May 19, 2015 By: admin
Dr. Josefa Steinhauer, assistant professor of biology at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵÎÛ, published an article in . The article, "Drosophila spermatid individualization is sensitive to temperature and fatty acid metabolism," investigates the process of sperm production using the fruit fly model and found that temperature and lipid signals are important for fertility, setting the stage to investigate how lipid signals affect fertility. Recent alumna Geulah Ben-David '12S and alumnus Eli Miller '13YC were co-authors on the article, whose findings will be relevant for understanding human fertility and infertility.
