed)

  • D. simulans
  • D. virilis

Other

  • D. virilis (appears to be vermillion, but not yet fully characterized)

Bees

Wild Type

  • Apis  mellifera

Grasshoppers

Wild Type

  • Shistocerca americana