Drosophila oogenesis as a cell biology model system

Our lab focuses on the fly ovary as a model system for investigating cell biological processes.
Here are a few confocal images of oogenesis.

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Wheat germ agglutinin (red) labels vesicles in late stage follicle cells. At this stage the follicle cells are secreting the egg shell over the developing oocyte. Blue, DNA; yellow, f-actin.