Thiviya Rajagopalan, an undergraduate student in the Exercise and Sport Science program for the College of Education, Division of Kinesiology, Health & Sport Studies presented at the Wayne State University 4th Annual Joint Summer Research Mini Symposium at the Margherio Family Conference Center, hosted by the Office of the Vice President of Research and the Department of Physiology. Thiviya's research presentation titled "Mitochondrial Contribution to Drosophilia Exercise Training" focused on use of the Drosophila genetic model examining healthy aging and cardiac performance. The research supported that exercise improves muscle and heart performance in invertebrates