By Carleigh Wood Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ginny Morriss Abstract This research investigated how increasing Iditarod (Idit), the Drosophila melanogaster homolog of irisin, affects the progression of Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1). DM1 is caused by an expansion of CTG repeats in the DMPK gene, which leads to muscle weakening and wasting. Given irisin’s role in…