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Nathaniel S Hafer PhD

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentProgram in Molecular Medicine
AddressUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Ave North
Worcester MA 01605
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    Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, United StatesBSBiology
    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United StatesPHDMolecular Biology

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    The University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS) is based at the UMass Medical School in Worcester and is part of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium.  The goals of our center are to 1) accelerate clinical and translational research in order to improve the health of patients and communities, and 2) educate the next generation of clinical and translational researchers.


     


    I coordinate overall activities and assist in the implementation of sponsored programs associated with the UMCCTS.  In this role I serve as the UMCCTS Research Navigator, acting as a liaison to extramural resources (industry, NIH, other CTSAs), linking investigators to one another and to research resources, aiding in the development of projects, and maintaining a working knowledge of all UMCCTS services, operations, and personnel.  In addition I direct all UMCCTS pilot funding programs and our local I-Corps program.


     


    Please contact me at nathaniel.hafer@umassmed.edu if there's anything I can do to facilitate your research.


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    1. Broach J, Achenbach C, Behar S, O'Connor L, Tarrant S, Ferranto J, Wright C, Hartin P, Orwig T, Nanavati J, Kalibala B, Woods K, Shaw B, Flahive J, Barton B, Hafer N, Herbert C, Fahey N, Gibson L, Simin K, Kowalik T, Ward DV, Mirza AW, Murphy RL, Caputo M, Buchholz B, Fantasia H, Koren A, Marchand L, Oludare S, Sogade F, Ritland D, Davis C, Grenier A, Baron C, Brent E, McKenney JB, Elder N, Michaels L, Ferrara L, Theron G, Palmer Z, Levy B, Daly J, Parang K, Schmidt M, Buxton D, Heetderks W, Manabe YC, Soni A, McManus D. Design, creation, and use of the Test Us Bank (TUB) COVID-19 sample biorepository. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Nov 12; 24(1):1282. PMID: 39528968.
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    2. Hafer N, Keenan C, Deb A. Implementation and Preliminary Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Innovation, and Design Pathway in a School of Medicine Curriculum. Res Sq. 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 39315248.
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    3. Lilly CM, Soni AV, Dunlap D, Hafer N, Picard MA, Buchholz B, McManus DD. Advancing Point-of-Care Testing by Application of Machine Learning Techniques and Artificial Intelligence. Chest. 2024 Aug 23. PMID: 39182574.
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    4. Herbert C, Antar AAR, Broach J, Wright C, Stamegna P, Luzuriaga K, Hafer N, McManus DD, Manabe YC, Soni A. Relationship between acute SARS-CoV-2 viral clearance with Long COVID Symptoms: a cohort study. medRxiv. 2024 Jul 05. PMID: 39006428.
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    5. Herbert C, Wang B, Lin H, Yan Y, Hafer N, Pretz C, Stamegna P, Wright C, Suvarna T, Harman E, Schrader S, Nowak C, Kheterpal V, Orvek E, Wong S, Zai A, Barton B, Gerber BS, Lemon SC, Filippaios A, Gibson L, Greene S, Colubri A, Achenbach C, Murphy R, Heetderks W, Manabe YC, O'Connor L, Fahey N, Luzuriaga K, Broach J, Roth K, McManus DD, Soni A. Performance of and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Diagnostics Based on Symptom Onset and Close Contact Exposure: An Analysis From the Test Us at Home Prospective Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Jun; 11(6):ofae304. PMID: 38911947.
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    6. Herbert C, Manabe YC, Filippaios A, Lin H, Wang B, Achenbach C, Kheterpal V, Hartin P, Suvarna T, Harman E, Stamegna P, Rao LV, Hafer N, Broach J, Luzuriaga K, Fitzgerald KA, McManus DD, Soni A. Differential Viral Dynamics by Sex and Body Mass Index During Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Results From a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 May 15; 78(5):1185-1193. PMID: 37972270.
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    7. Howard-Wilson S, Wang Z, Orwig T, Dunlap D, Hafer N, Buchholz B, Sutaria S, McManus DD, Lilly CM. Point-of-care testing preferences 2020-2022: Trends over the years. Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2024 Jun; 5(3):149-155. PMID: 38989040.
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    8. Orwig T, Sutaria S, Wang Z, Howard-Wilson S, Dunlap D, Lilly CM, Buchholz B, McManus DD, Hafer N. Sampling of healthcare professionals' perspective on point-of-care technologies from 2019-2021: A survey of benefits, concerns, and development. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0299516. PMID: 38457401.
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    9. Herbert C, Shi Q, Baek J, Wang B, Kheterpal V, Nowak C, Suvarna T, Singh A, Hartin P, Durnam B, Schrader S, Harman E, Gerber B, Barton B, Zai A, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Corbie-Smith G, Kibbe W, Marquez J, Hafer N, Broach J, Lin H, Heetderks W, McManus DD, Soni A. Association of neighborhood-level sociodemographic factors with Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) distribution of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in 5 US communities. BMC Public Health. 2023 09 22; 23(1):1848. PMID: 37735647.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Soni A, Herbert C, Lin H, Yan Y, Pretz C, Stamegna P, Wang B, Orwig T, Wright C, Tarrant S, Behar S, Suvarna T, Schrader S, Harman E, Nowak C, Kheterpal V, Rao LV, Cashman L, Orvek E, Ayturk D, Gibson L, Zai A, Wong S, Lazar P, Wang Z, Filippaios A, Barton B, Achenbach CJ, Murphy RL, Robinson ML, Manabe YC, Pandey S, Colubri A, O'Connor L, Lemon SC, Fahey N, Luzuriaga KL, Hafer N, Roth K, Lowe T, Stenzel T, Heetderks W, Broach J, McManus DD. Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests to Detect Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection : A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2023 07; 176(7):975-982. PMID: 37399548.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    11. Soni A, Herbert C, Pretz C, Stamegna P, Filippaios A, Shi Q, Suvarna T, Harman E, Schrader S, Nowak C, Schramm E, Kheterpal V, Behar S, Tarrant S, Ferranto J, Hafer N, Robinson M, Achenbach C, Murphy RL, Manabe YC, Gibson L, Barton B, O'Connor L, Fahey N, Orvek E, Lazar P, Ayturk D, Wong S, Zai A, Cashman L, Rao LV, Luzuriaga K, Lemon S, Blodgett A, Trippe E, Barcus M, Goldberg B, Roth K, Stenzel T, Heetderks W, Broach J, McManus D. Design and implementation of a digital site-less clinical study of serial rapid antigen testing to identify asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e120. PMID: 37313378.
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    12. Herbert C, Wang B, Lin H, Hafer N, Pretz C, Stamegna P, Tarrant S, Hartin P, Ferranto J, Behar S, Wright C, Orwig T, Suvarna T, Harman E, Schrader S, Nowak C, Kheterpal V, Orvek E, Wong S, Zai A, Barton B, Gerber B, Lemon SC, Filippaios A, D'Amore K, Gibson L, Greene S, Howard-Wilson S, Colubri A, Achenbach C, Murphy R, Heetderks W, Manabe YC, O'Connor L, Fahey N, Luzuriaga K, Broach J, McManus DD, Soni A. Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests Based on Symptom Onset and Close Contact Exposure: A secondary analysis from the Test Us At Home prospective cohort study. medRxiv. 2023 Feb 24. PMID: 36865199.
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    13. Soni A, Herbert C, Pretz C, Stamegna P, Filippaios A, Shi Q, Suvarna T, Harman E, Schrader S, Nowak C, Schramm E, Kheterpal V, Behar S, Tarrant S, Ferranto J, Hafer N, Robinson M, Achenbach C, Murphy RL, Manabe YC, Gibson L, Barton B, O'Connor L, Fahey N, Orvek E, Lazar P, Ayturk D, Wong S, Zai A, Cashman L, Rao LV, Luzuriaga K, Lemon S, Blodgett A, Trippe E, Barcus M, Goldberg B, Roth K, Stenzel T, Heetderks W, Broach J, McManus D. Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Design and Implementation of a Digital Site-less Clinical Study of Serial Rapid Antigen Testing to Identify Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection. medRxiv. 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 35982663.
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    14. Soni A, Herbert C, Lin H, Yan Y, Pretz C, Stamegna P, Wang B, Orwig T, Wright C, Tarrant S, Behar S, Suvarna T, Schrader S, Harman E, Nowak C, Kheterpal V, Rao LV, Cashman L, Orvek E, Ayturk D, Gibson L, Zai A, Wong S, Lazar P, Wang Z, Filippaios A, Barton B, Achenbach CJ, Murphy RL, Robinson M, Manabe YC, Pandey S, Colubri A, O? Connor L, Lemon SC, Fahey N, Luzuriaga KL, Hafer N, Roth K, Lowe T, Stenzel T, Heetderks W, Broach J, McManus DD. Performance of Rapid Antigen Tests to Detect Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection. medRxiv. 2023 Jan 23. PMID: 35982680.
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    15. Lilly CM, Wang Z, Dunlap D, Kaye J, Gohtard S, Teebagy S, Hafer N, Rogers EJ, Buchholz B, McManus D. 2021 Patient Preferences for Point of Care Testing Survey: More Acceptance and Less Concern. J Appl Lab Med. 2022 Oct 29; 7(6):1302-1310. PMID: 36093730.
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    16. Soni A, Herbert C, Filippaios A, Broach J, Colubri A, Fahey N, Woods K, Nanavati J, Wright C, Orwig T, Gilliam K, Kheterpal V, Suvarna T, Nowak C, Schrader S, Lin H, O'Connor L, Pretz C, Ayturk D, Orvek E, Flahive J, Lazar P, Shi Q, Achenbach C, Murphy R, Robinson M, Gibson L, Stamegna P, Hafer N, Luzuriaga K, Barton B, Heetderks W, Manabe YC, McManus D. Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests' Performance Between Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2 : A Secondary Analysis From a Serial Home Self-testing Study. Ann Intern Med. 2022 12; 175(12):1685-1692. PMID: 36215709.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    17. Herbert C, Shi Q, Kheterpal V, Nowak C, Suvarna T, Durnan B, Schrader S, Behar S, Naeem S, Tarrant S, Kalibala B, Singh A, Gerber B, Barton B, Lin H, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Corbie-Smith G, Kibbe W, Marquez J, Baek J, Hafer N, Gibson L, O'Connor L, Broach J, Heetderks W, McManus D, Soni A. Use of a Digital Assistant to Report COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Self-test Results to Health Departments in 6 US Communities. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 08 01; 5(8):e2228885. PMID: 36018589.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Dunlap DR, Santos RS, Lilly CM, Teebagy S, Hafer NS, Buchholz BO, McManus DD. COVID-19: a gray swan's impact on the adoption of novel medical technologies. Humanit Soc Sci Commun. 2022; 9(1):232. PMID: 35821762.
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    19. Herbert C, Kheterpal V, Suvarna T, Broach J, Marquez JL, Gerber B, Schrader S, Nowak C, Harman E, Heetderks W, Fahey N, Orvek E, Lazar P, Ferranto J, Noorishirazi K, Valpady S, Shi Q, Lin H, Marvel K, Gibson L, Barton B, Lemon S, Hafer N, McManus D, Soni A. Design and Preliminary Findings of Adherence to the Self-Testing for Our Protection From COVID-19 (STOP COVID-19) Risk-Based Testing Protocol: Prospective Digital Study. JMIR Form Res. 2022 Jun 16; 6(6):e38113. PMID: 35649180.
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    20. Soni A, Herbert C, Baek J, Shi Q, Marquez J, Harman E, Kheterpal V, Nowak C, Suvarna T, Lin H, Heetderks W, Zai A, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Corbie-Smith G, Kibbe W, Gerber BS, Hafer N, Barton B, Broach J, McManus D. Association of Mass Distribution of Rapid Antigen Tests and SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence: Results from NIH-CDC funded Say Yes! Covid Test program in Michigan. medRxiv. 2022 Apr 02. PMID: 35411342.
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    21. Herbert C, Shi Q, Kheterpal V, Nowak C, Suvarna T, Durnam B, Schrader S, Behar S, Naeem S, Tarrant S, Kalibala B, Singh A, Gerber B, Barton B, Lin H, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Corbie-Smith G, Kibbe W, Marquez J, Baek J, Hafer N, Gibson L, O'Connor L, Broach J, Heetderks W, McManus D, Soni A. If you build it, will they use it? Use of a Digital Assistant for Self-Reporting of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Results during Large Nationwide Community Testing Initiative. medRxiv. 2022 Apr 01. PMID: 35411338.
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    22. Soni A, Herbert C, Filippaios A, Broach J, Colubri A, Fahey N, Woods K, Nanavati J, Wright C, Orwig T, Gilliam K, Kheterpal V, Suvarna T, Nowak C, Schrader S, Lin H, O'Connor L, Pretz C, Ayturk D, Orvek E, Flahive J, Lazar P, Shi Q, Achenbach C, Murphy R, Robinson M, Gibson L, Stamegna P, Hafer N, Luzuriaga K, Barton B, Heetderks W, Manabe YC, McManus D. Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests' Performance between Delta (B.1.61.7; AY.X) and Omicron (B.1.1.529; BA1) Variants of SARS-CoV-2: Secondary Analysis from a Serial Home Self-Testing Study. medRxiv. 2022 Mar 02. PMID: 35262091.
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    23. Teebagy S, Wang Z, Dunlap D, Saleeba C, DiMezza D, Crain J, Lilly CM, Buchholz B, McManus DD, Hafer N. Understanding Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives on Point-of-Care Testing. Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Feb 19; 12(2). PMID: 35204622.
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    24. Dunlap D, Ding E, Abramo K, Wang Z, Lilly CM, Hafer N, Buchholz B, McManus DD. Point-of-care testing, your cardiologist, and affairs of the heart. Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2021 Dec; 2(6):331-335. PMID: 35265928.
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    25. Nehl E, Heilman S, Ku D, Gottfried D, Farmer S, Mannino R, Tyburski E, Sullivan J, Suessmith A, Bassit L, Figueroa J, Wood A, Leong T, Rao A, Rogers B, Jerris R, Park S, Gonzalez M, Frediani J, Morris C, Levy J, Schoof N, Mavigner M, Roback J, Herzegh K, Saakadze N, Ingersoll J, Cheedarla N, Neish A, Hanberry B, Porter C, Esper A, Kempker R, Rebolledo P, McGuinness P, Balagadde F, Gore R, Koren A, Pollock N, Rogers E, Simin K, Hafer N, Picard MA, Ghezzi C, McManus D, Buchholz B, Rostad C, Claveria V, Ramachandra T, Wang YF, Washington C, Stone C, Griffiths M, Schinazi R, Chahroudi A, Vos M, Brand O, Martin G, Lam W. The RADx Tech Test Verification Core and the ACME POCT in the Evaluation of COVID-19 Testing Devices: A Model for Progress and Change. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2021 Apr 28; 2:142-151. PMID: 34192286.
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    26. Gibson L, Fahey N, Hafer N, Buchholz B, Dunlap D, Murphy R, Achenbach C, Stone C, Cleeton R, O'Neal J, Frediani J, Vos M, Brand O, Nayee R, Wells L, Lam W, Martin G, Manabe Y, Robinson M, Broach J, Olgin J, Barton B, Lemon S, Blodgett A, McManus D. The RADx Tech Clinical Studies Core: A Model for Academic Based Clinical Studies. IEEE Open J Eng Med Biol. 2021; 2:152-157. PMID: 34192287.
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    27. Hafer N, Buchholz B, Dunlap D, Fournier B, Latham S, Picard MA, Tello S, Gibson L, Lilly CM, McManus DD. A multi-institutional partnership catalyzing the commercialization of medical devices and biotechnology products. J Clin Transl Sci. 2021; 5(1):e119. PMID: 34267946.
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    28. Nearing K, Rainwater J, Neves S, Bhatti P, Conway B, Hafer N, Harter K, Kenyon N, McManus MM, McNeal DM, Morrato EH, Rajguru SM, Wasko M. I-Corps@NCATS trains clinical and translational science teams to accelerate translation of research innovations into practice. J Clin Transl Sci. 2020 Dec 07; 5(1):e66. PMID: 33948285.
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    29. Lilly CM, Ensom E, Teebagy S, DiMezza D, Dunlap D, Hafer N, Buchholz B, McManus D. Patient Preferences for Point-of-Care Testing: Survey Validation and Results. Point Care. 2020 Dec; 19(4):112-115. PMID: 34707464.
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    30. Dunlap D, Santos RS, McManus DD, Buchholz BO, Hafer NS, Picard M. New Opportunities and Cautionary Insights about Decentralizing and Deglobalizing Clinical Trials During the Great Lockdown. AIB Insights. 2020 Nov 03; 20(3). PMID: 34413924.
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    31. Tigges BB, Miller D, Dudding KM, Balls-Berry JE, Borawski EA, Dave G, Hafer NS, Kimminau KS, Kost RG, Littlefield K, Shannon J, Menon U. Measuring quality and outcomes of research collaborations: An integrative review. J Clin Transl Sci. 2019 Oct; 3(5):261-289. PMID: 31660251.
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    32. Ding EY, Ensom E, Hafer N, Buchholz B, Picard MA, Dunlap D, Rogers E, Lawton C, Koren A, Lilly C, Fitzgibbons TP, McManus DD. Point-of-care technologies in heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders from the Center for Advancing Point-of-Care Technologies. Curr Opin Biomed Eng. 2019 Sep; 11:58-67. PMID: 32582870.
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    33. Rose LM, Everts M, Heller C, Burke C, Hafer N, Steele S. Academic medical product development: an emerging alliance of technology transfer organizations and the CTSA. Clin Transl Sci. 2014 Dec; 7(6):456-64. PMID: 24945893.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Shirey-Rice J, Mapes B, Basford M, Zufelt A, Wehbe F, Harris P, Alcorn M, Allen D, Arnim M, Autry S, Briggs MS, Carnegie A, Chavis-Keeling D, De La Pena C, Dworschak D, Earnest J, Grieb T, Guess M, Hafer N, Johnson T, Kasper A, Kopp J, Lockie T, Lombardo V, McHale L, Minogue A, Nunnally B, O'Quinn D, Peck K, Pemberton K, Perry C, Petrie G, Pontello A, Posner R, Rehman B, Roth D, Sacksteder P, Scahill S, Schieri L, Simpson R, Skinner A, Toussant K, Turner A, Van der Put E, Wasser J, Webb CD, Williams M, Wiseman L, Yasko L, Pulley J. The CTSA Consortium's Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR). Clin Transl Sci. 2014 Apr; 7(2):100-7. PMID: 24456567.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Xu S, Hafer N, Agunwamba B, Schedl P. The CPEB protein Orb2 has multiple functions during spermatogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(11):e1003079. PMID: 23209437.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    36. Hafer N, Xu S, Bhat KM, Schedl P. The Drosophila CPEB protein Orb2 has a novel expression pattern and is important for asymmetric cell division and nervous system function. Genetics. 2011 Nov; 189(3):907-21. PMID: 21900268.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    37. Hafer N, Maidment BW, Hatchett RJ. The NIAID Radiation Countermeasures Program business model. Biosecur Bioterror. 2010 Dec; 8(4):357-63. PMID: 21142762.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    38. Hafer N, Cassatt D, Dicarlo A, Ramakrishnan N, Kaminski J, Norman MK, Maidment B, Hatchett R. NIAID/NIH radiation/nuclear medical countermeasures product research and development program. Health Phys. 2010 Jun; 98(6):903-5. PMID: 20445403.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    39. Hafer N, Schedl P. Dissection of larval CNS in Drosophila melanogaster. J Vis Exp. 2006 Nov 09; (1):85. PMID: 18704179.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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