Mariana Wolfner Lab

@WolfnerLab

We study the reproductive and developmental processes that occur around fertilization in Drosophila @Cornell. Tweets by the lab. @wolfnerlab@drosophila.social

Ithaca, NY wolfnerlab.wixsite.com/wolfnerlab Joined December 2020

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Mariana Wolfner Lab @WolfnerLab Dec 21, 2023

Thrilled to share the final version of this story! Another chapter in the endlessly fascinating world of reproductive fluids, led by former grad student @NoraAndFauna 🪰💓🪰

Findlay Lab @FindlayLab Dec 21, 2023

Excellent new work from colleagues @NoraAndFauna and @WolfnerLab showing how an odorant binding protein might have become co-opted for a reproductive function in Drosophila. It's now required for mating plug formation and thus fertility! elifesciences.org/articles/86409
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Mariana Wolfner Lab @WolfnerLab Aug 17, 2023

Gorgeous! And based on one of the classics 😍

Mariana Wolfner Lab @WolfnerLab Aug 15, 2023

Come join us in Ithaca!

Andy Clark @AndyClarkCornel Aug 15, 2023

Mariana Wolfner and I seek an enthusiastic postdoc to work on an NIH-funded project to dissect the molecular basis for male-female interactions during and after mating. Join the exciting Drosophila research community at Cornell. Email ac347@cornell.edu.
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Mariana Wolfner Lab @WolfnerLab Jul 13, 2023

Major congratulations to our latest PhD (coadvised by @ClarkLabCornell) Dr. @NoraAndFauna for successfully defending her thesis on the function & evolution of drosophila reproductive molecules! Our many thousands of arthropod lab members are abuzz with the news! 🪰

Mariana Wolfner Lab @WolfnerLab Jul 1, 2023

In flies, sex peptide acts through the female SP receptor to mediate MANY post-mating responses. Mosquitos lack the SP gene yet still show strong post-mating behaviors—how? Check out our latest collab with @laurabduvall and @Harrington_lab to test whether SPR plays a role 👇🦟

McMeniman Lab @McMenimanLab Jul 1, 2023

Is sex peptide receptor required for Aedes aegypti post-mating behaviors? Check out our new preprint led by Alexandra Amaro @Harrington_lab and Margot Wohl @Brains_n_Bugs. A knockout collaboration with @laurabduvall @Harrington_lab @WolfnerLab biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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