Drosophila neurobiology, bioinformatics, gene function and regulation, developmental biology

Joined April 2015
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Kolotuev, I., Williams, A., Kizilyaprak, C., Pellegrino, S., Lewellyn, L. (2025). Complementary Volume Electron Microscopy-based approaches reveal ultrastructural changes in germline intercellular bridges of D. melanogaster. bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Pozmanter, C., Benner, L., Kelly, S. E., Curnutte, H., Emilfork, L., Van Doren, M. (2025). Tudor domain containing protein 5-like identifies a novel germline body and regulates maternal RNAs during oogenesis in Drosophila. Genetics, 229(4) academic.oup.com/genetics/ar…
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Zike, A. B., Abel, M. G., Fleck, S. A., DeWitt, E. D., Weaver, L. N. (2025). Estrogen-Related Receptor is Required in Adult Drosophila Females for Germline Stem Cell Maintenance. bioRxiv, biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Samuels, T. J., Torley, E. J., Nadmitova, V., Naden, E., Blair, P. E., Hernandez Frometa, F. A., Karam Teixeira, F. (2025). Destabilisation of bam transcripts terminates the mitotic phase of Drosophila female germline differentiation. Development, 152(5) journals.biologists.com/dev/…
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Tzou, F. Y., Chuang, P. H., Hsu, C. H., ...., Lin, C. W., Chan, C. C., Huang, S. Y. (2025). Dihydroceramide desaturase modulates autolysosome maturation and ameliorates CRB1 retinopathy. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis, 1871(5):167736 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Deng, W., Carr, R. L., Kaul, R. R., Pavlova-Deb, M., Haage, A., Roca-Cusachs, P., Tanentzapf, G. (2025). Consolidation of cell-ECM adhesion through direct talin-mediated actin linkage is essential for mouse embryonic morphogenesis. Commun Biol, 8(1):948 nature.com/articles/s42003-0…
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Xiong, C., Kandhan, P., Zoltowski, B. D., Tao, P. (2025). Structural Plasticity and Functional Dynamics of Pigeon Cryptochrome 4 as Avian Magnetoreceptor. J Mol Biol:169233 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Angermeier, A., Yu, D., Huang, Y., Marchetto, S., Borg, J. P., Chang, C., Wang, J. (2025). Dact1 induces Dishevelled oligomerization to facilitate binding partner switch and signalosome formation during convergent extension. Nat Commun, 16(1):2425 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Franchet, A., Haller, S., Yamba, M., ..., Lee, K. Z., Orlov, I., Spehner, D., Daeffler, L., Ferrandon, D. (2025). Nora virus proliferates in dividing intestinal stem cells and sensitizes flies to intestinal infection and oxidative stress. bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

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Jelena, R., Jelena, T., Marija, R., ...., Biljana, B. N., Pavkovic-Lucic, S. (2025). Different Long-Term Nutritional Regimens of Drosophila Shape Its Microbiota and Associated Metabolic Activity in a Sex-Specific Manner. Insects, mdpi.com/2075-4450/16/2/141
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Frappaolo, A., Zaccagnini, G., Riparbelli, M. G., Colotti, G., Callaini, G., Giansanti, M. G. (2025). PACS deficiency disrupts Golgi architecture and causes cytokinesis failures and seizure-like phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster. Open Biol, 15(2):240267 royalsocietypublishing.org/r…
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Yang, D., Xiu, M., Jiang, X., Kang, Q., Fu, J., Zhou, S., Liu, Y., He, J. (2025). Caffeic Acid Alleviates Chronic Sleep Deprivation-Induced Intestinal Damage. J Inflamm Res, 18:3485-349 dovepress.com/caffeic-acid-a…
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Vachias, C., Tourlonias, C., Grelee, L., ...., Pouchin, P., Brasset, E., Mirouse, V. (2025). Gap junctions allow transfer of metabolites between germ cells and somatic cells to promote germ cell growth in the Drosophila ovary. LoS Biol, 23(2):e3003045 journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
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