Classroom-Based Learning in an Academic Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training Program.

Objectives: Classroom-based learning such as academic half days (AHDs) are complementary to workplace learning in postgraduate medical education. This study examined three research questions: the purpose of AHDs, elements of an effective AHD, and factors that make AHD sustainable.

Methods: We conducted a case study of the AHD in a large Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program at the University of British Columbia.

Neuroligin 2 is required for synapse development and function at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction.

Neuroligins belong to a highly conserved family of cell adhesion molecules that have been implicated in synapse formation and function. However, the precise in vivo roles of Neuroligins remain unclear. In the present study, we have analyzed the function of Drosophila neuroligin 2 (dnl2) in synaptic development and function.

Fire exit is a potential four transmembrane protein expressed in developing Drosophila glia.

Glia from many diverse organisms play a number of important roles during the development of the nervous system. Therefore, knowing the molecules that control glial cell function will further our understanding of the mechanisms that control nervous system development. We have isolated a novel gene in Drosophila melanogaster that is expressed in a subset of the peripheral glia.