Fly Bayou

 A Group of Drosophila Research Community 

About Fly Bayou

From a small, local joint fly meeting that started in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge area in 2020, we’ve grown a lot over the past few years and now have over 30 labs in 10 states. 

Each month, Fly Bayou holds virtual meetings to present research, exchange ideas, and network. 

Current organizer

Dr. Wan Hee Yoon 

Oklahoma Medical Research Institute  

wanhee-yoon@omrf.org 

Past organizers

2023-2024  Dr. Xiaolin Tian (LSU Health)

2021-2023  Dr. SeYeon Chung (LSU)

2020-2021  Dr. Wu-Min Deng (Tulane)

Our Research Community

Alabama

Arkansas

Alabama

Hui-Ying Lim,  University of Alabama at Birmingham  

Arizona

Arkansas

Alabama

Rob Harris , Arizona State University 

Keith Maggert, University of Arizona 

Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas

Adam Pare, University of Arkansas

Florida

Florida

Arkansas

Guangxia Miao, Florida State University

Chun Nin Wong, University of Florida

Rui Zhou, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

Georgia

Florida

Georgia

Dongyu Jia, Kennesaw State University

Kansas

Florida

Georgia

Raj Logan, Wichita State University

Erika Geisbrecht, Kansas State University

Jocelyn McDonald,  Kansas State University 

Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana

SeYeon Chung, Louisiana State University 

Patrick DiMario, Louisiana State University 

Craig Hart, Louisiana State University 

Alyssa Johnson, Louisiana State University  

Alexander Murashov, LSU Vet School 

 Marisa Connell, LSU Shreveport  

Louisiana

Louisiana

Yoichiro Tamori,  University of Louisiana at Lafayette   

Charles Nichols, LSU Health New Orleans

Xiaolin Tian, LSU Health New Orleans

Chunlai Wu, LSU Health New Orleans 

Joel Atallah, University of New Orleans   

Louisiana

Missouri

Wu-Min Deng, Tulane University

Jun-Yuan Ji, Tulane University

Gregory Macleod, Tulane University

Larry Reiter, Tulane University

Missouri

New Mexico

Missouri

Dan Bergstralh, University of Missouri 

Tara Finegan, University of Missouri 

Nevada

New Mexico

New Mexico

Mo Weng, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico

Jacob Jaszczak, New Mexico State University 

North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina

Elizabeth Ables, East Carolina University

Lauren Anllo,  East Carolina University

Oklahoma

North Carolina

North Carolina

Wan Hee Yoon, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 

John Masly, University of Oklahoma 

Texas

North Carolina

Texas

 Yuki Shindo, University of Texas at Dallas 

Utha

Utha

Texas

Nichole Link, University of Utha

Utha

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