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Drosophila Melanogaster is a valuable organism in biological research, particularly genetics and developmental biology. The small, easy to grow 'fruit fly' has become one of the most valuable of organisms in genetic and developmental biology research. It has a short generation time (approximately 2 weeks), high productivity (females can lay 500 eggs in 10 days) and the entire genome was sequenced in 1998.

It is estimated that 61% of known human disease genes have a recognisable match in the genetic code of fruit flies, and 50% of fly protein sequences have mammalian matches. What this means is that the Drosophila is being used as a genetic model for research in many human diseases including:

Parkinson's.Huntington's.Alzheimer's.Diabetes.Cancer.Drug Abuse.

 
The developmental Biology Research Initiative at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) has been using the SANYO MIR-553 as 'Fruit Fly' Incubators for the past 5 years. At this point they have 21 MIR-552/553's dedicated to growing Drosophila for their research.

The SANYO MIR 153/253/553 Incubators offer the ideal growth environment for Fruit Flies which grow best at temperatures between 22-25°C. The main advantages of the MIR series include:

• Excellent Temperature Uniformity. +/-0.5°C.

• Wide Temperature Range. -10°C to +50°C (Drosophila grows best at 22-24°C).

• 3 Step Programming (Researcher can set different time/ temperature parameters depending on their studies. For example, inseminated Fruit Fly females can be 'revirginised' by prolonged incubation at -10°C).

• Alarms. High/ low temperature alarms (+/-2.5°C from set point), over-heat protection (heater turns off, setting range 15°C - 55°C) and low temperature protection (compressor turns off, setting range -15°C to 20°C.