Fig 2.

Growth of the GEP. (A) The number of faculty contacting GEP to inquire about training increased at the time of COVID-19 lockdown. (B) The number of faculty members actively implementing GEP projects and (C) the number of students participating per semester have increased starting in Fall 2020. (D) The number of student research projects submitted per semester remained high during the pandemic. It shows the number of projects submitted for two investigations within the CURE, the F-element Project that analyzes the role of chromatin structure on gene expression and evolution in Drosophila (4, 5), and the Pathways Project that studies regulatory evolution of metabolic and signaling pathway genes (e.g., insulin signaling) across the Drosophila genus (11).