Drosophila Facility

The Drosophila/ Fly Facility at The University of Sheffield is located in the North Wing of Firth Court alongside research groups in the Bateson Centre, the School of Biosciences and the Faculty of Medicine.

Two sedated adult Drosophila, one male and one female.
Adult Drosophila

Why do we study flies?

Here at the University of Sheffield Fly Facility we use the fruit fly as a model organism to study a wide variety of biological processes.

Find out why they are useful.
Thousands of foam bunged glass vials containing Drosophila stock lines.
Some of the main Drosophila stock collection.
Our stock collections and equipment. 
Someone sorting sedated flies on a Flypad under a dissecting microscope.
Sorting flies under a microscope.
Our researchers 

Working at the Fly Facility?

Fly lab room with workspaces containing dissecting microscopes and vials of Drosophila flies on shelving.
Fly lab - Room D22 Firth Court

What to expect inside the Fly Lab

All new users of the Fly Facility need to complete induction training with a member of the Fly Facility technical staff which once complete, you will have access to the main lab.

Find out the rules and etiquette.

Inside the 18C culture room with metal shelving holding thousands of vials of Drosophila.
Inside the 18C culture room.
Getting your flies and quarantining  
Bottles and vials of fresh fly food in the fly lab.
Fly media for use in the Fly Lab.
Caring for your flies. 
Three different coloured waste bins for the different waste streams in the lab.

Health and Safety

CO2  safety and waste management in the lab.

A Drosophila embryo under a fluorescent microscope, highlighting internal structures.

You're leaving US?

What to do when you're leaving the Facility or the University.

Drosophila pupae under a microscope.

Contact Us

Useful contacts whilst you're working here.

Fly lab room with workspaces containing dissecting microscopes and vials of Drosophila flies on shelving.
Fly lab - Room D22 Firth Court