Greg sits down with Baylor Neuroscientist and HHMI investigator Hugo Bellen to discuss the evolution of genetic research tools over the last 30 years (1:50), the transition from a career as an engineer to veterinary medicine, to research (4:47), drosophila research and its translation potential (7:17), examining the research of neuron-glia interactions and how lipid droplets can contribute to neurodegenerative diseases (9:25), the use of mitochondrial therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases (16:19), the undiagnosed diseases network (21:33), and future research in the Bellen lab (24:23).