Arthur Luhur: Faculty: About: Department of Biology: Indiana University Bloomington

Arthur Luhur

Associate Director, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center

Associate Scientist, Biology

Drosophila Genomics Resource Center
Biology Bldg. A302B
812-855-5510
DGRC website

Insect cell culture, post transcriptional gene regulation, metabolism.

This video describes the handling of FTA discs for DNA plasmid transformation into bacterial cells.

Luhur A, Mariyappa D, Klueg KM, Buddika K, Tennessen JM, Zelhof AC. Adapting Drosophila melanogaster Cell Lines to Serum-Free Culture Conditions. G3 (Bethesda). 2020 Dec 3;10(12):4541-4551. doi: 10.1534/g3.120.401769. PMID: 33028628; PMCID: PMC7718738.

Li H, Rai M, Buddika K, Sterrett MC, Luhur A, Mahmoudzadeh NH, Julick CR, Pletcher RC, Chawla G, Gosney CJ, Burton AK, Karty JA, Montooth KL, Sokol NS, Tennessen JM. Lactate dehydrogenase and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase cooperatively regulate growth and carbohydrate metabolism during Drosophila melanogaster larval development. Development. 2019 Sep 12;146(17):dev175315. doi: 10.1242/dev.175315. PMID: 31399469; PMCID: PMC6765128.

Luhur A, Klueg KM, Roberts J, Zelhof AC. Thawing, Culturing, and Cryopreserving Drosophila Cell Lines. J Vis Exp. 2019 Apr 16;(146):10.3791/59459. doi: 10.3791/59459. PMID: 31058891; PMCID: PMC7032961.

Luhur A, Klueg KM, Zelhof AC. Generating and working with Drosophila cell cultures: Current challenges and opportunities. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2019 May;8(3):e339. doi: 10.1002/wdev.339. Epub 2018 Dec 18. PMID: 30561900; PMCID: PMC6450750.

Luhur A, Buddika K, Ariyapala IS, Chen S, Sokol NS. Opposing post-transcriptional control of InR by FMRP and LIN-28 adjusts stem cell-based tissue growth. Cell Rep. 2017 Dec 5;21(10):2671-2677. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.039. PubMed PMID: 29212015; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5728658.