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  • Mart Saarma Academy of Finland, Helsinki
    Lindstrom, R., Lindholm, P., Kallijarvi, J., Palgi, M., Saarma, M. and Heino, T. I. (2016). Exploring the Conserved role of MANF in the unfolded protein response in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 11: e0151550. PubMed ID: 26975047

    Kallijarvi, J., Stratoulias, V., Virtanen, K., Hietakangas, V., Heino, T. I. and Saarma, M. (2012). Characterization of Drosophila GDNF Receptor-Like and Evidence for Its Evolutionarily Conserved Interaction with Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM)/FasII. PLoS One 7: e51997. PubMed ID: 23284846

    Lindholm, P. and Saarma, M. (2010). Novel CDNF/MANF family of neurotrophic factors. Dev Neurobiol 70: 360-371. PubMed ID: 20186704

  • Silke Sachse Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Jena
    Das Chakraborty, S. and Sachse, S. (2021). Olfactory processing in the lateral horn of Drosophila. Cell Tissue Res 383(1): 113-123. PubMed ID: 33475851

    Grabe, V., Schubert, M., Strube-Bloss, M., Reinert, A., Trautheim, S., Lavista-Llanos, S., Fiala, A., Hansson, B. S. and Sachse, S. (2019). Odor-induced multi-level inhibitory maps in Drosophila. eNeuro. PubMed ID: 31888962

    Mohamed, A. A. M., Hansson, B. S. and Sachse, S. (2019). Third-order neurons in the lateral horn enhance bilateral contrast of odor inputs through contralateral inhibition in Drosophila. Front Physiol 10: 851. PubMed ID: 31354516

    Mohamed, A. A. M., Retzke, T., Das Chakraborty, S., Fabian, B., Hansson, B. S., Knaden, M. and Sachse, S. (2019). Odor mixtures of opposing valence unveil inter-glomerular crosstalk in the Drosophila antennal lobe. Nat Commun 10(1): 1201. PubMed ID: 30867415

    Das, S., Trona, F., Khallaf, M. A., Schuh, E., Knaden, M., Hansson, B. S. and Sachse, S. (2017). Electrical synapses mediate synergism between pheromone and food odors in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114(46): E9962-e9971. PubMed ID: 29087946

    Strube-Bloss, M. F., Grabe, V., Hansson, B. S. and Sachse, S. (2017). Calcium imaging revealed no modulatory effect on odor-evoked responses of the Drosophila antennal lobe by two populations of inhibitory local interneurons. Sci Rep 7(1): 7854. PubMed ID: 28798324

    Seki, Y., Dweck, H. K. M., Rybak, J., Wicher, D., Sachse, S. and Hansson, B. S. (2017). Olfactory coding from the periphery to higher brain centers in the Drosophila brain. BMC Biol 15(1): 56. PubMed ID: 28666437

    Grabe, V., Baschwitz, A., Dweck, H. K., Lavista-Llanos, S., Hansson, B. S. and Sachse, S. (2016). Elucidating the neuronal architecture of olfactory glomeruli in the Drosophila antennal lobe. Cell Rep 16: 3401-3413. PubMed ID: 27653699

    Lebreton, S., Trona, F., Borrero-Echeverry, F., Bilz, F., Grabe, V., Becher, P. G., Carlsson, M. A., Nassel, D. R., Hansson, B. S., Sachse, S. and Witzgall, P. (2015). Feeding regulates sex pheromone attraction and courtship in Drosophila females. Sci Rep 5: 13132. PubMed ID: 26255707

    Dweck, H.K., Ebrahim, S.A., Thoma, M., Mohamed, A.A., Keesey, I.W., Trona, F., Lavista-Llanos, S., Svatoš, A., Sachse, S., Knaden, M. and Hansson, B.S. (2015). Pheromones mediating copulation and attraction in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 25964351

    Strutz, A., Soelter, J., Baschwitz, A., Farhan, A., Grabe, V., Rybak, J., Knaden, M., Schmuker, M., Hansson, B. S. and Sachse, S. (2014). Decoding odor quality and intensity in the Drosophila brain. Elife 3. PubMed ID: 25512254

  • Enrique Saez Department of Chemical Physiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (see also Enrique Saez)
    Top, D., Harms, E., Syed, S., Adams, E. L. and Saez, L. (2016). GSK-3 and CK2 kinases converge on Timeless to regulate the master clock. Cell Rep. PubMed ID: 27346344

    Jang, A. R., Moravcevic, K., Saez, L., Young, M. W. and Sehgal, A. (2015). Drosophila TIM binds importin alpha1, and acts as an adapter to transport PER to the nucleus. PLoS Genet 11: e1004974. PubMed ID: 25674790

    Axelrod, S., Saez, L. and Young, M. W. (2015). Studying circadian rhythm and sleep using genetic screens in Drosophila. Methods Enzymol 551: 3-27. PubMed ID: 25662449

  • Robert Saint Flinders University, Adelaide
    Jefferies, G., Somers, J., Lohrey, I., Chaturvedi, V., Calabria, J., Marshall, O. J., Southall, T. D., Saint, R. and Murray, M. J. (2020). Maintenance of Cell Fate by the Polycomb Group Gene Sex Combs Extra Enables a Partial Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). PubMed ID: 33051260

    Khan, M., Shaukat, Z., Saint, R. and Gregory, S. L. (2018). Chromosomal instability causes sensitivity to protein folding stress and ATP depletion. Biol Open 7(10). PubMed ID: 30327366

    Golenkina, S., Chaturvedi, V., Saint, R. and Murray, M. J. (2018). Frazzled can act through distinct molecular pathways in epithelial cells to regulate motility, apical constriction, and localisation of E-Cadherin. PLoS One 13(3): e0194003. PubMed ID: 29518139

    Hussain, R., Shaukat, Z., Khan, M., Saint, R. and Gregory, S. L. (2017). Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase maintains glycolysis-driven growth in Drosophila tumors. Sci Rep 7(1): 11531. PubMed ID: 28912546

    Liu, D., Shaukat, Z., Xu, T., Denton, D., Saint, R. and Gregory, S. (2016). Autophagy regulates the survival of cells with chromosomal instability. Oncotarget [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27590505

    Shaukat, Z., Liu, D., Choo, A., Hussain, R., O'Keefe, L., Richards, R., Saint, R. and Gregory, S. L. (2015). Chromosomal instability causes sensitivity to metabolic stress. Oncogene 34: 4044-4055. PubMed ID: 25347746

    Wong, H. W., Shaukat, Z., Wang, J., Saint, R. and Gregory, S. L. (2014). JNK signaling is needed to tolerate chromosomal instability. Cell Cycle 13: 622-631. PubMed ID: 24335260

    Pert, M., Gan, M., Saint, R. and Murray, M.J. (2015). Netrins and Frazzled/DCC promote the migration and mesenchymal to epithelial transition of Drosophila midgut cells. Biol Open [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 25617422

    Wong, H. W., Shaukat, Z., Wang, J., Saint, R. and Gregory, S. L. (2013). JNK signaling is needed to tolerate chromosomal instability. Cell Cycle 13. PubMed ID: 24335260

    Manhire-Heath, R., Golenkina, S., Saint, R. and Murray, M. J. (2013). Netrin-dependent downregulation of Frazzled/DCC is required for the dissociation of the peripodial epithelium in Drosophila. Nat Commun 4: 2790. PubMed ID: 24225841

    Murray, M. J., Ng, M. M., Fraval, H., Tan, J., Liu, W., Smallhorn, M., Brill, J. A., Field, S. J. and Saint, R. (2012). Regulation of Drosophila mesoderm migration by phosphoinositides and the PH domain of the Rho GTP exchange factor Pebble. Dev Biol 372: 17-27. PubMed ID: 23000359

  • Kuniaki Saito Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo
    Iwasaki, Y. W., Murano, K., Ishizu, H., Shibuya, A., Iyoda, Y., Siomi, M. C., Siomi, H. and Saito, K. (2016). Piwi modulates chromatin accessibility by regulating multiple factors including Histone H1 to repress transposons. Mol Cell [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27425411

    Ohtani, H., Iwasaki, Y. W., Shibuya, A., Siomi, H., Siomi, M. C. and Saito, K. (2013). DmGTSF1 is necessary for Piwi-piRISC-mediated transcriptional transposon silencing in the Drosophila ovary. Genes Dev 27: 1656-1661. PubMed ID: 23913921

    Saito, K. (2013) The epigenetic regulation of transposable elements by PIWI-interacting RNAs in Drosophila. Genes Genet Syst 88: 9-17. PubMed ID: 23676706

    Saito, K., Ishizu, H., Komai, M., Kotani, H., Kawamura, Y., Nishida, K. M., Siomi, H. and Siomi, M. C. (2010). Roles for the Yb body components Armitage and Yb in primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila. Genes Dev 24: 2493-2498. PubMed ID: 20966047

  • Minoru Saitoe Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience Fuchu, Japan
    Ueno, K., Morstein, J., Ofusa, K., Naganos, S., Suzuki-Sawano, E., Minegishi, S., Rezgui, S. P., Kitagishi, H., Michel, B. W., Chang, C. J., Horiuchi, J. and Saitoe, M. (2020). Carbon Monoxide, a Retrograde Messenger Generated in Postsynaptic Mushroom Body Neurons, Evokes Noncanonical Dopamine Release. J Neurosci 40(18): 3533-3548. PubMed ID: 32253360

    Matsuno, M., Horiuchi, J., Ofusa, K., Masuda, T. and Saitoe, M. (2019). Inhibiting glutamate activity during consolidation suppresses age-related long-term memory impairment in Drosophila. iScience 15: 55-65. PubMed ID: 31030182

    Miyashita, T., Kikuchi, E., Horiuchi, J. and Saitoe, M. (2018). Long-term memory engram cells are established by c-Fos/CREB transcriptional cycling. Cell Rep 25(10): 2716-2728.e2713. PubMed ID: 30517860

    Sato, S., Ueno, K., Saitoe, M. and Sakai, T. (2018). Synaptic depression induced by postsynaptic cAMP production in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx. J Physiol. PubMed ID: 29659025

    Suzuki-Sawano, E., Ueno, K., Naganos, S., Sawano, Y., Horiuchi, J. and Saitoe, M. (2017). A Drosophila ex vivo model of olfactory appetitive learning. Sci Rep 7(1): 17725. PubMed ID: 29255174

    Ueno, K., Suzuki, E., Naganos, S., Ofusa, K., Horiuchi, J. and Saitoe, M. (2017). Coincident postsynaptic activity gates presynaptic dopamine release to induce plasticity in Drosophila mushroom bodies. Elife 6 [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 28117664

    Naganos, S., Ueno, K., Horiuchi, J. and Saitoe, M. (2016). Learning defects in Drosophila growth restricted chico mutants are caused by attenuated adenylyl cyclase activity. Mol Brain 9: 37. PubMed ID: 27048332

    Matsuno, M., Horiuchi, J., Yuasa, Y., Ofusa, K., Miyashita, T., Masuda, T., and Saitoe, M. (2015). Long-term memory formation in Drosophila requires training-dependent glial transcription. J Neurosci 35: 5557-5565. PubMed ID: 25855172

    Yamazaki, D., Horiuchi, J., Ueno, K., Ueno, T., Saeki, S., Matsuno, M., Naganos, S., Miyashita, T., Hirano, Y., Nishikawa, H., Taoka, M., Yamauchi, Y., Isobe, T., Honda, Y., Kodama, T., Masuda, T. and Saitoe, M. (2014). Glial dysfunction causes age-related memory impairment in Drosophila. Neuron 84: 753-763. PubMed ID: 25447741

    Hirano, Y. and Saitoe, M. (2013). Hunger and memory; CRTC coordinates long-term memory with the physiological state, hunger. Commun Integr Biol 6: e25152. PubMed ID: 24265850

    Hirano, Y., Masuda, T., Naganos, S., Matsuno, M., Ueno, K., Miyashita, T., Horiuchi, J., Saitoe, M. (2013) Fasting launches CRTC to facilitate long-term memory formation in Drosophila. Science 339: 443-446. PubMed ID: 23349290

  • Takaomi Sakai School of Science and Engineering Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
    Suzuki, Y., Kurata, Y. and Sakai, T. (2022). Dorsal-lateral clock neurons modulate consolidation and maintenance of long-term memory in Drosophila. Genes Cells 27(4): 266-279. PubMed ID: 35094465

    Inami, S., Sato, T., Kurata, Y., Suzuki, Y., Kitamoto, T. and Sakai, T. (2021). Consolidation and maintenance of long-term memory involve dual functions of the developmental regulator Apterous in clock neurons and mushroom bodies in the Drosophila brain. PLoS Biol 19(12): e3001459. PubMed ID: 34860826

    Inami, S., Sato, S., Kondo, S., Tanimoto, H., Kitamoto, T. and Sakai, T. (2020). Environmental light is required for maintenance of long-term memory in Drosophila. J Neurosci 40(7): 1427-1439. PubMed ID: 31932417

    Watanabe, K., Suzuki, Y., Inami, S., Ohashi, H. and Sakai, T. (2018). Light is required for proper female mate choice between winged and wingless males in Drosophila. Genes Genet Syst. PubMed ID: 29998908

    Sato, S., Ueno, K., Saitoe, M. and Sakai, T. (2018). Synaptic depression induced by postsynaptic cAMP production in the Drosophila mushroom body calyx. J Physiol. PubMed ID: 29659025

    Ohashi, H. and Sakai, T. (2018). Leucokinin signaling regulates hunger-driven reduction of behavioral responses to noxious heat in Drosophila. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 499(2): 221-226. PubMed ID: 29559237

    Shimada, N., Inami, S., Sato, S., Kitamoto, T. and Sakai, T. (2016). Modulation of light-driven arousal by LIM-homeodomain transcription factor Apterous in large PDF-positive lateral neurons of the Drosophila brain. Sci Rep 6: 37255. PubMed ID: 27853240

    Mabuchi, I., Shimada, N., Sato, S., Ienaga, K., Inami, S. and Sakai, T. (2016). Mushroom body signaling is required for locomotor activity rhythms in Drosophila. Neurosci Res. PubMed ID: 27106579

    Watanabe, K. and Sakai, T. (2016). Knockout mutations of insulin-like peptide genes enhance sexual receptivity in Drosophila virgin females. Genes Genet Syst 90: 237-241. PubMed ID: 26617266

    Sakai, T., Watanabe, K., Ohashi, H., Sato, S., Inami, S., Shimada, N. and Kitamoto, T. (2014). Insulin-producing cells regulate the sexual receptivity through the painless TRP channel in Drosophila virgin females. PLoS One 9: e88175. PubMed ID: 24505416

  • Iris Salecker Francis Crick Institute, London
    Apitz, H. and Salecker, I. (2018). Spatio-temporal relays control layer identity of direction-selective neuron subtypes in Drosophila. Nat Commun 9(1): 2295. PubMed ID: 29895891

    Apitz, H. and Salecker, I. (2016). Retinal determination genes coordinate neuroepithelial specification and neurogenesis modes in the Drosophila optic lobe. Development 143: 2431-2442. PubMed ID: 27381228

    Apitz, H. and Salecker, I. (2014). A region-specific neurogenesis mode requires migratory progenitors in the Drosophila visual system. Nat Neurosci [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 25501037

    Richier, B. and Salecker, I. (2014). Versatile genetic paintbrushes: Brainbow technologies. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 25491327

    Apitz, H. and Salecker, I. (2014). A challenge of numbers and diversity: neurogenesis in the Drosophila optic lobe. J Neurogenet: 1-35. PubMed ID: 24912777

    Shimosako, N., Hadjieconomou, D. and Salecker, I. (2014). Flybow to dissect circuit assembly in the Drosophila brain. Methods Mol Biol 1082: 57-69. PubMed ID: 24048926

    Oyallon, J., Apitz, H., Miguel-Aliaga, I., Timofeev, K., Ferreira, L. and Salecker, I. (2012). Regulation of locomotion and motoneuron trajectory selection and targeting by the Drosophila homolog of Olig family transcription factors. Dev Biol 369: 261-276. PubMed ID: 22796650

    Timofeev, K., Joly, W., Hadjieconomou, D. and Salecker, I. (2012). Localized netrins act as positional cues to control layer-specific targeting of photoreceptor axons in Drosophila. Neuron 75: 80-93. PubMed ID: 22794263

    Hadjieconomou, D., Timofeev, K. and Salecker, I. (2011). A step-by-step guide to visual circuit assembly in Drosophila. Curr Opin Neurobiol 21: 76-84. PubMed ID: 20800474

  • Maria Saleh Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur
    Mongelli, V., Lequime, S., Kousathanas, A., Gausson, V., Blanc, H., Nigg, J., Quintana-Murci, L., Elena, S. F. and Saleh, M. C. (2022). Innate immune pathways act synergistically to constrain RNA virus evolution in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Ecol Evol. PubMed ID: 35273366

    Mondotte, J. A., Gausson, V., Frangeul, L., Suzuki, Y., Vazeille, M., Mongelli, V., Blanc, H., Failloux, A. B. and Saleh, M. C. (2020). Evidence For Long-Lasting Transgenerational Antiviral Immunity in Insects. Cell Rep 33(11): 108506. PubMed ID: 33326778

    Torri, A., Mongelli, V., Mondotte, J. A. and Saleh, M. C. (2020). Viral Infection and Stress Affect Protein Levels of Dicer 2 and Argonaute 2 in Drosophila melanogaster. Front Immunol 11: 362. PubMed ID: 32194567

    Mondotte, J. A., Gausson, V., Frangeul, L., Blanc, H., Lambrechts, L. and Saleh, M. C. (2018). Immune priming and clearance of orally acquired RNA viruses in Drosophila. Nat Microbiol. PubMed ID: 30374170

    Petit, M., Mongelli, V., Frangeul, L., Blanc, H., Jiggins, F. and Saleh, M. C. (2016). piRNA pathway is not required for antiviral defense in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 27357659

    Karlikow, M., Goic, B., Mongelli, V., Salles, A., Schmitt, C., Bonne, I., Zurzolo, C. and Saleh, M. C. (2016). Drosophila cells use nanotube-like structures to transfer dsRNA and RNAi machinery between cells. Sci Rep 6: 27085. PubMed ID: 27255932

    van Mierlo, J. T., Overheul, G. J., Obadia, B., van Cleef, K. W., Webster, C. L., Saleh, M. C., Obbard, D. J. and van Rij, R. P. (2014). Novel Drosophila viruses encode host-specific suppressors of RNAi. PLoS Pathog 10: e1004256. PubMed ID: 25032815

  • Julia Saltz BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas
    Girardeau, A. R., Foley, B. R. and Saltz, J. B. (2021). Comparing single- and mixed-species groups in fruit flies: differences in group dynamics, but not group formation. J Hered. PubMed ID: 34453172

    Wice, E. W. and Saltz, J. B. (2021). Selection on heritable social network positions is context-dependent in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Commun 12(1): 3357. PubMed ID: 34099680

    Jaffe, A., Burns, M. P. and Saltz, J. B. (2020). Genotype-by-genotype epistasis for exploratory behaviour in D. simulans. Proc Biol Sci 287(1928): 20200057. PubMed ID: 32517624

    Burns, M. P., Cavallaro, F. D. and Saltz, J. B. (2020). Does Divergence in Habitat Breadth Associate with Species Differences in Decision Making in Drosophila Sechellia and Drosophila Simulans? Genes (Basel) 11(5). PubMed ID: 32397481

  • Paul Salvaterra City of Hope, Duarte, CA
    Ling, D., Magallanes, M. and Salvaterra, P. M. (2014). Accumulation of amyloid-like Abeta1-42 in autophagy-endosomal-lysosomal (AEL) vesicles: Potential implications for plaque biogenesis. ASN Neuro. PubMed ID: 24521233

    Ling, D. and Salvaterra, P. M. (2011). Brain aging and Abeta(1)(-)(4)(2) neurotoxicity converge via deterioration in autophagy-lysosomal system: a conditional Drosophila model linking Alzheimer's neurodegeneration with aging. Acta Neuropathol 121: 183-191. PubMed ID: 21076961

    Baumann, O., Salvaterra, P. M. and Takeyasu, K. (2010). Developmental changes in beta-subunit composition of Na,K-ATPase in the Drosophila eye. Cell Tissue Res 340: 215-228. PubMed ID: 20336468

  • Helen Salz Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland
    Smolko, A. E., Shapiro-Kulnane, L. and Salz, H. K. (2020). An autoregulatory switch in sex-specific phf7 transcription causes loss of sexual identity and tumors in the Drosophila female germline. Development 147(17). PubMed ID: 32816970

    Smolko, A. E., Shapiro-Kulnane, L. and Salz, H. K. (2018). The H3K9 methyltransferase SETDB1 maintains female identity in Drosophila germ cells. Nat Commun 9(1): 4155. PubMed ID: 30297796

    Salz, H. K. (2012). Sex, stem cells and tumors in the Drosophila ovary. Fly (Austin) 7. PubMed ID: 23208193

    Chau, J., Kulnane, L. S. and Salz, H. K. (2012). Sex-lethal enables germline stem cell differentiation by down-regulating Nanos protein levels during Drosophila oogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109: 9465-9470. PubMed ID: 22645327

    Johnson, M. L., Nagengast, A. A. and Salz, H. K. (2010). PPS, a large multidomain protein, functions with sex-lethal to regulate alternative splicing in Drosophila. PLoS Genet 6: e1000872. PubMed ID: 20221253

  • Adi Salzberg Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa
    Avetisyan, A., Glatt, Y., Cohen, M., Timerman, Y., Aspis, N., Nachman, A., Halachmi, N., Preger-Ben Noon, E. and Salzberg, A. (2021). Delilah, prospero, and D-Pax2 constitute a gene regulatory network essential for the development of functional proprioceptors. Elife 10. PubMed ID: 34964712

    Avetisyan, A. and Salzberg, A. (2019). Accurate elimination of superfluous attachment cells is critical for the construction of functional multicellular proprioceptors in Drosophila. Cell Death Differ. PubMed ID: 30622305

    Greenblatt Ben-El, R. T., Hassan, A. and Salzberg, A. (2017). Loss of thrombospondin reveals a possible role for the extracellular matrix in chordotonal cap cell elongation. Int J Dev Biol 61(3-4-5): 311-318. PubMed ID: 28621428

    Halachmi, N., Nachman, A. and Salzberg, A. (2016). A newly identified type of attachment cell is critical for normal patterning of chordotonal neurons. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 26794680

    Nachman, A., Halachmi, N., Matia, N., Manzur, D. and Salzberg, A. (2015). Deconstructing the complexity of regulating common properties in different cell types: lessons from the delilah gene. Dev Biol 403: 180-191. PubMed ID: 25989022

    Zohar-Stoopel, A., Gonen, N., Mahroum, M., Ben-Zvi, D. S., Toledano, H. and Salzberg, A. (2013). Homothorax plays autonomous and non-autonomous roles in proximodistal axis formation and migration of the Drosophila renal tubules. Dev Dyn. PubMed ID: 23821438

    Pechkovsky, A., Lahav, M., Bitman, E., Salzberg, A., Kleinberger, T. (2013) E4orf4 induces PP2A- and Src-dependent cell death in Drosophila melanogaster and at the same time inhibits classic apoptosis pathways. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 23613593

    Halachmi, N., Nachman, A. and Salzberg, A. (2012). Visualization of proprioceptors in Drosophila larvae and pupae. J Vis Exp: e3846. PubMed ID: 22733157

    Egoz-Matia, N., Nachman, A., Halachmi, N., Toder, M., Klein, Y. and Salzberg, A. (2011). Spatial regulation of cell adhesion in the Drosophila wing is mediated by Delilah, a potent activator of betaPS integrin expression. Dev Biol 351: 99-109. PubMed ID: 21215259

  • Christos Samakovlis The Wenner-Gren Institute Developmental Biology, Stockholm University
    Yao, L., Wang, S., Orzechowski-Westholm, J., Dai, Q., Matsuda, R., Hosono, C., Bray, S., Lai, E. C. and Samakovlis, C. (2017). Genome-wide identification of Grainy head targets in Drosophila reveals regulatory interactions with the POU-domain transcription factor, Vvl. Development. PubMed ID: 28760809

    Hosono, C., Matsuda, R., Adryan, B. and Samakovlis, C. (2015). Transient junction anisotropies orient annular cell polarization in the Drosophila airway tubes. Nat Cell Biol 17: 1569-1576. PubMed ID: 26551273

    Matsuda, R., Hosono, C., Saigo, K. and Samakovlis, C. (2015). The intersection of the extrinsic Hedgehog and WNT/Wingless signals with the intrinsic Hox code underpins branching pattern and tube shape diversity in the drosophila Airways. PLoS Genet 11: e1004929. PubMed ID: 25615601

    Tsarouhas, V., Yao, L. and Samakovlis, C. (2014). Src-kinases and ERK activate distinct responses to Stitcher receptor tyrosine kinase signaling during wound healing in Drosophila. J Cell Sci. PubMed ID: 24522188

    O'Farrell, F., Wang, S., Katheder, N., Rusten, T. E. and Samakovlis, C. (2013). Two-tiered control of epithelial growth and autophagy by the insulin receptor and the ret-like receptor, stitcher. PLoS Biol 11: e1001612. PubMed ID: 23935447

    Tiklova, K., Tsarouhas, V. and Samakovlis, C. (2013). Control of airway tube diameter and integrity by secreted chitin-binding proteins in Drosophila. PLoS One 8: e67415. PubMed ID: 23826295

    Papadopoulos, D. K., Skouloudaki, K., Adachi, Y., Samakovlis, C. and Gehring, W. J. (2012). Dimer formation via the homeodomain is required for function and specificity of Sex combs reduced in Drosophila. Dev Biol 367: 78-89. PubMed ID: 22564794

    Tiklova, K., Senti, K. A., Wang, S., Graslund, A. and Samakovlis, C. (2010). Epithelial septate junction assembly relies on melanotransferrin iron binding and endocytosis in Drosophila. Nat Cell Biol 12: 1071-1077. PubMed ID: 20935638

    Wagner, N., Weyhersmuller, A., Blauth, A., Schuhmann, T., Heckmann, M., Krohne, G. and Samakovlis, C. (2010). The Drosophila LEM-domain protein MAN1 antagonizes BMP signaling at the neuromuscular junction and the wing crossveins. Dev Biol 339: 1-13. PubMed ID: 20036230

  • Maria Samsonova Polytechnical University, St. Petersburg
    Surkova, S., Sokolkova, A., Kozlov, K., Nuzhdin, S. V. and Samsonova, M. (2019). Quantitative analysis reveals genotype- and domain- specific differences between mRNA and protein expression of segmentation genes in Drosophila. Dev Biol 448(1): 48-58. PubMed ID: 30629954

    Surkova, S., Sokolkova, A., Kozlov, K., Nuzhdin, S. V. and Samsonova, M. (2019). Quantitative analysis reveals genotype- and domain- specific differences between mRNA and protein expression of segmentation genes in Drosophila. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 30629954

    Gursky, V. V., Kozlov, K. N., Kulakovskiy, I. V., Zubair, A., Marjoram, P., Lawrie, D. S., Nuzhdin, S. V. and Samsonova, M. G. (2017). Translating natural genetic variation to gene expression in a computational model of the Drosophila gap gene regulatory network. PLoS One 12(9): e0184657. PubMed ID: 28898266

    Kozlov, K., Gursky, V., Kulakovskiy, I. and Samsonova, M. (2014). Sequence-based model of gap gene regulatory network. BMC Genomics 15 Suppl 12: S6. PubMed ID: 25564104

    Surkova, S., Myasnikova, E., Kozlov, K. N., Pisarev, A., Reinitz, J. and Samsonova, M. (2013). Quantitative imaging of gene expression in Drosophila embryos. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2013. PubMed ID: 23734022

    Surkova, S., Golubkova, E., Manu, Panok, L., Mamon, L., Reinitz, J. and Samsonova, M. (2013). Quantitative dynamics and increased variability of segmentation gene expression in the Drosophila Kruppel and knirps mutants. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 23333947

    Janssens, H., Crombach, A., Richard Wotton, K., Cicin-Sain, D., Surkova, S., Lu Lim, C., Samsonova, M., Akam, M. and Jaeger, J. (2013). Lack of tailless Leads to an Increase in Expression Variability in Drosophila Embryos. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 23333944

    Kozlov, K., Surkova, S., Myasnikova, E., Reinitz, J. and Samsonova, M. (2012). Modeling of gap gene expression in Drosophila Kruppel mutants. PLoS Comput Biol 8: e1002635. PubMed ID: 22927803

  • Aravinthan Samuel Dept. of Physics & Center for Brain Science, Harvard
    Hernandez-Nunez, L., Chen, A., Budelli, G., Berck, M. E., Richter, V., Rist, A., Thum, A. S., Cardona, A., Klein, M., Garrity, P. and Samuel, A. D. T. (2021). Synchronous and opponent thermosensors use flexible cross-inhibition to orchestrate thermal homeostasis. Sci Adv 7(35). PubMed ID: 34452914

    Vogt, K., Zimmerman, D. M., Schlichting, M., Hernandez-Nunez, L., Qin, S., Malacon, K., Rosbash, M., Pehlevan, C., Cardona, A. and Samuel, A. D. T. (2021). Internal state configures olfactory behavior and early sensory processing in Drosophila larvae. Sci Adv 7(1). PubMed ID: 33523854

    Si, G., Kanwal, J. K., Hu, Y., Tabone, C. J., Baron, J., Berck, M., Vignoud, G. and Samuel, A. D. T. (2019). Structured odorant response patterns across a complete olfactory receptor neuron population. Neuron. PubMed ID: 30683545

    He, L., Si, G., Huang, J., Samuel, A. D. T. and Perrimon, N. (2018). Mechanical regulation of stem-cell differentiation by the stretch-activated Piezo channel. Nature 555(7694): 103-106. PubMed ID: 29414942

    Berck, M.E., Khandelwal, A., Claus, L., Hernandez-Nunez, L., Si, G., Tabone, C.J., Li, F., Truman, J.W., Fetter, R.D., Louis, M., Samuel, A.D. and Cardona, A. (2016). The wiring diagram of a glomerular olfactory system. Elife [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27177418

    van Giesen, L., Hernandez-Nunez, L., Delasoie-Baranek, S., Colombo, M., Renaud, P., Bruggmann, R., Benton, R., Samuel, A.D. and Sprecher, S.G. (2016). Multimodal stimulus coding by a gustatory sensory neuron in Drosophila larvae. Nat Commun 7: 10687. PubMed ID: 26864722

    Hernandez-Nunez, L., Belina, J., Klein, M., Si, G., Claus, L., Carlson, J. R. and Samuel, A. D. (2015). Reverse-correlation analysis of navigation dynamics in larva using optogenetics. Elife 4. PubMed ID: 25942453

    Klein, M., Afonso, B., Vonner, A. J., Hernandez-Nunez, L., Berck, M., Tabone, C. J., Kane, E. A., Pieribone, V. A., Nitabach, M. N., Cardona, A., Zlatic, M., Sprecher, S. G., Gershow, M., Garrity, P. A. and Samuel, A. D. (2014). Sensory determinants of behavioral dynamics in Drosophila thermotaxis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 25550513

    Kane, E. A., Gershow, M., Afonso, B., Larderet, I., Klein, M., Carter, A. R., de Bivort, B. L., Sprecher, S. G. and Samuel, A. D. (2013). Sensorimotor structure of Drosophila larva phototaxis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 24043822

    Gershow, M., Berck, M., Mathew, D., Luo, L., Kane, E. A., Carlson, J. R. and Samuel, A. D. (2012). Controlling airborne cues to study small animal navigation. Nat Methods 9: 290-296. PubMed ID: 22245808

  • Aziz Sancar University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    Deger, N., Cao, X., Selby, C. P., Gulec, S., Kawara, H., Dewey, E. B., Wang, L., Yang, Y., Archibald, S., Selcuk, B., Adebali, O., Sekelsky, J., Sancar, A. and Liu, Z. (2022). CSB-independent, XPC-dependent transcription-coupled repair in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 119(9). PubMed ID: 35217627

    Deger, N., Yang, Y., Lindsey-Boltz, L. A., Sancar, A. and Selby, C. P. (2019). Drosophila, which lacks canonical transcription-coupled repair proteins, performs transcription-coupled repair. J Biol Chem. PubMed ID: 31624146

    Ozturk, N., Selby, C. P., Zhong, D. and Sancar, A. (2013). Mechanism of Photosignaling by Drosophila Cryptochrome:Role of the Redox Status of the Flavin Chromophore. J Biol Chem. PubMed ID: 24379403

    Ozturk, N., Vanvickle-Chavez, S. J., Akileswaran, L., Van Gelder, R. N., Sancar, A. (2013) Ramshackle (Brwd3) promotes light-induced ubiquitylation of Drosophila Cryptochrome by DDB1-CUL4-ROC1 E3 ligase complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 23479607

    Selby, C. P. and Sancar, A. (2012). The second chromophore in Drosophila photolyase/cryptochrome family photoreceptors. Biochemistry 51: 167-171. PubMed ID: 22175817

    Ozturk, N., Selby, C. P., Annayev, Y., Zhong, D. and Sancar, A. (2011). Reaction mechanism of Drosophila cryptochrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108: 516-521. PubMed ID: 21187431

    Li, J., Liu, Z., Tan, C., Guo, X., Wang, L., Sancar, A. and Zhong, D. (2010). Dynamics and mechanism of repair of ultraviolet-induced (6-4) photoproduct by photolyase. Nature 466: 887-890. PubMed ID: 20657578

  • Ernesto Sánchez-Herrero Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa', Madrid
    Romero-Pozuelo, J., Foronda, D., Martin, P., Hudry, B., Merabet, S., Graba, Y. and Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2019). Cooperation of axial and sex specific information controls Drosophila female genitalia growth by regulating the Decapentaplegic pathway. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 31251896

    De Las Heras, J. M., Garcia-Cortes, C., Foronda, D., Pastor-Pareja, J. C., Shashidhara, L. S. and Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2018). The Drosophila Hox gene Ultrabithorax controls appendage shape by regulating extracellular matrix dynamics. Development. PubMed ID: 29853618

    Singh, S., Sanchez-Herrero, E. and Shashidhara, L. S. (2015). Critical role for Fat/Hippo and IIS/Akt pathways downstream of Ultrabithorax during haltere specification in Drosophila. Mech Dev. PubMed ID: 26299254

    Foronda, D., Curt, J. R., Prieto, N., Martin, P. and Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2015). The elimination of an adult segment by the Hox gene Abdominal-B. Mech Dev [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26259679

    Moris-Sanz, M., Estacio-Gómez, A., Sánchez-Herrero, E and Díaz-Benjumea, F.J. (2015). The study of the Bithorax-complex genes in patterning CCAP neurons reveals a temporal control of neuronal differentiation by Abd-B. Biol Open [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26276099

    de Navas, L., Foronda, D., Del Saz, D. and Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2014). A genetic strategy to obtain p-Gal4 elements in the Drosophila Hox genes. Methods Mol Biol 1196: 49-57. PubMed ID: 25151157

    Garaulet, D. L., Castellanos, M. C., Bejarano, F., Sanfilippo, P., Tyler, D. M., Allan, D. W., Sanchez-Herrero, E. and Lai, E. C. (2014). Homeotic Function of Drosophila Bithorax-Complex miRNAs Mediates Fertility by Restricting Multiple Hox Genes and TALE Cofactors in the CNS. Dev Cell. PubMed ID: 24909902

    Guarner, A., Manjon, C., Edwards, K., Steller, H., Suzanne, M. and Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2013). The zinc finger homeodomain-2 gene of Drosophila controls Notch targets and regulates apoptosis in the tarsal segments. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 24144920

    Curt, J. R., de Navas, L. F., Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2013) Differential activity of Drosophila hox genes induces Myosin expression and can maintain compartment boundaries. PLoS One 8: e57159. Pubmed ID: 23451173

    Foronda, D., Martín, P., Sánnchez-Herrero, E. (2012). Drosophila Hox and sex-determination genes control segment elimination through EGFR and extramacrochetae activity. PLoS Genet. 8(8): e1002874. PubMed Citation: 22912593

  • Natalia Sanchez-Soriano Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool
    Ros, O., Barrecheguren, P. J., Cotrufo, T., Schaettin, M., Rosello-Busquets, C., Vilchez-Acosta, A., Hernaiz-Llorens, M., Martinez-Marmol, R., Ulloa, F., Stoeckli, E. T., Araujo, S. J. and Soriano, E. (2018). A conserved role for Syntaxin-1 in pre- and post-commissural midline axonal guidance in fly, chick, and mouse. PLoS Genet 14(6): e1007432. PubMed ID: 29912942

    Hahn, I., Ronshaugen, M., Sanchez-Soriano, N. and Prokop, A. (2016). Functional and Genetic Analysis of Spectraplakins in Drosophila. Methods Enzymol 569: 373-405. PubMed ID: 26778568

    Zschatzsch, M., Oliva, C., Langen, M., De Geest, N., Ozel, M. N., Williamson, W. R., Lemon, W. C., Soldano, A., Munck, S., Hiesinger, P. R., Sanchez-Soriano, N. and Hassan, B. A. (2014). Regulation of branching dynamics by axon-intrinsic asymmetries in Tyrosine Kinase Receptor signaling. Elife 3: e01699. PubMed ID: 24755286

    Stephan, D., Sanchez-Soriano, N., Loschek, L. F., Gerhards, R., Gutmann, S., Storchova, Z., Prokop, A. and Kadow, I. C. (2012). Drosophila Psidin regulates olfactory neuron number and axon targeting through two distinct molecular mechanisms. J Neurosci 32: 16080-16094. PubMed ID: 23152593

  • Tzu-Kang Sang Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
    Chang, Y. C., Peng, Y. X., Yu, B. H., Chang, H. C., Liang, P. S., Huang, T. Y., Shih, C. J., Chu, L. A. and Sang, T. K. (2021). VCP maintains nuclear size by regulating the DNA damage-associated MDC1-p53-autophagy axis in Drosophila. Nat Commun 12(1): 4258. PubMed ID: 34253734

    Liang, C. J., Chang, Y. C., Chang, H. C., Wang, C. K., Hung, Y. C., Lin, Y. E., Chan, C. C., Chen, C. H., Chang, H. Y. and Sang, T. K. (2014). Derlin-1 Regulates Mutant VCP-Linked Pathogenesis and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Apoptosis. PLoS Genet 10: e1004675. PubMed ID: 25255315

    Santhanam, A., Peng, W. H., Yu, Y. T., Sang, T. K., Chen, G. C. and Meng, T. C. (2014). Ecdysone-induced receptor tyrosine phosphatase PTP52F regulates Drosophila midgut histolysis by enhancement of autophagy and apoptosis. Mol Cell Biol 34: 1594-1606. PubMed ID: 24550005

    Chan, H. T., Lee, T. R., Huang, S. H., Lee, H. Y., Sang, T. K., Chan, H. L. and Lyu, P. C. (2012). Proteomic analysis of a drosophila IBMPFD model reveals potential pathogenic mechanisms. Mol Biosyst 8: 1730-1741. PubMed ID: 22481368

  • Benedicte Sanson Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
    Finegan, T. M., Hervieux, N., Nestor-Bergmann, A., Fletcher, A. G., Blanchard, G. B. and Sanson, B. (2019). The tricellular vertex-specific adhesion molecule Sidekick facilitates polarised cell intercalation during Drosophila axis extension. PLoS Biol 17(12): e3000522. PubMed ID: 31805038

    Johansson, J., Naszai, M., Hodder, M. C., Pickering, K. A., Miller, B. W., Ridgway, R. A., Yu, Y., Peschard, P., Brachmann, S., Campbell, A. D., Cordero, J. B. and Sansom, O. J. (2019). RAL GTPases drive intestinal stem cell function and regeneration through internalization of WNT signalosomes. Cell Stem Cell 24(4): 592-607.e597. PubMed ID: 30853556

    Scarpa, E., Finet, C., Blanchard, G. B. and Sanson, B. (2018). Actomyosin-driven tension at compartmental boundaries orients cell division independently of cell geometry in vivo. Dev Cell. PubMed ID: 30503752

    Urbano, J. M., Naylor, H. W., Scarpa, E., Muresan, L. and Sanson, B. (2018). Suppression of epithelial folding at actomyosin-enriched compartment boundaries downstream of Wingless signalling in Drosophila. Development 145(8). PubMed ID: 29691225

    Tetley, R. J., Blanchard, G. B., Fletcher, A. G., Adams, R. J. and Sanson, B. (2016). Unipolar distributions of junctional Myosin II identify cell stripe boundaries that drive cell intercalation throughout axis extension. Elife 5 [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27183005

    Lye, C. M., Blanchard, G. B., Naylor, H. W., Muresan, L., Huisken, J., Adams, R. J. and Sanson, B. (2015). Mechanical coupling between endoderm invagination and axis extension in Drosophila. PLoS Biol 13: e1002292. PubMed ID: 26544693

    Lye, C. M., Naylor, H. W. and Sanson, B. (2014). Subcellular localisations of the CPTI collection of YFP-tagged proteins in Drosophila embryos. Development 141: 4006-4017. PubMed ID: 25294944

    Lowe, N., et al. (2014). Analysis of the expression patterns, subcellular localisations and interaction partners of Drosophila proteins using a pigP protein trap library. Development 141: 3994-4005. PubMed ID: 25294943

    Lye, C. M. and Sanson, B. (2011). Tension and epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila early embryos. Curr Top Dev Biol 95: 145-187. PubMed ID: 21501751

  • Subhabrata Sanyal Senior Scientist, Neuroscience at CalicoLabs, South San Francisco, California
    Ryan, S. M., Almassey, M., Burch, A. M., Ngo, G., Martin, J. M., Myers, D., Compton, D., Archie, S., Cross, M., Naeger, L., Salzman, A., Virola-Iarussi, A., Barbee, S. A., Mortimer, N. T., Sanyal, S. and Vrailas-Mortimer, A. D. (2021). Drosophila p38 MAPK interacts with BAG-3/starvin to regulate age-dependent protein homeostasis. Aging Cell 20(11): e13481. PubMed ID: 34674371

    Privman Champaloux, E., Donelson, N., Pyakurel, P., Wolin, D., Ostendorf, L., Denno, M., Borman, R., Burke, C., Short-Miller, J. C., Yoder, M. R., Copeland, J. M., Sanyal, S. and Jill Venton, B. (2020). Ring Finger Protein 11 (RNF11) Modulates Dopamine Release in Drosophila. Neuroscience. PubMed ID: 33176188

    Donelson, N. C. and Sanyal, S. (2015). Use of Drosophila in the investigation of sleep disorders. Exp Neurol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26160555

    Gokhale, A., Mullin, A. P., Zlatic, S. A., Easley, C. A. t., Merritt, M. E., Raj, N., Larimore, J., Gordon, D. E., Peden, A. A., Sanyal, S. and Faundez, V. (2015). The N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor and dysbindin interact to modulate synaptic plasticity. J Neurosci 35: 7643-7653. PubMed ID: 25972187

    Mullin, A. P., Sadanandappa, M. K., Ma, W., Dickman, D. K., VijayRaghavan, K., Ramaswami, M., Sanyal, S. and Faundez, V. (2015). Gene dosage in the dysbindin schizophrenia susceptibility network differentially affect synaptic function and plasticity. J Neurosci 35: 325-338. PubMed ID: 25568125

    Vrailas-Mortimer, A. D., Ryan, S. M., Avey, M. J., Mortimer, N. T., Dowse, H. and Sanyal, S. (2014). p38 MAP Kinase Regulates Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila. J Biol Rhythms. PubMed ID: 25403440

    Freeman, A. A., Syed, S. and Sanyal, S. (2013). Modeling the genetic basis for human sleep disorders in Drosophila. Commun Integr Biol 6: e22733. PubMed ID: 23802043

    Freeman, A. A., Mandilaras, K., Missirlis, F., Sanyal, S. (2013) An emerging role for Cullin-3 mediated ubiquitination in sleep and circadian rhythm: Insights from Drosophila. Fly (Austin) 7. PubMed ID: 23455037

    Vonhoff, F., Kuehn, C., Blumenstock, S., Sanyal, S. and Duch, C. (2013). Temporal coherency between receptor expression, neural activity and AP-1-dependent transcription regulates Drosophila motoneuron dendrite development. Development 140: 606-616. PubMed ID: 23293292

    Timmerman, C. and Sanyal, S. (2012). Behavioral and electrophysiological outcomes of tissue-specific Smn knockdown in Drosophila melanogaster. Brain Res 1489: 66-80. PubMed ID: 23103409

  • Alberto Sanz University of Tampere, Finland
    Scialo, F., Sriram, A., Stefanatos, R., Spriggs, R. V., Loh, S. H. Y., Martins, L. M. and Sanz, A. (2020). Mitochondrial complex I derived ROS regulate stress adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster. Redox Biol: 101450. PubMed ID: 32146156

    Scialo, F., Sriram, A., Naudí, A., Ayala, V., Jové, M., Pamplona, R. and Sanz, A. (2015). Target of rapamycin activation predicts lifespan in fruit flies. Cell Cycle [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26259964

    Rovenko, B. M., Kubrak, O. I., Gospodaryov, D. V., Perkhulyn, N. V., Yurkevych, I. S., Sanz, A., Lushchak, O. V. and Lushchak, V. I. (2015). High sucrose consumption promotes obesity whereas its low consumption induces oxidative stress in Drosophila melanogaster. J Insect Physiol 79: 42-54. PubMed ID: 26050918

    Rovenko, B. M., Kubrak, O. I., Gospodaryov, D. V., Yurkevych, I. S., Sanz, A., Lushchak, O. V. and Lushchak, V. I. (2015). Restriction of glucose and fructose causes mild oxidative stress independently of mitochondrial activity and reactive oxygen species in Drosophila melanogaster. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 187: 27-39. PubMed ID: 25941153

    Stefanatos, R., Sriram, A., Kiviranta, E., Mohan, A., Ayala, V., Jacobs, H. T., Pamplona, R. and Sanz, A. (2012). dj-1beta regulates oxidative stress, insulin-like signaling and development in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Cycle 11: 3876-3886. PubMed ID: 22983063

  • Surajit Sarkar Neurobiology and Developmental Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus
    Tandon, S. and Sarkar, S. (2021). The S6k/4E-BP mediated growth promoting sub-pathway of insulin signalling cascade is essential to restrict pathogenesis of poly(Q) disorders in Drosophila. Life Sci 275: 119358. PubMed ID: 33744321

    Nisha and Sarkar, S. (2021). Downregulation of glob1 suppresses pathogenesis of human neuronal tauopathies in Drosophila by regulating tau phosphorylation and ROS generation. Neurochem Int 146: 105040. PubMed ID: 33865914

    Pragati and Sarkar, S. (2021). Shaggy functions downstream of dMyc and their concurrent downregulation confers additive rescue against tau toxicity in

    Aqsa and Sarkar, S. (2020). Age dependent trans-cellular propagation of human tau aggregates in Drosophila disease models. Brain Res: 147207. PubMed ID: 33212022

    Pragati, Chanu, S. I. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Reduced expression of dMyc mitigates Tau(V337M) mediated neurotoxicity by preventing the Tau hyperphosphorylation and inducing autophagy in Drosophila. Neurosci Lett: 134622. PubMed ID: 31715291

    Nisha, Aggarwal, P. and Sarkar, S. (2019). Adequate expression of Globin1 is required for development and maintenance of nervous system in Drosophila. Mol Cell Neurosci 100: 103398. PubMed ID: 31472221

    Raj, K. and Sarkar, S. (2018). Tissue-Specific Upregulation of Drosophila Insulin Receptor (InR) Mitigates Poly(Q)-Mediated Neurotoxicity by Restoration of Cellular Transcription Machinery. Mol Neurobiol. PubMed ID: 29881950

    Yadav, R., Nisha and Sarkar, S. (2018). Drosophila globin1 is required for maintenance of the integrity of F-actin based cytoskeleton during development. Exp Cell Res. PubMed ID: 29524391

    Chanu, S. I. and Sarkar, S. (2017). Targeted downregulation of dMyc restricts neurofibrillary tangles mediated pathogenesis of human neuronal tauopathies in Drosophila. Biochim Biophys Acta [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 28529046

    Yadav, R. and Sarkar, S. (2016). Drosophila glob1 is required for the maintenance of cytoskeletal integrity during oogenesis. Dev Dyn [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27503269

    Chanu, S. I. and Sarkar, S. (2016). Targeted Downregulation of dMyc Suppresses Pathogenesis of Human Neuronal Tauopathies in Drosophila by Limiting Heterochromatin Relaxation and Tau Hyperphosphorylation. Mol Neurobiol. PubMed ID: 27000837

  • Miklós Sass Department of Anatomy, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
    Billes, V., Kovacs, T., Manzeger, A., Lorincz, P., Szincsak, S., Regos, A., Kulcsar, P. I., Korcsmaros, T., Lukacsovich, T., Hoffmann, G., Erdelyi, M., Mihaly, J., Takacs-Vellai, K., Sass, M. and Vellai, T. (2018). Developmentally regulated autophagy is required for eye formation in Drosophila. Autophagy. PubMed ID: 29940806

    Maruzs, T., Lorincz, P., Szatmári, Z., Széplaki, S., Sándor, Z., Lakatos, Z., Puska, G., Juhász, G. and Sass, M. (2015). Retromer ensures the degradation of autophagic cargo via maintaining lysosome function in Drosophila. Traffic [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26172538

    Kis, V, Barti, B., Lippai, M. and Sass, M. (2015). Specialized cortex glial cells accumulate lipid droplets in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 10: e0131250. PubMed ID: 26148013

    Lorincz, P., Lakatos, Z., Maruzs, T., Szatmari, Z., Kis, V. and Sass, M. (2014). Atg6/UVRAG/Vps34-Containing Lipid Kinase Complex Is Required for Receptor Downregulation through Endolysosomal Degradation and Epithelial Polarity during Drosophila Wing Development. Biomed Res Int 2014: 851349. PubMed ID: 25006588

    Szatmari, Z., Kis, V., Lippai, M., Hegedus, K., Farago, T., Lorincz, P., Tanaka, T., Juhasz, G. and Sass, M. (2013). Rab11 facilitates crosstalk between autophagy and endosomal pathway through regulation of Hook localization. Mol Biol Cell. PubMed ID: 24356450

    Low, P., Varga, A., Pircs, K., Nagy, P., Szatmari, Z., Sass, M. and Juhasz, G. (2013). Impaired proteasomal degradation enhances autophagy via hypoxia signaling in Drosophila. BMC Cell Biol 14: 29. PubMed ID: 23800266

  • Makoto Sato Kanazawa University
    Hayashi, T., Tomomizu, T., Sushida, T., Akiyama, M., Ei, S. I. and Sato, M. (2022). Tiling mechanisms of the Drosophila compound eye through geometrical tessellation. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 35390281

    Yasugi, T. and Sato, M. (2022). Mathematical modeling of Notch dynamics in Drosophila neural development. Fly (Austin) 16(1): 24-36. PubMed ID: 34609265

    Wang, M., Han, X., Liu, C., Takayama, R., Yasugi, T., Ei, S. I., Nagayama, M., Tanaka, Y. and Sato, M. (2021). Intracellular trafficking of Notch orchestrates temporal dynamics of Notch activity in the fly brain. Nat Commun 12(1): 2083. PubMed ID: 33828096

    Han, X., Wang, M., Liu, C., Trush, O., Takayama, R., Akiyama, T., Naito, T., Tomomizu, T., Imamura, K. and Sato, M. (2020). DWnt4 and DWnt10 Regulate Morphogenesis and Arrangement of Columnar Units via Fz2/PCP Signaling in the Drosophila Brain. Cell Rep 33(4): 108305. PubMed ID: 33113378

    Liu, C., Trush, O., Han, X., Wang, M., Takayama, R., Yasugi, T., Hayashi, T. and Sato, M. (2020). Dscam1 establishes the columnar units through lineage-dependent repulsion between sister neurons in the fly brain. Nat Commun 11(1): 4067. PubMed ID: 32792493

    Suzuki, T., Liu, C., Kato, S., Nishimura, K., Takechi, H., Yasugi, T., Takayama, R., Hakeda-Suzuki, S., Suzuki, T. and Sato, M. (2018). Netrin signaling defines the regional border in the Drosophila visual center. iScience 8: 148-160. PubMed ID: 30316037

    Suzuki, T., Trush, O., Yasugi, T., Takayama, R. and Sato, M. (2016). Wnt signaling specifies anteroposterior progenitor zone identity in the Drosophila visual center. J Neurosci 36: 6503-6513. PubMed ID: 27307238

    Suzuki, T., Hasegawa, E., Nakai, Y., Kaido, M., Takayama, R. and Sato, M. (2016). Formation of neuronal circuits by interactions between neuronal populations derived from different origins in the Drosophila visual center. Cell Rep [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27068458

    Suzuki, T. and Sato, M. (2014). Neurogenesis and neuronal circuit formation in the Drosophila visual center. Dev Growth Differ. PubMed ID: 25200311

    Suzuki, T., Kaido, M., Takayama, R., Sato, M. (2013) A temporal mechanism that produces neuronal diversity in the Drosophila visual center. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 23665475

  • Akiko Satoh Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
    Fujii, S., Kurokawa, K., Tago, T., Inaba, R., Takiguchi, A., Nakano, A., Satoh, T. and Satoh, A. K. (2020). Sec71 separates Golgi stacks in Drosophila S2 cells. J Cell Sci 133(24). PubMed ID: 33262309

    Hiramatsu, N., Tago, T., Satoh, T. and Satoh, A. K. (2019). ER membrane protein complex is required for the insertions of late-synthesized transmembrane helices of Rh1 in Drosophila photoreceptors. Mol Biol Cell: mbcE19080434. PubMed ID: 31553680

    Otsuka, Y., Satoh, T., Nakayama, N., Inaba, R., Yamashita, H. and Satoh, A. K. (2019). Parcas is the predominant Rab11GEF for rhodopsin transport in Drosophila photoreceptors. J Cell Sci. PubMed ID: 31296556

    Ogi, S., Matsuda, A., Otsuka, Y., Liu, Z., Satoh, T. and Satoh, A. K. (2019). Syndapin constricts microvillar necks to form a united rhabdomere in Drosophila photoreceptors. Development. PubMed ID: 31371377

    Satoh, T., Nakamura, Y. and Satoh, A. K. (2016). The roles of Syx5 in Golgi morphology and rhodopsin transport in Drosophila photoreceptors. Biol Open [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27591190

    Satoh, T., Nakamura, Y. and Satoh, A. K. (2016). Rab6 functions in polarized transport in Drosophila photoreceptors. Fly (Austin): 0. PubMed ID: 27116570

    Iwanami, N., Nakamura, Y., Satoh, T., Liu, Z. and Satoh, A. K. (2016). Rab6 Is Required for Multiple Apical Transport Pathways but Not the Basolateral Transport Pathway in Drosophila Photoreceptors. PLoS Genet 12: e1005828. PubMed ID: 26890939

    Satoh, T., Ohba, A., Liu, Z., Inagaki, T. and Satoh, A. K. (2015). dPob/EMC is essential for biosynthesis of rhodopsin and other multi-pass membrane proteins in Drosophila photoreceptors. Elife 4. PubMed ID: 25715730

  • Harald Saumweber Institute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Jammrath, J., Reim, I. and Saumweber, H. (2020). Cbl-Associated Protein CAP contributes to correct formation and robust function of the Drosophila heart tube. PLoS One 15(5): e0233719. PubMed ID: 32469960

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  • Urs Schmidt-Ott Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago
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  • Cordula Schultz Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
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  • Robert Schulz Department of Biological Sciences, Notre Dame University
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    Devergne, O., Tsung, K., Barcelo, G. and Schupbach, T. (2014). Polarized deposition of basement membrane proteins depends on Phosphatidylinositol synthase and the levels of Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 24828534

    Domanitskaya, E., Anllo, L. and Schupbach, T. (2013). Phantom, a cytochrome P450 enzyme essential for ecdysone biosynthesis, plays a critical role in the control of border cell migration in Drosophila. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 24373956

    Fontenele, M., Lim, B., Oliveira, D., Buffolo, M., Perlman, D. H., Schupbach, T. and Araujo, H. (2013). Calpain A modulates Toll responses by limited Cactus/IkappaB proteolysis. Mol Biol Cell. PubMed ID: 23864715

  • Lawrence Schwartz Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Sheel, A., Shao, R., Brown, C., Johnson, J., Hamilton, A., Sun, D., Oppenheimer, J., Smith, W., Visconti, P. E., Markstein, M., Bigelow, C. and Schwartz, L. M. (2020). Acheron/Larp6 Is a Survival Protein That Protects Skeletal Muscle From Programmed Cell Death During Development. Front Cell Dev Biol 8: 622. PubMed ID: 32850788

    Cao, X., He, Y., Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Chen, Y. R., Bryant, B., Clem, R. J., Schwartz, L. M., Blissard, G. and Jiang, H. (2015). The immune signaling pathways of Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 62: 64-74. PubMed ID: 25858029

    Parelkar, S. S., Cadena, J. G., Kim, C., Wang, Z., Sugal, R., Bentley, B., Moral, L., Ardley, H. C. and Schwartz, L. M. (2012). The parkin-like human homolog of Drosophila ariadne-1 (HHARI) can induce aggresome formation in mammalian cells and is immunologically detectable in Lewy bodies. J Mol Neurosci 46(1): 109-121. PubMed ID: 21590270

  • Tom Schwartz Boston Children's Hospital, Kirby Neurobiology Center
    Zhao, G., Oztan, A., Ye, Y. and Schwarz, T. L. (2019). Kinetochore proteins have a post-mitotic function in neurodevelopment. Dev Cell. PubMed ID: 30827899

    Lee, G. and Schwarz, T.L. (2016). Filamin, a synaptic organizer in Drosophila, determines glutamate receptor composition and membrane growth. Elife [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27914199

    Lee, G. and Schwarz, T. L. (2016). Filamin, a synaptic organizer in Drosophila, determines glutamate receptor composition and membrane growth. Elife 5. PubMed ID: 27914199

    Mosca, T. J. and Schwarz, T. L. (2010). Drosophila Importin-alpha2 is involved in synapse, axon and muscle development. PLoS One 5(12): e15223. PubMed ID: 21151903

    Murthy, M., Teodoro, R. O., Miller, T. P. and Schwarz, T. L. (2010). Sec5, a member of the exocyst complex, mediates Drosophila embryo cellularization. Development 137(16): 2773-2783. PubMed ID: 20630948

  • Yuri Schwartz Department of Molecular Biology, Umea University
    Dorafshan, E., Kahn, T. G., Glotov, A., Savitsky, M. and Schwartz, Y. B. (2019). Genetic dissection reveals the role of Ash1 domains in counteracting Polycomb repression. G3 (Bethesda). PubMed ID: 31540973

    Dorafshan, E., Kahn, T. G., Glotov, A., Savitsky, M., Walther, M., Reuter, G. and Schwartz, Y. B. (2019). Ash1 counteracts Polycomb repression independent of histone H3 lysine 36 methylation. EMBO Rep. PubMed ID: 30833342

    Dorafshan, E., Kahn, T. G. and Schwartz, Y. B. (2017). Hierarchical recruitment of Polycomb complexes revisited. Nucleus: 1-10. PubMed ID: 28910569

    Kahn, T. G., Dorafshan, E., Schultheis, D., Zare, A., Stenberg, P., Reim, I., Pirrotta, V. and Schwartz, Y. B. (2016). Interdependence of PRC1 and PRC2 for recruitment to Polycomb response elements. Nucleic Acids Res [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27557709

    Lee, H. G., Kahn, T. G., Simcox, A., Schwartz, Y. B. and Pirrotta, V. (2015). Genome-wide activities of Polycomb complexes control pervasive transcription. Genome Res 25: 1170-1181. PubMed ID: 25986499

    Savitsky, M., Kim, M., Kravchuk, O. and Schwartz, Y. B. (2015). Distinct Roles of Chromatin Insulator Proteins in Control of the Drosophila Bithorax Complex. Genetics. PubMed ID: 26715665

    Riddle, N. C., Jung, Y. L., Gu, T., Alekseyenko, A. A., Asker, D., Gui, H., Kharchenko, P. V., Minoda, A., Plachetka, A., Schwartz, Y. B., Tolstorukov, M. Y., Kuroda, M. I., Pirrotta, V., Karpen, G. H., Park, P. J. and Elgin, S. C. (2012). Enrichment of HP1a on Drosophila chromosome 4 genes creates an alternate chromatin structure critical for regulation in this heterochromatic domain. PLoS Genet 8: e1002954. PubMed ID: 23028361

    Schwartz, Y. B., et al. (2012). Nature and function of insulator protein binding sites in the Drosophila genome. Genome Res 22: 2188-2198. PubMed ID: 22767387

  • Martin Schwärzel Department of Biology, Free University Berlin, Germany
    Scheunemann, L., Placais, P. Y., Dromard, Y., Schwarzel, M. and Preat, T. (2018). Dunce phosphodiesterase acts as a checkpoint for Drosophila long-term memory in a pair of serotonergic neurons. Neuron 98(2): 350-365.e355. PubMed ID: 29673482

    Monck, H., Toppe, D., Michael, E., Sigrist, S., Richter, V., Hilpert, D., Raccuglia, D., Efetova, M. and Schwarzel, M. (2017). A new method to characterize function of the Drosophila heart by means of optical flow. J Exp Biol 220(Pt 24): 4644-4653. PubMed ID: 29237767

    Richlitzki, A., Latour, P. and Schwarzel, M. (2017). Null EPAC mutants reveal a sequential order of versatile cAMP effects during Drosophila aversive odor learning. Learn Mem 24(5): 210-215. PubMed ID: 28416632

    Scholz-Kornehl, S. and Schwarzel, M. (2016). Circuit Analysis of a Drosophila Dopamine Type 2 Receptor That Supports Anesthesia-Resistant Memory. J Neurosci 36: 7936-7945. PubMed ID: 27466338

    Andlauer, T. F., Scholz-Kornehl, S., Tian, R., Kirchner, M., Babikir, H. A., Depner, H., Loll, B., Quentin, C., Gupta, V. K., Holt, M. G., Dipt, S., Cressy, M., Wahl, M. C., Fiala, A., Selbach, M., Schwarzel, M. and Sigrist, S. J. (2014). Drep-2 is a novel synaptic protein important for learning and memory. Elife 3. PubMed ID: 25392983

    Scheunemann, L., Skroblin, P., Hundsrucker, C., Klussmann, E., Efetova, M. and Schwarzel, M. (2013). AKAPS Act in a Two-Step Mechanism of Memory Acquisition. J Neurosci 33: 17422-17428. PubMed ID: 24174675

    Gupta, V. K., Scheunemann, L., Eisenberg, T., Mertel, S., Bhukel, A., Koemans, T. S., Kramer, J. M., Liu, K. S., Schroeder, S., Stunnenberg, H. G., Sinner, F., Magnes, C., Pieber, T. R., Dipt, S., Fiala, A., Schenck, A., Schwaerzel, M., Madeo, F. and Sigrist, S. J. (2013). Restoring polyamines protects from age-induced memory impairment in an autophagy-dependent manner. Nat Neurosci. PubMed ID: 23995066

    Efetova, M., Petereit, L., Rosiewicz, K., Overend, G., Haussig, F., Hovemann, B. T., Cabrero, P., JA, T. D. and Schwarzel, M. (2012). Separate roles of PKA and EPAC in renal function unraveled by the optogenetic control of cAMP levels in vivo. J Cell Sci. PubMed ID: 23264735

    Scheunemann, L., Jost, E., Richlitzki, A., Day, J. P., Sebastian, S., Thum, A. S., Efetova, M., Davies, S. A. and Schwarzel, M. (2012). Consolidated and Labile Odor Memory Are Separately Encoded within the Drosophila Brain. J Neurosci 32: 17163-17171. PubMed ID: 23197709

    Volders, K., Scholz, S., Slabbaert, J. R., Nagel, A. C., Verstreken, P., Creemers, J. W., Callaerts, P. and Schwarzel, M. (2012). Drosophila rugose is a functional homolog of mammalian Neurobeachin and affects synaptic architecture, brain morphology, and associative learning. J Neurosci 32: 15193-15204. PubMed ID: 23100440

  • François Schweisguth Institut Pasteur, Paris
    Shard, C., Luna-Escalante, J. and Schweisguth, F. (2020). Tissue-wide coordination of epithelium-to-neural stem cell transition in the Drosophila optic lobe requires Neuralized. J Cell Biol 219(11). PubMed ID: 32946560

    Viswanathan, R., Necakov, A., Trylinski, M., Harish, R. K., Krueger, D., Esposito, E., Schweisguth, F., Neveu, P. and De Renzis, S. (2019). Optogenetic inhibition of Delta reveals digital Notch signalling output during tissue differentiation. EMBO Rep: e47999. PubMed ID: 31668010

    Trylinski, M. and Schweisguth, F. (2019). Activation of Arp2/3 by WASp is essential for the endocytosis of Delta only during cytokinesis in Drosophila. Cell Rep 28(1): 1-10.e13. PubMed ID: 31269431

    Couturier, L., Mazouni, K., Corson, F. and Schweisguth, F. (2019). Regulation of Notch output dynamics via specific E(spl)-HLH factors during bristle patterning in Drosophila. Nat Commun 10(1): 3486. PubMed ID: 31375669

    Gervais, L., van den Beek, M., Josserand, M., Salle, J., Stefanutti, M., Perdigoto, C. N., Skorski, P., Mazouni, K., Marshall, O. J., Brand, A. H., Schweisguth, F. and Bardin, A. J. (2019). Stem cell proliferation is kept in check by the chromatin regulators Kismet/CHD7/CHD8 and Trr/MLL3/4. Dev Cell 49(4): 556-573.e556. PubMed ID: 31112698

    Andriatsilavo, M., Stefanutti, M., Siudeja, K., Perdigoto, C. N., Boumard, B., Gervais, L., Gillet-Markowska, A., Al Zouabi, L., Schweisguth, F. and Bardin, A. J. (2018). Spen limits intestinal stem cell self-renewal. PLoS Genet 14(11): e1007773. PubMed ID: 30452449

    Perez-Mockus, G., Mazouni, K., Roca, V., Corradi, G., Conte, V. and Schweisguth, F. (2017). Spatial regulation of contractility by Neuralized and Bearded during furrow invagination in Drosophila. Nat Commun 8(1): 1594. PubMed ID: 29150614

    Couturier, L., Mazouni, K., Bernard, F., Besson, C., Reynaud, E. and Schweisguth, F. (2017). Regulation of cortical stability by RhoGEF3 in mitotic sensory organ precursor cells in Drosophila. Biol Open. PubMed ID: 29101098

    Trylinski, M., Mazouni, K. and Schweisguth, F. (2017). Intra-lineage fate decisions involve activation of Notch receptors basal to the midbody in Drosophila sensory organ precursor cells. Curr Biol 27(15): 2239-2247.e2233. PubMed ID: 28736165

    Perez-Mockus, G., Roca, V., Mazouni, K. and Schweisguth, F. (2017). Neuralized regulates Crumbs endocytosis and epithelium morphogenesis via specific Stardust isoforms. J Cell Biol 216(5):1405-1420. PubMed ID: 28400441

    Corson, F., Couturier, L., Rouault, H., Mazouni, K. and Schweisguth, F. (2017). Self-organized Notch dynamics generate stereotyped sensory organ patterns in Drosophila. Science. PubMed ID: 28386027

  • Christof Schwiening Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
    Caldwell, L., Harries, P., Sydlik, S. and Schwiening, C. J. (2013). Presynaptic pH and vesicle fusion in Drosophila larvae neurones. Synapse. PubMed ID: 23649934

    Huang, J., Liu, C. H., Hughes, S. A., Postma, M., Schwiening, C. J. and Hardie, R. C. (2010). Activation of TRP channels by protons and phosphoinositide depletion in Drosophila photoreceptors. Curr Biol 20: 189-197. PubMed ID: 20116246

  • Jeffrey Scott Department of Entomology, Cornell University
    Silva, J. J. and Scott, J. G. (2019). Conservation of the voltage-sensitive sodium channel protein within the Insecta. Insect Mol Biol. PubMed ID: 31206812

    Rinkevich, F. D. and Scott, J. G. (2013). Limitations of RNAi of alpha6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits for assessing the in vivo sensitivity to spinosad. Insect Sci 20: 101-108. PubMed ID: 23955830

    Lin, G. G. and Scott, J. G. (2011). Investigations of the constitutive overexpression of CYP6D1 in the permethrin resistantLPR strain of house fly (Musca domestica). Pestic Biochem Physiol 100: 130-134. PubMed ID: 21765560

    Lin, G. G., Kozaki, T. and Scott, J. G. (2011). Hormone receptor-like in 96 and Broad-Complex modulate phenobarbital induced transcription of cytochrome P450 CYP6D1 in Drosophila S2 cells. Insect Mol Biol 20: 87-95. PubMed ID: 21029232

  • Kirsten Scott Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley
    Yao, Z. and Scott, K. (2022). Serotonergic neurons translate taste detection into internal nutrient regulation. Neuron. PubMed ID: 35051377

    Sterne, G. R., Otsuna, H., Dickson, B. J. and Scott, K. (2021). Classification and genetic targeting of cell types in the primary taste and premotor center of the adult Drosophila brain. Elife 10. PubMed ID: 34473057

    Leinwand, S. G. and Scott, K. (2021). Juvenile hormone drives the maturation of spontaneous mushroom body neural activity and learned behavior. Neuron. PubMed ID: 33915110

    Bidaye, S. S., Laturney, M., Chang, A. K., Liu, Y., Bockemühl, T., Bischges, A. and Scott, K. (2020). Two Brain Pathways Initiate Distinct Forward Walking Programs in Drosophila. Neuron. PubMed ID: 32822613

    Chia, J. and Scott, K. (2020). Activation of specific mushroom body output neurons inhibits proboscis extension and sucrose consumption. PLoS One 15(1): e0223034. PubMed ID: 31990947

    Reisenman, C. E. and Scott, K. (2019). Food-derived volatiles enhance consumption in Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol. PubMed ID: 31085598

    Youn, H., Kirkhart, C., Chia, J. and Scott, K. (2018). A subset of octopaminergic neurons that promotes feeding initiation in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 13(6): e0198362. PubMed ID: 29949586

    Cheung, S. K. and Scott, K. (2017). GABAA receptor-expressing neurons promote consumption in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 12(3): e0175177. PubMed ID: 28362856

    Kim, H., Kirkhart, C. and Scott, K. (2017). Long-range projection neurons in the taste circuit of Drosophila. Elife 6. PubMed ID: 28164781

    Jourjine, N., Mullaney, B.C., Mann, K. and Scott, K. (2016). Coupled sensing of hunger and thirst signals balances sugar and water consumption. Cell [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27477513

    Kallman, B. R., Kim, H. and Scott, K. (2015). Excitation and inhibition onto central courtship neurons biases mate choice. Elife 4 [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26568316

    Harris, D.T., Kallman, B.R., Mullaney, B.C. and Scott, K. (2015). Representations of taste modality in the Drosophila brain. Neuron [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26051423

    Kirkhart, C. and Scott, K. (2015). Gustatory learning and processing in the Drosophila mushroom bodies. J Neurosci 35: 5950-5958. PubMed ID: 25878268

    Pool, A. H. and Scott, K. (2014). Feeding regulation in Drosophila. Curr Opin Neurobiol 29C: 57-63. PubMed ID: 24937262

  • Matthew Scott Stanford University School of Medicine
    Webster, S. H., Vella, M. R. and Scott, M. J. (2020). Development and testing of a novel killer-rescue self-limiting gene drive system in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Biol Sci 287(1925): 20192994. PubMed ID: 32292114

    Li, F. and Scott, M. J. (2015). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the white and Sex lethal loci in the invasive pest, Drosophila suzukii. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. PubMed ID: 26721433

    Hartl, T. A. and Scott, M. P. (2014). Wing Tips: The wing disc as a platform for studying Hedgehog signaling. Methods. PubMed ID: 24556557

    Cao, J., Ni, J., Ma, W., Shiu, V., Milla, L. A., Park, S., Spletter, M. L., Tang, S., Zhang, J., Wei, X., Kim, S. K. and Scott, M. P. (2014). Insight into Insulin Secretion from Transcriptome and Genetic Analysis of Insulin-Producing Cells of Drosophila. Genetics. PubMed ID: 24558258

    Hartl, T. A., Ni, J., Cao, J., Suyama, K. L., Patchett, S., Bussiere, C., Gui, D. Y., Tang, S., Kaplan, D. D., Fish, M., Johnson, A. W., Scott, M. P. (2013) Regulation of Ribosome Biogenesis by Nucleostemin 3 Promotes Local and Systemic Growth in Drosophila. Genetics. PubMed ID: 23436180

    Jeon, M., Scott, M. P. and Zinn, K. (2012). Interactions between Type III receptor tyrosine phosphatases and growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases regulate tracheal tube formation in Drosophila. Biol Open 1: 548-558. PubMed ID: 23213447

    Wang, C., Ma, Z., Scott, M. P. and Huang, X. (2011). The cholesterol trafficking protein NPC1 is required for Drosophila spermatogenesis. Dev Biol 351: 146-155. PubMed ID: 21215267

    Yavari, A., Nagaraj, R., Owusu-Ansah, E., Folick, A., Ngo, K., Hillman, T., Call, G., Rohatgi, R., Scott, M. P. and Banerjee, U. (2010). Role of lipid metabolism in smoothened derepression in hedgehog signaling. Dev Cell 19: 54-65. PubMed ID: 20643350

  • Max Scott Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
    Fitzsimons, H. L., Schwartz, S., Given, F. M. and Scott, M. J. (2013). The Histone Deacetylase HDAC4 Regulates Long-Term Memory in Drosophila. PLoS One 8: e83903. PubMed ID: 24349558

    Fitzsimons, H. L. and Scott, M. J. (2011). Genetic modulation of Rpd3 expression impairs long-term courtship memory in Drosophila. PLoS One 6: e29171. PubMed ID: 22195015

    Laverty, C., Li, F., Belikoff, E. J. and Scott, M. J. (2011). Abnormal dosage compensation of reporter genes driven by the Drosophila glass multiple reporter (GMR) enhancer-promoter. PLoS One 6: e20455. PubMed ID: 21655213

  • Julie Secombe Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
    Hatch, H. A. M., Belalcazar, H. M., Marshall, O. J. and Secombe, J. (2021). A KDM5-Prospero transcriptional axis functions during early neurodevelopment to regulate mushroom body formation. Elife 10. PubMed ID: 33729157

    Belalcazar, H. M., Hendricks, E. L., Zamurrad, S., Liebl, F. L. W. and Secombe, J. (2021). The histone demethylase KDM5 is required for synaptic structure and function at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Cell Rep 34(7): 108753. PubMed ID: 33596422

    Drelon, C., Belalcazar, H. M. and Secombe, J. (2018). The histone demethylase KDM5 is essential for larval frowth in Drosophila. Genetics. PubMed ID: 29764901

    Zamurrad, S., Hatch, H. A. M., Drelon, C., Belalcazar, H. M. and Secombe, J. (2018). A Drosophila Model of Intellectual Disability Caused by Mutations in the Histone Demethylase KDM5. Cell Rep 22(9): 2359-2369. PubMed ID: 29490272

    Navarro-Costa, P., McCarthy, A., Prudencio, P., Greer, C., Guilgur, L. G., Becker, J. D., Secombe, J., Rangan, P. and Martinho, R. G. (2016). Early programming of the oocyte epigenome temporally controls late prophase I transcription and chromatin remodelling. Nat Commun 7: 12331. PubMed ID: 27507044

    Liu, X., Greer, C. and Secombe, J. (2014). KDM5 interacts with Foxo to modulate cellular levels of oxidative stress. PLoS Genet 10: e1004676. PubMed ID: 25329053

    Liu, X. and Secombe, J. (2015). The Histone demethylase KDM5 activates gene expression by recognizing chromatin context through its PHD reader motif. Cell Rep 13: 2219-2231. PubMed ID: 26673323
    Li, L., Anderson, S., Secombe, J. and Eisenman, R. N. (2013). The Drosophila ubiquitin-specific protease Puffyeye regulates dMyc-mediated growth. Development. PubMed ID: 24173801

    Greer, C., Lee, M., Westerhof, M., Milholland, B., Spokony, R., Vijg, J. and Secombe, J. (2013). Myc-dependent genome instability and lifespan in Drosophila. PLoS One 8: e74641. PubMed ID: 24040302

    Quinn, L. M., Secombe, J. and Hime, G. R. (2013). Myc in stem cell behaviour: insights from Drosophila. Adv Exp Med Biol 786: 269-285. PubMed ID: 23696362

  • Danny Segal Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University
    Losev, Y., Frenkel-Pinter, M., Abu-Hussien, M., Viswanathan, G. K., Elyashiv-Revivo, D., Geries, R., Khalaila, I., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2020). Differential effects of putative N-glycosylation sites in human Tau on Alzheimer's disease-related neurodegeneration. Cell Mol Life Sci. PubMed ID: 32926180

    Viswanathan, G. K., Shwartz, D., Losev, Y., Arad, E., Shemesh, C., Pichinuk, E., Engel, H., Raveh, A., Jelinek, R., Cooper, I., Gosselet, F., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2019). Purpurin modulates Tau-derived VQIVYK fibrillization and ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like symptoms in animal model. Cell Mol Life Sci. PubMed ID: 31562564

    Shmueli, M. D., Levy-Kanfo, L., Haj, E., Schoenfeld, A. R., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2018). Arginine refolds, stabilizes, and restores function of mutant pVHL proteins in animal model of the VHL cancer syndrome. Oncogene. PubMed ID: 30194449

    Frenkel-Pinter, M., Stempler, S., Tal-Mazaki, S., Losev, Y., Singh-Anand, A., Escobar-Alvarez, D., Lezmy, J., Gazit, E., Ruppin, E. and Segal, D. (2017). Altered protein glycosylation predicts Alzheimer's disease and modulates its pathology in disease model Drosophila. Neurobiol Aging. PubMed ID: 28552182

    Dorot, O., Steller, H., Segal, D. and Horowitz, M. (2017). Past1 modulates Drosophila eye development. PLoS One 12(1): e0169639. PubMed ID: 28060904

    Maor, G., Cabasso, O., Krivoruk, O., Rodriguez, J., Steller, H., Segal, D. and Horowitz, M. (2016). The contribution of mutant GBA to the development of parkinson disease in Drosophila. Hum Mol Genet. PubMed ID: 27162249

    Frenkel-Pinter, M., Tal, S., Scherzer-Attali, R., Abu-Hussien, M., Alyagor, I., Eisenbaum, T., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2016). Naphthoquinone-Tryptophan Hybrid Inhibits Aggregation of the Tau-Derived Peptide PHF6 and Reduces Neurotoxicity. J Alzheimers Dis. PubMed ID: 26836184

    Shmueli, M. D., Schnaider, L., Herzog, G., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2014). Computational and Experimental characterization of dVHL establish a Drosophila model of VHL syndrome. PLoS One 9: e109864. PubMed ID: 25310726

    Saad, Y., Segal, D. and Ayali, A. (2014). Enhanced Neurite Outgrowth and Branching Precede Increased Amyloid-beta-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis in a Novel Alzheimer's Disease Model. J Alzheimers Dis. PubMed ID: 25125474

    Gakamsky, A., Oron, E., Valente, D., Mitra, P. P., Segal, D., Benjamini, Y. and Golani, I. (2013). The angular interval between the direction of progression and body orientation in normal, alcohol- and cocaine treated fruit flies. PLoS One 8: e76257. PubMed ID: 24146845

    Herzog, G., Joerger, A. C., Shmueli, M. D., Fersht, A. R., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2012). Evaluating Drosophila p53 as a Model System for Studying Cancer Mutations. J Biol Chem 287: 44330-44337. PubMed ID: 23135266

    Shaltiel-Karyo, R., Davidi, D., Menuchin, Y., Frenkel-Pinter, M., Marcus-Kalish, M., Ringo, J., Gazit, E. and Segal, D. (2012). A novel, sensitive assay for behavioral defects in Parkinson's disease model Drosophila. Parkinsons Dis 2012: 697564. PubMed ID: 22888468

  • Carmen Segarra Departament de Genètica, University of Barcelona
    Calvo-Martin, J. M., Papaceit, M. and Segarra, C. (2017). Evidence of neofunctionalization after the duplication of the highly conserved Polycomb group gene Caf1-55 in the obscura group of Drosophila. Sci Rep 7: 40536. PubMed ID: 28094282

    Calvo-Martin, J. M., Librado, P., Aguade, M., Papaceit, M. and Segarra, C. (2015). Adaptive selection and coevolution at the proteins of the Polycomb repressive complexes in Drosophila. Heredity (Edinb). PubMed ID: 26486609

    Pratdesaba, R., Segarra, C. and Aguade, M. (2015). Inferring the demographic history of Drosophila subobscura from nucleotide variation at regions not affected by chromosomal inversions. Mol Ecol 24: 1729-1741. PubMed ID: 25776124

    Papaceit, M., Segarra, C. and Aguade, M. (2013). Structure and population genetics of the breakpoints of a polymorphic inversion in Drosophila subobscura. Evolution 67: 66-79. PubMed ID: 23289562

    Khadem, M., Munte, A., Camacho, R., Aguade, M. and Segarra, C. (2012). Multilocus analysis of nucleotide variation in Drosophila madeirensis, an endemic species of the Laurisilva forest in Madeira. J Evol Biol 25: 726-739. PubMed ID: 22320146

  • Amita Sehgal Howard Hughes Medical Institute/Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
    Schwarz, J. E., King, A. N., Hsu, C. T., Barber, A. F. and Sehgal, A. (2021). Hugin (+) neurons provide a link between sleep homeostat and circadian clock neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118(47). PubMed ID: 34782479

    Barber, A. F., Fong, S. Y., Kolesnik, A., Fetchko, M. and Sehgal, A. (2021). Drosophila clock cells use multiple mechanisms to transmit time-of-day signals in the brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118(10). PubMed ID: 33658368

    Hsu, C. T., Choi, J. T. Y. and Sehgal, A. (2020). Manipulations of the olfactory circuit highlight the role of sensory stimulation in regulating sleep amount. Sleep. PubMed ID: 33313876

    Chouhan, N. S., Griffith, L. C., Haynes, P. and Sehgal, A. (2020). Availability of food determines the need for sleep in memory consolidation. Nature. PubMed ID: 33268891

    Barber, A. F. and Sehgal, A. (2021). Monitoring Electrical Activity in Drosophila Circadian Output Neurons. Methods Mol Biol 2130: 221-232. PubMed ID: 33284448

    Davla, S., Artiushin, G., Li, Y., Chitsaz, D., Li, S., Sehgal, A. and van Meyel, D. J. (2020). AANAT1 functions in astrocytes to regulate sleep homeostasis. Elife 9. PubMed ID: 32955431

    Shakhmantsir, I., Dooley, S. J., Kishore, S., Chen, D., Pierce, E., Bennett, J. and Sehgal, A. (2019). RNA splicing factor mutations that cause retinitis pigmentosa result in circadian dysregulation. J Biol Rhythms: 748730419887876. PubMed ID: 31726916

    Hsieh, A. L., Zheng, X., Yue, Z., Stine, Z. E., Mancuso, A., Rhoades, S. D., Brooks, R., Weljie, A. M., Eisenman, R. N., Sehgal, A. and Dang, C. V. (2019). Misregulation of Drosophila Myc disrupts circadian behavior and metabolism. Cell Rep 29(7): 1778-1788.e1774. PubMed ID: 31722196

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  • Jeff Sekelsky Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Ping Shen Cellular Biology, University of Georgia

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  • Ali Shilatifard Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University
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  • Alex Shingleton Michigan State University, East Lansing
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  • Margret Shirinian American University of Beirut
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    Rahul, Naz, F., Jyoti, S. and Siddique, Y. H. (2020). Effect of kaempferol on the transgenic Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease. Sci Rep 10(1): 13793. PubMed ID: 32796885

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  • Daria Siekhaus Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Austria
    Emtenani, S., Martin, E. T., Gyoergy, A., Bicher, J., Genger, J. W., Köcher, T., Akhmanova, M., Guarda, M., Roblek, M., Bergthaler, A., Hurd, T. R., Rangan, P. and Siekhaus, D. E. (2022). Macrophage mitochondrial bioenergetics and tissue invasion are boosted by an Atossa-Porthos axis in Drosophila. Embo j: e109049. PubMed ID: 35319107

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  • Neal Silverman Infectious Diseases And Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
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    Liu, B., Zheng, Y., Yin, F., Yu, J., Silverman, N. and Pan, D. (2016). Toll receptor-mediated Hippo signaling controls innate immunity in Drosophila. Cell 164: 406-419. PubMed ID: 26824654

    Kim, C. H., Paik, D., Rus, F. and Silverman, N. (2014). The caspase-8 homolog Dredd cleaves Imd and Relish but is not inhibited by p35. J Biol Chem. PubMed ID: 24891502

    Kleino, A. and Silverman, N. (2013). The Drosophila IMD pathway in the activation of the humoral immune response. Dev Comp Immunol. PubMed ID: 23721820

    Rus, F., Flatt, T., Tong, M., Aggarwal, K., Okuda, K., Kleino, A., Yates, E., Tatar, M. and Silverman, N. (2013). Ecdysone triggered PGRP-LC expression controls Drosophila innate immunity. EMBO J. PubMed ID: 23652443

    Warmbold, C., Uliczka, K., Rus, F., Suck, R., Petersen, A., Silverman, N., Ulmer, A. J., Heine, H. and Roeder, T. (2013). Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus major allergen 1 activates the innate immune response of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. J Immunol 190: 366-371. PubMed ID: 23203927

  • Amanda Simcox Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus
    Palsule, G., Gopalan, V. and Simcox, A. (2019). Biogenesis of RNase P RNA from an intron requires co-assembly with cognate protein subunits. Nucleic Acids Res. PubMed ID: 31287870

    Fagegaltier, D., Falciatori, I., Czech, B., Castel, S., Perrimon, N., Simcox, A. and Hannon, G. J. (2016). Oncogenic transformation of Drosophila somatic cells induces a functional piRNA pathway. Genes Dev 30: 1623-1635. PubMed ID: 27474441

    Lee, H. G., Kahn, T. G., Simcox, A., Schwartz, Y. B. and Pirrotta, V. (2015). Genome-wide activities of Polycomb complexes control pervasive transcription. Genome Res 25: 1170-1181. PubMed ID: 25986499

    Lim, M. Y., Ng, A. W., Chou, Y., Lim, T. P., Simcox, A., Tucker-Kellogg, G. and Okamura, K. (2016). The Drosophila Dicer-1 partner Loquacious enhances miRNA processing from hairpins with unstable structures at the dicing site. Cell Rep 15: 1795-1808. PubMed ID: 27184838

    Manivannan, S. N., Jacobsen, T. L., Lyon, P., Selvaraj, B., Halpin, P. and Simcox, A. (2015). Targeted integration of single-copy transgenes in Drosophila melanogaster tissue-culture cells using recombination mediated cassette exchange. Genetics [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26500255

    Dequéant, M.L., Fagegaltier, D., Hu, Y., Spirohn, K., Simcox, A., Hannon, G.J. and Perrimon, N. (2015). Discovery of progenitor cell signatures by time-series synexpression analysis during Drosophila embryonic cell immortalization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26438832

    Manivannan, S. N., Lai, L. B., Gopalan, V. and Simcox, A. (2015). Transcriptional control of an essential ribozyme in Drosophila reveals an ancient evolutionary divide in animals. PLoS Genet 11: e1004893. PubMed ID: 25569672

    Paul, L., Wang, S. H., Manivannan, S. N., Bonanno, L., Lewis, S., Austin, C. L., Simcox, A. (2013) Dpp-induced Egfr signaling triggers postembryonic wing development in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 23479629

    Butchar, J. P., Cain, D., Manivannan, S. N., McCue, A. D., Bonanno, L., Halula, S., Truesdell, S., Austin, C. L., Jacobsen, T. L. and Simcox, A. (2012). New negative feedback regulators of Egfr signaling in Drosophila. Genetics 191: 1213-1226. PubMed ID: 22595244

    Justiniano, S. E., Mathew, A., Mitra, S., Manivannan, S. N. and Simcox, A. (2012). Loss of the tumor suppressor Pten promotes proliferation of Drosophila melanogaster cells in vitro and gives rise to continuous cell lines. PLoS One 7: e31417. PubMed ID: 22363644

  • Anne Simon Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
    Yost, R. T., Liang, E., Stewart, M. P., Chui, S., Greco, A. F., Long, S. Q., McDonald, I. S., McDowell, T., McNeil, J. N. and Simon, A. F. (2021). Drosophila melanogaster Stress Odorant (dSO) Displays the Characteristics of an Interspecific Alarm Cue. J Chem Ecol. PubMed ID: 34402994

    Yost, R. T., Robinson, J. W., Baxter, C. M., Scott, A. M., Brown, L. P., Aletta, M. S., Hakimjavadi, R., Lone, A., Cumming, R. C., Dukas, R., Mozer, B. and Simon, A. F. (2020). Abnormal Social Interactions in a Drosophila Mutant of an Autism Candidate Gene: Neuroligin 3. Int J Mol Sci 21(13). PubMed ID: 32610435

    Castells-Nobau, A., Eidhof, I., Fenckova, M., Brenman-Suttner, D. B., Scheffer-de Gooyert, J. M., Christine, S., Schellevis, R. L., van der Laan, K., Quentin, C., van Ninhuijs, L., Hofmann, F., Ejsmont, R., Fisher, S. E., Kramer, J. M., Sigrist, S. J., Simon, A. F. and Schenck, A. (2019). Conserved regulation of neurodevelopmental processes and behavior by FoxP in Drosophila. PLoS One 14(2): e0211652. PubMed ID: 30753188

    Brenman-Suttner, D. B., Long, S. Q., Kamesan, V., de Belle, J. N., Yost, R. T., Kanippayoor, R. L. and Simon, A. F. (2018). Progeny of old parents have increased social space in Drosophila melanogaster. Sci Rep 8(1): 3673. PubMed ID: 29487349

    Fernandez, R. W., Akinleye, A. A., Nurilov, M., Feliciano, O., Lollar, M., Aijuri, R. R., O'Donnell, J. M. and Simon, A. F. (2017). Modulation of social space by dopamine in Drosophila melanogaster, but no effect on the avoidance of the Drosophila stress odorant. Biol Lett 13(8). PubMed ID: 28794277

    Croft, J. R., Liu, T., Camiletti, A. L., Simon, A. F. and Thompson, G. J. (2017). Sexual response of male Drosophila to honey bee queen mandibular pheromone: implications for genetic studies of social insects. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 203(2): 143-149. PubMed ID: 28150219

    McNeil, A. R., Jolley, S. N., Akinleye, A. A., Nurilov, M., Rouzyi, Z., Milunovich, A. J., Chambers, M. C. and Simon, A. F. (2015). Conditions Affecting Social Space in Drosophila melanogaster. J Vis Exp(105): e53242. PubMed ID: 26575105

    Wise, A., Tenezaca, L., Fernandez, R. W., Schatoff, E., Flores, J., Ueda, A., Zhong, X., Wu, C. F., Simon, A. F. and Venkatesh, T. (2015). Drosophila mutants of the autism candidate gene neurobeachin (rugose) exhibit neuro-developmental disorders, aberrant synaptic properties, altered locomotion, and impaired adult social behavior and activity patterns. J Neurogenet 29(2-3): 135-143. PubMed ID: 26100104

  • Andrew Simmonds Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta
    Ueda, K., Anderson-Baron, M. N., Haskins, J., Hughes, S. C. and Simmonds, A. J. (2022). Recruitment of Peroxin 14 to lipid droplets affects lipid storage in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 135(7). PubMed ID: 35274690

    Pridie, C. and Simmonds, A. (2020). The role of Peroxin 7 during Drosophila embryonic development. Genome. PubMed ID: 32191843

    Di Cara, F., Rachubinski, R. A. and Simmonds, A. J. (2018). Distinct roles for peroxisomal targeting signal receptors Pex5 and Pex7 in Drosophila. Genetics. PubMed ID: 30389805

    Pimmett, V.L., Deng, H., Haskins, J.A., Mercier, R.J., LaPointe, P. and Simmonds, A.J. (2017). The activity of the Drosophila Vestigial protein is modified by Scalloped-dependent phosphorylation. Dev Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 28322734

    Baron, M. N., Klinger, C. M., Rachubinski, R. A. and Simmonds, A. J. (2016). A Systematic Cell-Based Analysis of Localization of Predicted Drosophila Peroxisomal Proteins. Traffic. PubMed ID: 26865094

    Germain, D. R., Li, L., Hildebrandt, M. R., Simmonds, A. J., Hughes, S. C. and Godbout, R. (2015). Loss of the Drosophila melanogaster DEAD box protein Ddx1 leads to reduced size and aberrant gametogenesis. Dev Biol 407: 232-245. PubMed ID: 26433063

    Li, J., Hobman, T. C. and Simmonds, A. J. (2013). Gawky (GW) is the Drosophila melanogaster GW182 homologue. Adv Exp Med Biol 768: 127-145. PubMed ID: 23224968

    Mast, F. D., Li, J., Virk, M. K., Hughes, S. C., Simmonds, A. J. and Rachubinski, R. A. (2011). A Drosophila model for the Zellweger spectrum of peroxisome biogenesis disorders. Dis Model Mech 4: 659-672. PubMed ID: 21669930

  • Michael Simon Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford
    Zhao, X., Yang, C. H., Simon, M. A. (2013) The Drosophila Cadherin Fat Regulates Tissue Size and Planar Cell Polarity through Different Domains. PLoS One 8: e62998. PubMed ID: 23667559

    Bischoff, K., Ballew, A. C., Simon, M. A. and O'Reilly, A. M. (2009). Wing defects in Drosophila xenicid mutant clones are caused by C-terminal deletion of additional sex combs (Asx). PLoS One 4: e8106. PubMed ID: 19956620

    O'Reilly, A. M., Lee, H. H. and Simon, M. A. (2008). Integrins control the positioning and proliferation of follicle stem cells in the Drosophila ovary. J Cell Biol 182: 801-815. PubMed ID: 18725542

  • Martine Simonelig Labex EPIGENMED Montpellier, France
    Ribot, C., Soler, C., Chartier, A., Al Hayek, S., Naït-Saïdi, R., Barbezier, N., Coux, O. and Simonelig, M. (2022). Activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system contributes to oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy through muscle atrophy. PLoS Genet 18(1): e1010015. PubMed ID: 35025870

    Ramat, A., Garcia-Silva, M. R., Jahan, C., Nait-Saidi, R., Dufourt, J., Garret, C., Chartier, A., Cremaschi, J., Patel, V., Decourcelle, M., Bastide, A., Juge, F. and Simonelig, M. (2020). The PIWI protein Aubergine recruits eIF3 to activate translation in the germ plasm. Cell Res. PubMed ID: 32132673

    Coll, O., Guitart, T., Villalba, A., Papin, C., Simonelig, M. and Gebauer, F. (2018). Dicer-2 promotes mRNA activation through cytoplasmic polyadenylation. Rna. PubMed ID: 29317541

    Rojas-Rios, P., Chartier, A., Pierson, S. and Simonelig, M. (2017). Aubergine and piRNAs promote germline stem cell self-renewal by repressing the proto-oncogene Cbl. Embo j 36(21): 3194-3211. PubMed ID: 29030484

    Dufourt, J., Bontonou, G., Chartier, A., Jahan, C., Meunier, A. C., Pierson, S., Harrison, P. F., Papin, C., Beilharz, T. H. and Simonelig, M. (2017). piRNAs and Aubergine cooperate with Wispy poly(A) polymerase to stabilize mRNAs in the germ plasm. Nat Commun 8(1): 1305. PubMed ID: 29101389

    Gotze, M., Dufourt, J., Ihling, C., Rammelt, C., Pierson, S., Sambrani, N., Temme, C., Sinz, A., Simonelig, M. and Wahle, E. (2017). Translational repression of the Drosophila nanos mRNA involves the RNA helicase Belle and RNA coating by Me31B and Trailer hitch. Rna. PubMed ID: 28701521

    Barckmann, B., Pierson, S., Dufourt, J., Papin, C., Armenise, C., Port, F., Grentzinger, T., Chambeyron, S., Baronian, G., Desvignes, J. P., Curk, T. and Simonelig, M. (2015). Aubergine iCLIP reveals piRNA-dependent decay of mRNAs involved in germ cell development in the early embryo. Cell Rep 12: 1205-1216. PubMed ID: 26257181

    Joly, W., Chartier, A., Rojas-Rios, P., Busseau, I. and Simonelig, M. (2013). The CCR4 Deadenylase Acts with Nanos and Pumilio in the Fine-Tuning of Mei-P26 Expression to Promote Germline Stem Cell Self-Renewal. Stem Cell Reports 1: 411-424. PubMed ID: 24286029

    Barckmann, B. and Simonelig, M. (2013). Control of maternal mRNA stability in germ cells and early embryos. Biochim Biophys Acta 1829: 714-724. PubMed ID: 23298642

    Simonelig, M. (2011). Developmental functions of piRNAs and transposable elements: a Drosophila point-of-view. RNA Biol 8: 754-759. PubMed ID: 21712652

  • Matias Simons University of Freiburg
    Mukherjee, C., Kling, T., Russo, B., Miebach, K., Kess, E., Schifferer, M., Pedro, L. D., Weikert, U., Fard, M. K., Kannaiyan, N., Rossner, M., Aicher, M. L., Goebbels, S., Nave, K. A., Kramer-Albers, E. M., Schneider, A. and Simons, M. (2020). Oligodendrocytes Provide Antioxidant Defense Function for Neurons by Secreting Ferritin Heavy Chain. Cell Metab. PubMed ID: 32531201

    Marchesin, V., Perez-Marti, A., Le Meur, G., Pichler, R., Grand, K., Klootwijk, E. D., Kesselheim, A., Kleta, R., Lienkamp, S. and Simons, M. (2019). Molecular basis for autosomal-dominant renal Fanconi Syndrome caused by HNF4A. Cell Rep 29(13): 4407-4421.e4405. PubMed ID: 31875549

    Guida, M. C., Hermle, T., Graham, L. A., Hauser, V., Ryan, M., Stevens, T. H. and Simons, M. (2018). ATP6AP2 functions as a V-ATPase assembly factor in the endoplasmic reticulum. Mol Biol Cell: mbcE18040234. PubMed ID: 29995586

    Gleixner, E. M., Canaud, G., Hermle, T., Guida, M. C., Kretz, O., Helmstadter, M., Huber, T. B., Eimer, S., Terzi, F. and Simons, M. (2014). V-ATPase/mTOR Signaling Regulates Megalin-Mediated Apical Endocytosis. Cell Rep. PubMed ID: 24953654

    Ghosh, A., Kling, T., Snaidero, N., Sampaio, J. L., Shevchenko, A., Gras, H., Geurten, B., Gopfert, M. C., Schulz, J. B., Voigt, A. and Simons, M. (2013). A Global In Vivo Drosophila RNAi Screen Identifies a Key Role of Ceramide Phosphoethanolamine for Glial Ensheathment of Axons. PLoS Genet 9: e1003980. PubMed ID: 24348263

    Hermle, T., Guida, M. C., Beck, S., Helmstadter, S. and Simons, M. (2013). Drosophila ATP6AP2/VhaPRR functions both as a novel planar cell polarity core protein and a regulator of endosomal trafficking. EMBO J. PubMed ID: 23292348

    Vo, S. H., Butzlaff, M., Pru, S. K., Ni Charthaigh, R. A., Karsten, P., Lankes, A., Hamm, S., Simons, M., Adryan, B., Schulz, J. B. and Voigt, A. (2012). Large-scale screen for modifiers of ataxin-3-derived polyglutamine-induced toxicity in Drosophila. PLoS One 7: e47452. PubMed ID: 23139745

    Helmstadter, M., Luthy, K., Godel, M., Simons, M., Ashish, Nihalani, D., Rensing, S. A., Fischbach, K. F. and Huber, T. B. (2012). Functional study of mammalian Neph proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 7: e40300. PubMed ID: 22792268

  • Anne Simonsen Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
    Knaevelsrud, H., Soreng, K., Raiborg, C., Haberg, K., Rasmuson, F., Brech, A., Liestol, K., Rusten, T. E., Stenmark, H., Neufeld, T. P., Carlsson, S. R. and Simonsen, A. (2013). Membrane remodeling by the PX-BAR protein SNX18 promotes autophagosome formation. J Cell Biol 202: 331-349. PubMed ID: 23878278

    Cumming, R. C., Simonsen, A. and Finley, K. D. (2008). Quantitative analysis of autophagic activity in Drosophila neural tissues by measuring the turnover rates of pathway substrates. Methods Enzymol 451: 639-651. PubMed ID: 19185743

    Nezis, I. P., Simonsen, A., Sagona, A. P., Finley, K., Gaumer, S., Contamine, D., Rusten, T. E., Stenmark, H. and Brech, A. (2008). Ref(2)P, the Drosophila melanogaster homologue of mammalian p62, is required for the formation of protein aggregates in adult brain. J Cell Biol 180: 1065-1071. PubMed ID: 18347073

  • Matias Simons UNI Freiburg
    Petzoldt, A. G., Gleixner, E. M., Fumagalli, A., Vaccari, T., Simons, M. (2013) Activation of the proton pump, V-ATPase, triggers JNK-dependent cell invasion and overgrowth in a Drosophila epithelium. Dis Model Mech. PubMed ID: 23335205

    Hermle, T., Guida, M. C., Beck, S., Helmstadter, S. and Simons, M. (2013). Drosophila ATP6AP2/VhaPRR functions both as a novel planar cell polarity core protein and a regulator of endosomal trafficking. EMBO J 32: 245-259. PubMed ID: 23292348

    Hermle, T., Saltukoglu, D., Grunewald, J., Walz, G. and Simons, M. (2010). Regulation of Frizzled-dependent planar polarity signaling by a V-ATPase subunit. Curr Biol 20: 1269-1276. PubMed ID: 20579879

  • Julie Simpson
    Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology - University of California, Santa Barbara
    Ravbar, P., Zhang, N. and Simpson, J. H. (2021). Behavioral evidence for nested central pattern generator control of Drosophila grooming. Elife 10. PubMed ID: 34936550

    Mueller, J. M., Zhang, N., Carlson, J. M. and Simpson, J. H. (2021). Variation and Variability in Drosophila Grooming Behavior. Front Behav Neurosci 15: 769372. PubMed ID: 35087385

    Guo, L., Zhang, N. and Simpson, J. H. (2022). Descending neurons coordinate anterior grooming behavior in Drosophila. Curr Biol 32(4): 823-833. PubMed ID: 35120659

    McKellar, C. E., Siwanowicz, I., Dickson, B. J. and Simpson, J. H. (2020). Controlling motor neurons of every muscle for fly proboscis reaching. Elife 9. PubMed ID: 32584254

    Zhang, N., Guo, L. and Simpson, J. H. (2020). Spatial comparisons of mechanosensory information govern the grooming sequence in Drosophila. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 32142695

    McKellar, C. E., Lillvis, J. L., Bath, D. E., Fitzgerald, J. E., Cannon, J. G., Simpson, J. H. and Dickson, B. J. (2019). Threshold-based ordering of sequential actions during Drosophila courtship. Curr Biol 29(3): 426-434.e426. PubMed ID: 30661796

    Hampel, S., McKellar, C. E., Simpson, J. H. and Seeds, A. M. (2017). Simultaneous activation of parallel sensory pathways promotes a grooming sequence in Drosophila. Elife 6. PubMed ID: 28887878

    Robie, A. A., Hirokawa, J., Edwards, A. W., Umayam, L. A., Lee, A., Phillips, M. L., Card, G. M., Korff, W., Rubin, G. M., Simpson, J. H., Reiser, M. B. and Branson, K. (2017). Mapping the Neural Substrates of Behavior. Cell 170(2): 393-406.e328. PubMed ID: 28709004

    Hampel, S., Franconville, R., Simpson, J.H. and Seeds, A.M. (2015). A neural command circuit for grooming movement control. Elife [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26344548

    Albin, S.D., Kaun, K.R., Knapp, J.M., Chung, P., Heberlein, U. and Simpson, J.H. (2015). A subset of serotonergic neurons evokes hunger in adult Drosophila. Curr Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26344091

    Ohyama, T., Schneider-Mizell, C. M., Fetter, R. D., Aleman, J. V., Franconville, R., Rivera-Alba, M., Mensh, B. D., Branson, K. M., Simpson, J. H., Truman, J. W., Cardona, A. and Zlatic, M. (2015). A multilevel multimodal circuit enhances action selection in Drosophila. Nature 520: 633-639. PubMed ID: 25896325

    Knapp, J. M., Chung, P. and Simpson, J. H. (2015). Generating Customized Transgene Landing Sites and Multi-Transgene Arrays in Drosophila Using phiC31 Integrase. Genetics. PubMed ID: 25680812

  • Patricia Simpson Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
    Negre, B. and Simpson, P. (2015). The achaete-scute complex in Diptera: patterns of non-coding sequence evolution. J Evol Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26134680

    Costa, M., Calleja, M., Alonso, C. R. and Simpson, P. (2013). The bristle patterning genes hairy and extramacrochaetae regulate the development of structures required for flight in Diptera. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 24384389

    Usui, K., Goldstone, C., Gibert, J. M. and Simpson, P. (2008). Redundant mechanisms mediate bristle patterning on the Drosophila thorax. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 20112-20117. PubMed ID: 19104061

    Simpson, P. and Ayyar, S. (2008). Evolution of cis-regulatory sequences in Drosophila. Adv Genet 61: 67-106. PubMed ID: 18282503

  • Brent Sinclair Department of Biology The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
    Salehipour-Shirazi, G., Ferguson, L. V. and Sinclair, B. J. (2016). Does cold activate the Drosophila melanogaster immune system? J Insect Physiol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27765624

    MacMillan, H. A., Knee, J. M., Dennis, A. B., Udaka, H., Marshall, K. E., Merritt, T. J. and Sinclair, B. J. (2016). Cold acclimation wholly reorganizes the Drosophila melanogaster transcriptome and metabolome. Sci Rep 6: 28999. PubMed ID: 27357258

    Toxopeus, J., Jakobs, R., Ferguson, L. V., Gariepy, T. D. and Sinclair, B. J. (2016). Reproductive arrest and stress resistance in winter-acclimated Drosophila suzukii. J Insect Physiol 89: 37-51. PubMed ID: 27039032

    Jakobs, R., Gariepy, T. D. and Sinclair, B. J. (2015). Adult plasticity of cold tolerance in a continental-temperate population of Drosophila suzukii. J Insect Physiol 79: 1-9. PubMed ID: 25982520

  • Amit Singh Department of Biology, Tissue Regeneration and Engineering at Dayton, University of Dayton
    Deshpande, P., Chen, C. Y., Yeates, C., Chen, C. H., Kango-Singh, M. and Singh, A. (2021). miR-277 targets hid to ameliorate Aβ42-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila eye model of Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimers Dement 17 Suppl 2: e058678. PubMed ID: 34971161

    Raj, A., Chimata, A. V. and Singh, A. (2020). Motif 1 Binding Protein suppresses wingless to promote eye fate in Drosophila. Sci Rep 10(1): 17221. PubMed ID: 33057115

    Tare, M., Chimata, A. V., Gogia, N., Narwal, S., Deshpande, P. and Singh, A. (2020). An E3 ubiquitin ligase, cullin-4 regulates retinal differentiation in Drosophila eye. Genesis: e23395. PubMed ID: 32990387

    Irwin, M., Tare, M., Singh, A., Puli, O. R., Gogia, N., Riccetti, M., Deshpande, P., Kango-Singh, M. and Singh, A. (2020). A Positive Feedback Loop of Hippo- and c-Jun-Amino-Terminal Kinase Signaling Pathways Regulates Amyloid-Beta-Mediated Neurodegeneration. Front Cell Dev Biol 8: 117. PubMed ID: 32232042

    Gogia, N., Sarkar, A., Mehta, A. S., Ramesh, N., Deshpande, P., Kango-Singh, M., Pandey, U. B. and Singh, A. (2020). Inactivation of Hippo and cJun-N-terminal Kinase (JNK) signaling mitigate FUS mediated neurodegeneration in vivo. Neurobiol Dis 140: 104837. PubMed ID: 32199908

    Sarkar, A., Gogia, N., Glenn, N., Singh, A., Jones, G., Powers, N., Srivastava, A., Kango-Singh, M. and Singh, A. (2018). A soy protein Lunasin can ameliorate amyloid-beta 42 mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila eye. Sci Rep 8(1): 13545. PubMed ID: 30202077

    Sarkar, A., Gogia, N., Farley, K., Payton, L. and Singh, A. (2018). Characterization of a morphogenetic furrow specific Gal4 driver in the developing Drosophila eye. PLoS One 13(4): e0196365. PubMed ID: 29702674

    Tare, M., Sarkar, A., Bedi, S., Kango-Singh, M. and Singh, A. (2016). Cullin-4 regulates Wingless and JNK signaling-mediated cell death in the Drosophila eye. Cell Death Dis 7(12): e2566. PubMed ID: 28032862

    Wittkorn, E., Sarkar, A., Garcia, K., Kango-Singh, M. and Singh, A. (2015). The Hippo pathway effector Yki downregulates Wg signaling to promote retinal differentiation in the Drosophila eye. Development 142: 2002-2013. PubMed ID: 25977365

    Kwon, H. J., Waghmare, I., Verghese, S., Singh, A., Singh, A. and Kango-Singh, M. (2014). Drosophila C-terminal Src kinase regulates growth via the Hippo signaling pathway. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 25446534

  • Nadia Singh Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
    Winbush, A. and Singh, N. D. (2020). Genomics of recombination rate variation in temperature-evolved Drosophila melanogaster populations. Genome Biol Evol. PubMed ID: 33247719

    Hunter, C.M., Huang, W., Mackay, T.F. and Singh, N.D. (2016). The genetic architecture of natural variation in recombination Rate in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genet 12: e1005951. PubMed ID: 27035832

    Hunter, C.M., Robinson, M.C., Aylor, D.L. and Singh, N.D. (2016). Genetic background, maternal age and interaction effects mediate rates of crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster females. G3 (Bethesda) [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26994290

    O'Shea, K. L. and Singh, N. D. (2015). Tetracycline-exposed Drosophila melanogaster males produce fewer offspring but a relative excess of sons. Ecol Evol 5: 3130-3139. PubMed ID: 26357541

    Jackson, S., Nielsen, D. M. and Singh, N. D. (2015). Increased exposure to acute thermal stress is associated with a non-linear increase in recombination frequency and an independent linear decrease in fitness in Drosophila. BMC Evol Biol 15: 175. PubMed ID: 26310872

    Hunter, C. M. and Singh, N. D. (2014). Do Males Matter? Testing the Effects of Male Genetic Background on Female Meiotic Crossover Rates in Drosophila Melanogaster. Evolution. PubMed ID: 24889512

    Robinson, M. C., Stone, E. A. and Singh, N. D. (2014). Population genomic analysis reveals no evidence for GC-biased gene conversion in Drosophila melanogaster. Mol Biol Evol 31: 425-433. PubMed ID: 24214536

    Singh, N. D., Stone, E. A., Aquadro, C. F. and Clark, A. G. (2013). Fine-scale heterogeneity in crossover rate in the garnet-scalloped region of the Drosophila melanogaster X chromosome. Genetics 194: 375-387. PubMed ID: 23410829

    Singh, N. D., Jensen, J. D., Clark, A. G. and Aquadro, C. F. (2013). Inferences of demography and selection in an African population of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 193: 215-228. PubMed ID: 23105013

  • Ravinder Singh Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
    Sridharan, V., Heimiller, J., Robida, M. D. and Singh, R. (2016). High throughput sequencing identifies misregulated genes in the Drosophila polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (hephaestus) mutant defective in spermatogenesis. PLoS One 11: e0150768. PubMed ID: 26942929

    Heimiller, J., Sridharan, V., Huntley, J., Wesley, C. S. and Singh, R. (2014). Drosophila Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein (DmPTB) Regulates Dorso-Ventral Patterning Genes in Embryos. PLoS One 9: e98585. PubMed ID: 25014769

    Hartmann, B., Castelo, R., Minana, B., Peden, E., Blanchette, M., Rio, D. C., Singh, R. and Valcarcel, J. (2011). Distinct regulatory programs establish widespread sex-specific alternative splicing in Drosophila melanogaster. RNA 17: 453-468. PubMed ID: 21233220

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  • Satpal Singh Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Buffalo
    Scarpati, M., Qi, Y., Govind, S. and Singh, S. (2019). A combined computational strategy of sequence and structural analysis predicts the existence of a functional eicosanoid pathway in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 14(2): e0211897. PubMed ID: 30753230

    Frolov, R. V. and Singh, S. (2013). Temperature and functional plasticity of L-type Ca channels in Drosophila. Cell Calcium. PubMed ID: 23993048

    Frolov, R. V., Bagati, A., Casino, B. and Singh, S. (2012). Potassium channels in Drosophila: historical breakthroughs, significance, and perspectives. J Neurogenet 26: 275-290. PubMed ID: 23181728

    Frolov, R. V. and Singh, S. (2012). Inhibition of ion channels and heart beat in Drosophila by selective COX-2 inhibitor SC-791. PLoS One 7: e38759. PubMed ID: 22701705

  • Pradip Sinha Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
    Athilingam, T., Parihar, S. S., Bhattacharya, R., Rizvi, M. S., Kumar, A. and Sinha, P. (2022). Proximate Larval Epidermal Cell Layer Generates Forces for Pupal Thorax Closure in Drosophila. Genetics. PubMed ID: 35166774

    Kumari, J. and Sinha, P. (2021). Developmental expression patterns of toolkit genes in male accessory gland of Drosophila parallels those of mammalian prostate. Biol Open 10(8). PubMed ID: 34342345

    Bajpai, A., Ahmad, Q. T., Tang, H. W., Manzar, N., Singh, V., Thakur, A., Ateeq, B., Perrimon, N. and Sinha, P. (2020). A Drosophila model of oral peptide therapeutics for adult Intestinal Stem Cell tumors. Dis Model Mech 13(7). PubMed ID: 32540914

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    Jolly, M. K., Rizvi, M. S., Kumar, A. and Sinha, P. (2014). Mathematical modeling of sub-cellular asymmetry of fat-dachsous heterodimer for generation of planar cell polarity. PLoS One 9: e97641. PubMed ID: 24841507

    Khan, S. J., Bajpai, A., Alam, M. A., Gupta, R. P., Harsh, S., Pandey, R. K., Goel-Bhattacharya, S., Nigam, A., Mishra, A., Sinha, P. (2013) Epithelial neoplasia in Drosophila entails switch to primitive cell states. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 23708122

    Jaiswal, M., Agrawal, N. and Sinha, P. (2006). Fat and Wingless signaling oppositely regulate epithelial cell-cell adhesion and distal wing development in Drosophila. Development 133: 925-935. PubMed ID: 16452097

  • Saurabh Sinha Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Dibaeinia, P. and Sinha, S. (2021). Deciphering enhancer sequence using thermodynamics-based models and convolutional neural networks. Nucleic Acids Res 49(18): 10309-10327. PubMed ID: 34508359

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    Kazemian, M., Pham, H., Wolfe, S. A., Brodsky, M. H. and Sinha, S. (2013). Widespread evidence of cooperative DNA binding by transcription factors in Drosophila development. Nucleic Acids Res. PubMed ID: 23847101

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    Enuameh, M. S., et al. (2013). Global analysis of Drosophila Cys2-His2 zinc finger proteins reveals a multitude of novel recognition motifs and binding determinants. Genome Res. PubMed ID: 23471540

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  • Haruhiko Siomi Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo
    Iwasaki, Y. W., Sriswasdi, S., Kinugasa, Y., Adachi, J., Horikoshi, Y., Shibuya, A., Iwasaki, W., Tashiro, S., Tomonaga, T. and Siomi, H. (2021). Piwi-piRNA complexes induce stepwise changes in nuclear architecture at target loci. Embo j: e108345. PubMed ID: 34337769

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    Hirakata, S., Ishizu, H., Fujita, A., Tomoe, Y. and Siomi, M. C. (2019). Requirements for multivalent Yb body assembly in transposon silencing in Drosophila. EMBO Rep 20(7): e47708. PubMed ID: 31267711

    Ishizu, H., Kinoshita, T., Hirakata, S., Komatsuzaki, C. and Siomi, M. C. (2019). Distinct and collaborative functions of Yb and Armitage in transposon-targeting piRNA biogenesis. Cell Rep 27(6): 1822-1835.e1828. PubMed ID: 31067466

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    Sumiyoshi, T., Sato, K., Yamamoto, H., Iwasaki, Y. W., Siomi, H. and Siomi, M. C. (2016). Loss of l(3)mbt leads to acquisition of the ping-pong cycle in Drosophila ovarian somatic cells. Genes Dev 30: 1617-1622. PubMed ID: 27474440

    Sato, K., Iwasaki, Y. W., Siomi, H. and Siomi, M. C. (2015). Tudor-domain containing proteins act to make the piRNA pathways more robust in Drosophila. Fly (Austin) [Epub ahead of print] PubMed ID: 26647059

    Sato, K., Iwasaki, Y. W., Shibuya, A., Carninci, P., Tsuchizawa, Y., Ishizu, H., Siomi, M. C. and Siomi, H. (2015). Krimper enforces an antisense bias on piRNA pools by binding AGO3 in the Drosophila germline. Mol Cell 59: 553-563. PubMed ID: 26212455

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  • Mikiko Siomi Department of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo
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    Ishizu, H., Sumiyoshi, T. and Siomi, M. C. (2017). Use of the CRISPR-Cas9 system for genome editing in cultured Drosophila ovarian somatic cells. Methods [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 28552546

    Nishida, K. M., Miyoshi, K., Ogino, A., Miyoshi, T., Siomi, H., Siomi, M. C. (2013) Roles of R2D2, a Cytoplasmic D2 Body Component, in the Endogenous siRNA Pathway in Drosophila. Mol Cell. PubMed ID: 23375501

    Nagao, A., Sato, K., Nishida, K. M., Siomi, H. and Siomi, M. C. (2011). Gender-Specific Hierarchy in Nuage Localization of PIWI-Interacting RNA Factors in Drosophila. Front Genet 2: 55. PubMed ID: 22303351

    Sato, K., Nishida, K. M., Shibuya, A., Siomi, M. C. and Siomi, H. (2011). Maelstrom coordinates microtubule organization during Drosophila oogenesis through interaction with components of the MTOC. Genes Dev 25: 2361-2373. PubMed ID: 22085963

  • Helen Skaer Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
    Saxena, A., Denholm, B., Bunt, S., Bischoff, M., VijayRaghavan, K. and Skaer, H. (2014). Epidermal growth factor signalling controls Myosin II planar polarity to orchestrate convergent extension movements during Drosophila tubulogenesis. PLoS Biol 12: e1002013. PubMed ID: 25460353

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    Denholm, B., Hu, N., Fauquier, T., Caubit, X., Fasano, L. and Skaer, H. (2013). The tiptop/teashirt genes regulate cell differentiation and renal physiology in Drosophila. Development 140: 1100-1110. PubMed ID: 23404107

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  • Jim Skeath Department of Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis
    Lacin, H., Williamson, W. R., Card, G. M., Skeath, J. B. and Truman, J. W. (2020). Unc-4 acts to promote neuronal identity and development of the take-off circuit in the Drosophila CNS. Elife 9. PubMed ID: 32216875

    Skeath, J. B., Wilson, B. A., Romero, S. E., Snee, M. J., Zhu, Y. and Lacin, H. (2017). The extracellular metalloprotease AdamTS-A anchors neural lineages in place within and preserves the architecture of the central nervous system. Development 144(17):3102-3113. PubMed ID: 28760813

    Snee, M. J., Wilson, W. C., Zhu, Y., Chen, S. Y., Wilson, B. A., Kseib, C., O'Neal, J., Mahajan, N., Tomasson, M. H., Arur, S. and Skeath, J. B. (2016). Collaborative control of cell cycle progression by the RNA exonuclease Dis3 and Ras is conserved across species. Genetics 203: 749-762. PubMed ID: 27029730

    Yashiro, H., Loza, A. J., Skeath, J. B. and Longmore, G. D. (2014). Rho1 Regulates Adherens Junction Remodeling by Promoting Recycling Endosome Formation through Activation of Myosin II. Mol Biol Cell. PubMed ID: 25079692

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    Valakh, V., Walker, L. J., Skeath, J. B. and Diantonio, A. (2013). Loss of the Spectraplakin Short Stop Activates the DLK Injury Response Pathway in Drosophila. J Neurosci 33: 17863-17873. PubMed ID: 24198375

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    Das Thakur, M., Feng, Y., Jagannathan, R., Seppa, M. J., Skeath, J. B. and Longmore, G. D. (2010). Ajuba LIM proteins are negative regulators of the Hippo signaling pathway. Curr Biol 20: 657-662. PubMed ID: 20303269

    Babaoglan, A. B., O'Connor-Giles, K. M., Mistry, H., Schickedanz, A., Wilson, B. A. and Skeath, J. B. (2009). Sanpodo: a context-dependent activator and inhibitor of Notch signaling during asymmetric divisions. Development 136: 4089-4098. PubMed ID: 19906847

  • Efthimios Skoulakis Institute of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Vari, near Athens
    Prifti, E., Tsakiri, E. N., Vourkou, E., Stamatakis, G., Samiotaki, M., Skoulakis, E. M. C. and Papanikolopoulou, K. (2022). Mical modulates Tau toxicity via cysteine oxidation in vivo. Acta Neuropathol Commun 10(1): 44. PubMed ID: 35379354

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    Roussou, I. G., Papanikolopoulou, K., Savakis, C. and Skoulakis, E. M. C. (2019). Drosophila Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase regulates habituation latency and facilitation in distinct mushroom body neurons. J Neurosci. PubMed ID: 31530645

    Papanikolopoulou, K., Roussou, I. G., Gouzi, J. Y., Samiotaki, M., Panayotou, G., Turin, L. and Skoulakis, E. M. (2019). Drosophila Tau negatively regulates translation and olfactory Long-Term Memory, but facilitates footshock habituation and cytoskeletal homeostasis. J Neurosci. PubMed ID: 31488613

    Kadas, D., Papanikolopoulou, K., Xirou, S., Consoulas, C. and Skoulakis, E. M. C. (2019). Human Tau isofSharma, A.orm-specific presynaptic deficits in a Drosophila central nervous system circuit. Neurobiol Dis 124: 311-321. PubMed ID: 30529489

    Semelidou, O., Acevedo, S. F. and Skoulakis, E. M. (2018). Temporally specific engagement of distinct neuronal circuits regulating olfactory habituation in Drosophila. Elife 7. PubMed ID: 30576281

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    Gouzi, J. Y., Bouraimi, M., Roussou, I. G., Moressis, A. and Skoulakis, E. M. C. (2018). The Drosophila Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Alk constrains long-term memory formation. J Neurosci. PubMed ID: 30030398

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    Maniati, K., Haralambous, K. J., Turin, L. and Skoulakis, E. M. C. (2017). Vibrational Detection of Odorant Functional Groups by Drosophila melanogaster. eNeuro 4(5). PubMed ID: 29094064

  • Kevin Slep Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Adikes, R. C., Hallett, R. A., Saway, B. F., Kuhlman, B. and Slep, K. C. (2017). Control of microtubule dynamics using an optogenetic microtubule plus end-F-actin cross-linker. J Cell Biol. PubMed ID: 29259096

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    Howard, A. E., Fox, J. C. and Slep, K. C. (2015). Drosophila melanogaster mini spindles TOG3 utilizes unique structural elements to promote domain stability and maintain a TOG1- and TOG2-like tubulin-binding surface. J Biol Chem 290(16): 10149-10162. PubMed ID: 25720490

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  • Stephen Small Department of Biology, New York University
    Onal, P., Imaya Gunasinghe, H., Yui Umezawa, K., Zheng, M., Ling, J., Azeez, L., Dalmeus, A., Tazin, T. and Small, S. (2021). Suboptimal Intermediates Underlie Evolution of the Bicoid Homeodomain. Mol Biol Evol. PubMed ID: 33599280

    Datta, R. R., Ling, J., Kurland, J., Ren, X., Xu, Z., Yucel, G., Moore, J., Shokri, L., Baker, I., Bishop, T., Struffi, P., Levina, R., Bulyk, M. L., Johnston, R. J., Jr. and Small, S. (2018). A feed-forward relay integrates the regulatory activities of Bicoid and Orthodenticle via sequential binding to suboptimal sites. Genes Dev 32(9-10): 723-736. PubMed ID: 29764918

    Yan, J., Anderson, C., Viets, K., Tran, S., Goldberg, G., Small, S. and Johnston, R. J., (2017). Regulatory logic driving stable levels of defective proventriculus expression during terminal photoreceptor specification in flies. Development [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 28126841

    Xu, Z., Chen, H., Ling, J., Yu, D., Struffi, P. and Small, S. (2014). Impacts of the ubiquitous factor Zelda on Bicoid-dependent DNA binding and transcription in Drosophila. Genes Dev 28: 608-621. PubMed ID: 24637116

    Struffi, P., Corado, M., Kaplan, L., Yu, D., Rushlow, C. and Small, S. (2011). Combinatorial activation and concentration-dependent repression of the Drosophila even skipped stripe 3+7 enhancer. Development 138: 4291-4299. PubMed ID: 21865322

  • Craig Smibert Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto
    Mohr, S., Kenny, A., Lam, S. T. Y., Morgan, M. B., Smibert, C. A., Lipshitz, H. D. and Macdonald, P. M. (2021). Opposing roles for Egalitarian and Staufen in transport, anchoring and localization of oskar mRNA in the Drosophila oocyte. PLoS Genet 17(4): e1009500. PubMed ID: 33798193

    Wang, M., Ly, M., Lugowski, A., Laver, J. D., Lipshitz, H. D., Smibert, C. A. and Rissland, O. S. (2017). ME31B globally represses maternal mRNAs by two distinct mechanisms during the Drosophila maternal-to-zygotic transition. Elife 6. PubMed ID: 28875934

    Chen, Y. A., Stuwe, E., Luo, Y., Ninova, M., Le Thomas, A., Rozhavskaya, E., Li, S., Vempati, S., Laver, J. D., Patel, D. J., Smibert, C. A., Lipshitz, H. D., Fejes Toth, K. and Aravin, A. A. (2016). Cutoff Suppresses RNA Polymerase II Termination to Ensure Expression of piRNA Precursors. Mol Cell [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27292797

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    Laver, J. D., Marsolais, A. J., Smibert, C. A. and Lipshitz, H. D. (2015). Regulation and Function of Maternal Gene Products During the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Drosophila. Curr Top Dev Biol 113: 43-84. PubMed ID: 26358870

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    Chen, L., Dumelie, J. G., Li, X., Cheng, M. H., Yang, Z., Laver, J. D., Siddiqui, N. U., Westwood, J. T., Morris, Q., Lipshitz, H. D. and Smibert, C. A. (2014). Global regulation of mRNA translation and stability in the early Drosophila embryo by the Smaug RNA-binding protein. Genome Biol 15: R4. PubMed ID: 24393533

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  • Dean Smith Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
    Poudel, S., Guo, H. and Smith, D. P. (2021). PKC98E Regulates Odorant Responses in Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurosci 41(18): 3948-3957. PubMed ID: 33789918

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    Guo, H., Kunwar, K. and Smith, D. (2019). Multiple channels of DEET repellency in Drosophila. Pest Manag Sci. PubMed ID: 31429190

    Guo, H., Kunwar, K. and Smith, D. (2017). Odorant receptor sensitivity modulation in Drosophila. J Neurosci 37(39): 9465-9473. PubMed ID: 28871035

    Pitts, S., Pelser, E., Meeks, J. and Smith, D. (2016). Odorant responses and courtship behaviors influenced by at4 neurons in Drosophila. PLoS One 11: e0162761. PubMed ID: 27617442

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    Ronderos, D. S., Lin, C. C., Potter, C. J. and Smith, D. P. (2014). Farnesol-detecting olfactory neurons in Drosophila. J Neurosci 34: 3959-3968. PubMed ID: 24623773

    Sanders, C. and Smith, D. P. (2011). LUMP is a putative double-stranded RNA binding protein required for male fertility in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 6: e24151. PubMed ID: 21912621

    Kwon, Y., Kim, S. H., Ronderos, D. S., Lee, Y., Akitake, B., Woodward, O. M., Guggino, W. B., Smith, D. P. and Montell, C. (2010). Drosophila TRPA1 channel is required to avoid the naturally occurring insect repellent citronellal. Curr Biol 20: 1672-1678. PubMed ID: 20797863

    Ronderos, D. S. and Smith, D. P. (2010). Activation of the T1 neuronal circuit is necessary and sufficient to induce sexually dimorphic mating behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurosci 30: 2595-2599. PubMed ID: 20164344

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  • Tony Southall Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London
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    Merzetti, E.M., Dolomount, L.A. and Staveley, B.E. (2016). The FBXO7 homologue nutcracker and binding partner PI31 in Drosophila melanogaster models of Parkinson's disease. Genome [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27936908

    M'Angale, P. G. and Staveley, B. E. (2016). Loss of porin function in dopaminergic neurons of Drosophila is suppressed by Buffy. J Biomed Sci 23(1): 84. PubMed ID: 27881168

    M'Angale, P. G. and Staveley, B. E. (2016). The HtrA2 Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease is suppressed by the pro-survival Bcl-2 Buffy. Genome: 1-7. PubMed ID: 27848260

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    M'Angale, P. G. and Staveley, B. E. (2016). The Bcl-2 homologue Buffy rescues alpha-synuclein-induced Parkinson disease-like phenotypes in Drosophila. BMC Neurosci 17: 24. PubMed ID: 27192974

  • David Stein Cell and Molecular Biology University of Texas, Austin
    Amarnath, S., Stevens, L. M. and Stein, D. S. (2017). Reconstitution of Torso signaling in cultured cells suggests a role for both Trunk and Torsolike in receptor activation. Development [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 28087630

    Stein, D. S. and Stevens, L. M. (2014). Maternal control of the Drosophila dorsal-ventral body axis. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol 3: 301-330. PubMed ID: 25124754

    Stein, D., Cho, Y. S. and Stevens, L. M. (2013). Localized serine protease activity and the establishment of Drosophila embryonic dorsoventral polarity. Fly (Austin) 7. PubMed ID: 24047959

    Cho, Y. S., Stevens, L. M., Sievermann, K. J, Nguyen, J., and Stein, D. (2012). A ventrally localized protease in the Drosophila egg controls embryo dorsoventral polarity, Curr. Biol. 22: 1013-1018. PubMed ID: 22578419

  • Mindy Steiniger Biology Department, University of Missouri, St. Louis,
    Harrington, A. W., McKain, M. R., Michalski, D., Bauer, K. M., Daugherty, J. M. and Steiniger, M. (2017). Drosophila melanogaster retrotransposon and inverted repeat-derived endogenous siRNAs are differentially processed in distinct cellular locations. BMC Genomics 18(1): 304. PubMed ID: 28415970

    Harrington, A. W. and Steiniger, M. (2016). Bioinformatic analyses of sense and antisense expression from terminal inverted repeat transposons in Drosophila somatic cells. Fly (Austin) 10(1): 1-10. PubMed ID: 26986720

    Russo, J., Harrington, A. W. and Steiniger, M. (2016). Antisense Transcription of Retrotransposons in Drosophila: An Origin of Endogenous Small Interfering RNA Precursors. Genetics 202(1): 107-121. PubMed ID: 26534950

  • Hermann Steller Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology, Rockefeller University
    Domingos, P. M., Jenny, A., Combie, K. F., Del Alamo, D., Mlodzik, M., Steller, H. and Mollereau, B. (2019). Regulation of Numb during planar cell polarity establishment in the Drosophila eye. Mech Dev: 103583. PubMed ID: 31678471

    Liu, K., Jones, S., Minis, A., Rodriguez, J., Molina, H. and Steller, H. (2019). PI31 is an adaptor protein for proteasome transport in axons and required for synaptic development. Dev Cell. PubMed ID: 31327739

    Gultekin, Y. and Steller, H. (2019). Axin proteolysis by Iduna is required for the regulation of stem cell proliferation and intestinal homeostasis in Drosophila. Development 146(6). PubMed ID: 30796047

    Gerstberger, S., Meyer, C., Benjamin-Hong, S., Rodriguez, J., Briskin, D., Bognanni, C., Bogardus, K., Steller, H. and Tuschl, T. (2017). The conserved RNA exonuclease Rexo5 is required for 3' end maturation of 28S rRNA, 5S rRNA, and snoRNAs. Cell Rep 21(3): 758-772. PubMed ID: 29045842

    Maor, G., Cabasso, O., Krivoruk, O., Rodriguez, J., Steller, H., Segal, D. and Horowitz, M. (2016). The contribution of mutant GBA to the development of parkinson disease in Drosophila. Hum Mol Genet. PubMed ID: 27162249

    Rosas-Arellano, A., Vasquez-Procopio, J., Gambis, A., Blowes, L. M., Steller, H., Mollereau, B. and Missirlis, F. (2016). Ferritin Assembly in Enterocytes of Drosophila melanogaster. Int J Mol Sci 17 [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26861293

    Kim, A. Y., Seo, J. B., Kim, W. T., Choi, H. J., Kim, S. Y., Morrow, G., Tanguay, R. M., Steller, H. and Koh, Y. H. (2015). The pathogenic human Torsin A in Drosophila activates the unfolded protein response and increases susceptibility to oxidative stress. BMC Genomics 16: 338. PubMed ID: 25903460

    Liu, K., Ding, L., Li, Y., Yang, H., Zhao, C., Lei, Y., Han, S., Tao, W., Miao, D., Steller, H., Welsh, M. J. and Liu, L. (2014). Neuronal necrosis is regulated by a conserved chromatin-modifying cascade. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. PubMed ID: 25201987

    Guarner, A., Manjon, C., Edwards, K., Steller, H., Suzanne, M. and Sanchez-Herrero, E. (2013). The zinc finger homeodomain-2 gene of Drosophila controls Notch targets and regulates apoptosis in the tarsal segments. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 24144920

    Suzanne, M. and Steller, H. (2013). Shaping organisms with apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 20: 669-675. PubMed ID: 23449394

  • Per Stenberg Department of Molecular Biology, Umea University
    Lewerentz, J., Johansson, A. M., Larsson, J. and Stenberg, P. (2022). Transposon activity, local duplications and propagation of structural variants across haplotypes drive the evolution of the Drosophila S2 cell line. BMC Genomics 23(1): 276. PubMed ID: 35392795

    Zare, A., Johansson, A. M., Karlsson, E., Delhomme, N. and Stenberg, P. (2018). The gut microbiome participates in transgenerational inheritance of low-temperature responses in Drosophila melanogaster. FEBS Lett. PubMed ID: 30372516

    Boija, A., Mahat, D. B., Zare, A., Holmqvist, P. H., Philip, P., Meyers, D. J., Cole, P. A., Lis, J. T., Stenberg, P. and Mannervik, M. (2017). CBP regulates recruitment and release of promoter-proximal RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell 68(3): 491-503.e495. PubMed ID: 29056321

    Philip, P., Boija, A., Vaid, R., Churcher, A. M., Meyers, D. J., Cole, P. A., Mannervik, M. and Stenberg, P. (2015). CBP binding outside of promoters and enhancers in Drosophila melanogaster. Epigenetics Chromatin 8: 48. PubMed ID: 26604986

    Philip, P. and Stenberg, P. (2013). Male X-linked genes in Drosophila melanogaster are compensated independently of the Male-Specific Lethal complex. Epigenetics Chromatin 6: 35. PubMed ID: 24279328

    Philip, P., Pettersson, F. and Stenberg, P. (2012). Sequence signatures involved in targeting the Male-Specific Lethal complex to X-chromosomal genes in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Genomics 13: 97. PubMed ID: 22424303

    Figueiredo, M. L., Philip, P., Stenberg, P. and Larsson, J. (2012). HP1a recruitment to promoters is independent of H3K9 methylation in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genet 8: e1003061. PubMed ID: 23166515

    Holmqvist, P. H., Boija, A., Philip, P., Crona, F., Stenberg, P. and Mannervik, M. (2012). Preferential genome targeting of the CBP co-activator by Rel and Smad proteins in early Drosophila melanogaster embryos. PLoS Genet 8: e1002769. PubMed ID: 22737084

    Johansson, A. M., Stenberg, P., Allgardsson, A. and Larsson, J. (2012). POF regulates the expression of genes on the fourth chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster by binding to nascent RNA. Mol Cell Biol 32: 2121-2134. PubMed ID: 22473994

  • Harald Stenmark Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, Oslo University Hospital
    Lie-Jensen, A., Ivanauskiene, K., Malerod, L., Jain, A., Tan, K. W., Laerdahl, J. K., Liestol, K., Stenmark, H. and Haglund, K. (2019). Centralspindlin Recruits ALIX to the Midbody during Cytokinetic Abscission in Drosophila via a Mechanism Analogous to Virus Budding. Curr Biol 29(20): 3538-3548 e3537. PubMed ID: 31607533

    Eikenes, A. H., Malerod, L., Lie-Jensen, A., Sem Wegner, C., Brech, A., Liestol, K., Stenmark, H. and Haglund, K. (2015). Src64 controls a novel actin network required for proper ring canal formation in the Drosophila male germline. Development 142(23): 4107-4118. PubMed ID: 26628094

    Morelli, E., Ginefra, P., Mastrodonato, V., Beznoussenko, G. V., Rusten, T. E., Bilder, D., Stenmark, H., Mironov, A. A. and Vaccari, T. (2014). Multiple functions of the SNARE protein Snap29 in autophagy, endocytic, and exocytic trafficking during epithelial formation in Drosophila. Autophagy 10(12): 2251-2268. PubMed ID: 25551675

  • Marcus Stensmyr Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
    Melo, N., Capek, M., Arenas, O. M., Afify, A., Yilmaz, A., Potter, C. J., Laminette, P. J., Para, A., Gallio, M. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2021). The irritant receptor TRPA1 mediates the mosquito repellent effect of catnip. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 33667373

    Melo, N., Wolff, G. H., Costa-da-Silva, A. L., Arribas, R., Triana, M. F., Gugger, M., Riffell, J. A., DeGennaro, M. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2019). Geosmin attracts Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to oviposition sites. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 31839454

    Mansourian, S., Enjin, A., Jirle, E. V., Ramesh, V., Rehermann, G., Becher, P. G., Pool, J. E. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2018). Wild african Drosophila melanogaster are seasonal specialists on marula fruit. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 30528579

    Frank, D. D., Enjin, A., Jouandet, G. C., Zaharieva, E. E., Para, A., Stensmyr, M. C. and Gallio, M. (2017). Early integration of temperature and humidity stimuli in the Drosophila brain. Curr Biol 27(15): 2381-2388.e2384. PubMed ID: 28736172

    Mansourian, S., Corcoran, J., Enjin, A., Lofstedt, C., Dacke, M. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2016). Fecal-derived phenol induces egg-laying aversion in Drosophila. Curr Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27641770

    Enjin, A., Zaharieva, E.E., Frank, D.D., Mansourian, S., Suh, G.S., Gallio, M. and Stensmyr, M.C. (2016). Humidity sensing in Drosophila. Curr Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27161501

    Mansourian, S. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2015). The chemical ecology of the fly. Curr Opin Neurobiol 34C: 95-102. PubMed ID: 25747730

    Dweck, H.K., Ebrahim, S.A., Farhan, A., Hansson, B.S. and Stensmyr, M.C. (2015). Olfactory proxy detection of dietary antioxidants in Drosophila. Curr Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 25619769

    Dweck, H. K., Ebrahim, S. A., Kromann, S., Bown, D., Hillbur, Y., Sachse, S., Hansson, B. S. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2013). Olfactory Preference for Egg Laying on Citrus Substrates in Drosophila. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 24316206

    Linz, J., Baschwitz, A., Strutz, A., Dweck, H. K., Sachse, S., Hansson, B. S. and Stensmyr, M. C. (2013). Host plant-driven sensory specialization in Drosophila erecta. Proc Biol Sci 280: 20130626. PubMed ID: 23595274

  • Wolfgang Stephan Biozentrum Martinsried, Munich, Germany
    Voigt, S., Erpf, A. C. and Stephan, W. (2019). Decreased temperature sensitivity of Vestigial gene expression in temperate populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Genes (Basel) 10(7). PubMed ID: 31261809

    Voigt, S., Laurent, S., Litovchenko, M. and Stephan, W. (2015). Positive Selection at the Polyhomeotic Locus Led to Decreased Thermosensitivity of Gene Expression in Temperate Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. PubMed ID: 25855066

    Wilches, R., Voigt, S., Duchen, P., Laurent, S. and Stephan, W. (2014). Fine-mapping and selective sweep analysis of QTL for cold tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster. G3 (Bethesda) 4: 1635-1645. PubMed ID: 24970882

    Werzner, A., Pavlidis, P., Ometto, L., Stephan, W. and Laurent, S. (2013). Selective sweep in the Flotillin-2 region of European Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 8: e56629. PubMed ID: 23437190

  • David Stern HHMI, Princeton University
    Duckhorn, J. C., Cande, J., Metkus, M. C., Song, H., Altamirano, S., Stern, D. L. and Shirangi, T. R. (2022). Regulation of Drosophila courtship behavior by the Tlx/tailless-like nuclear receptor, dissatisfaction. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 35245457

    Soverna, A. F., Rodriguez, N. C., Korgaonkar, A., Hasson, E., Stern, D. L. and Frankel, N. (2020). Cis-regulatory variation in the shavenbaby gene underlies intraspecific phenotypic variation, mirroring interspecific divergence in the same trait. Evolution. PubMed ID: 33314059

    Fuqua, T., Jordan, J., van Breugel, M. E., Halavatyi, A., Tischer, C., Polidoro, P., Abe, N., Tsai, A., Mann, R. S., Stern, D. L. and Crocker, J. (2020). Dense and pleiotropic regulatory information in a developmental enhancer. Nature 587(7833): 235-239. PubMed ID: 33057197

    Ding, Y., Lillvis, J. L., Cande, J., Berman, G. J., Arthur, B. J., Long, X., Xu, M., Dickson, B. J. and Stern, D. L. (2019). Neural evolution of context-dependent fly song. Curr Biol. PubMed ID: 30880014

    Meiklejohn, C. D., Landeen, E. L., Gordon, K. E., Rzatkiewicz, T., Kingan, S. B., Geneva, A. J., Vedanayagam, J. P., Muirhead, C. A., Garrigan, D., Stern, D. L. and Presgraves, D. C. (2018). Gene flow mediates the role of sex chromosome meiotic drive during complex speciation. Elife 7. PubMed ID: 30543325

    Cande, J., Namiki, S., Qiu, J., Korff, W., Card, G. M., Shaevitz, J. W., Stern, D. L. and Berman, G. J. (2018). Optogenetic dissection of descending behavioral control in Drosophila. Elife 7. PubMed ID: 29943729

    Frankel, N. (2018). Comprehensive analysis of a cis-regulatory region reveals pleiotropy in enhancer function. Cell Rep 22(11): 3021-3031. PubMed ID: 29539428

    Tsai, A., Muthusamy, A. K., Alves, M. R., Lavis, L. D., Singer, R. H., Stern, D. L. and Crocker, J. (2017). Nuclear microenvironments modulate transcription from low-affinity enhancers. Elife 6. PubMed ID: 29095143

    Stern, D. L., Clemens, J., Coen, P., Calhoun, A. J., Hogenesch, J. B., Arthur, B. J. and Murthy, M. (2017). Experimental and statistical reevaluation provides no evidence for Drosophila courtship song rhythms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114(37): 9978-9983. PubMed ID: 28851830

    Crocker, J. and Stern, D. L. (2017). Functional regulatory evolution outside of the minimal even-skipped stripe 2 enhancer. Development. PubMed ID: 28760812

    Crocker, J., Tsai, A. and Stern, D. L. (2017). A fully synthetic transcriptional platform for a multicellular eukaryote. Cell Rep 18(1): 287-296. PubMed ID: 28052257

    Ding, Y., Berrocal, A., Morita, T., Longden, K. D. and Stern, D. L. (2016). Natural courtship song variation caused by an intronic retroelement in an ion channel gene. Nature 536: 329-332. PubMed ID: 27509856

    Shirangi, T. R., Wong, A. M., Truman, J. W. and Stern, D. L. (2016). Doublesex regulates the connectivity of a neural circuit controlling Drosophila male courtship song. Dev Cell 37: 533-544. PubMed ID: 27326931

  • Michael Stern Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Rice University
    Aleman-Meza, B., Loeza-Cabrera, M., Pena-Ramos, O., Stern, M. and Zhong, W. (2017). High-content behavioral profiling reveals neuronal genetic network modulating Drosophila larval locomotor program. BMC Genet 18(1): 40. PubMed ID: 28499390

    Summerville, J., Faust, J., Fan, E., Pendin, D., Daga, A., Formella, J., Stern, M. and McNew, J. A. (2016). The effects of ER morphology on synaptic structure and function in Drosophila melanogaster. J Cell Sci. PubMed ID: 26906425

    Faust, J. E., Manisundaram, A., Ivanova, P. T., Milne, S. B., Summerville, J. B., Brown, H. A., Wangler, M., Stern, M. and McNew, J. A. (2014). Peroxisomes Are Required for Lipid Metabolism and Muscle Function in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 9: e100213. PubMed ID: 24945818

    Johnson, C., Chun-Jen Lin, C. and Stern, M. (2012). Ras-dependent and Ras-independent effects of PI3K in Drosophila motor neurons. Genes Brain Behav 11: 848-858. PubMed ID: 22783951

    Chun-Jen Lin, C., Summerville, J. B., Howlett, E. and Stern, M. (2011). The metabotropic glutamate receptor activates the lipid kinase PI3K in Drosophila motor neurons through the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and the nonreceptor tyrosine protein kinase DFak. Genetics 188: 601-613. PubMed ID: 21515581

  • Ruth Steward Waksman Institute, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University
    Karunendiran, A., Nguyen, C. T., Barzda, V. and Stewart, B. A. (2021). Disruption of Drosophila larval muscle structure and function by UNC45 knockdown. BMC Mol Cell Biol 22(1): 38. PubMed ID: 34256704

    Scepanovic, G. and Stewart, B. A. (2019). Analysis of Drosophila nervous system development following an early, brief exposure to ethanol. Dev Neurobiol. PubMed ID: 31472090

    Wang, F., Minakhina, S., Tran, H., Changela, N., Kramer, J. and Steward, R. (2018). Tet protein function during Drosophila development. PLoS One 13(1): e0190367. PubMed ID: 29324752

    Minakhina, S., Naryshkina, T., Changela, N., Tan, W. and Steward, R. (2016). Zfrp8/PDCD2 interacts with RpS2 connecting ribosome maturation and gene-specific translation. PLoS One 11: e0147631. PubMed ID: 26807849

    Delatte, B., et al. (2016). RNA biochemistry. Transcriptome-wide distribution and function of RNA hydroxymethylcytosine. Science 351: 282-285. PubMed ID: 26816380

    Tan, W., Schauder, C., Naryshkina, T., Minakhina, S. and Steward, R. (2016). Zfrp8 forms a complex with fragile-X mental retardation proztein and regulates its localization and function. Dev Biol. PubMed ID: 26772998

    Reilly, E., Changela, N., Naryshkina, T., Deshpande, G. and Steward, R. (2015). Discs large 5, an essential gene in Drosophila, regulates egg chamber organization. G3 (Bethesda) [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 25795662

    Minakhina, S., Changela, N. and Steward, R. (2014). Zfrp8/PDCD2 is required in ovarian stem cells and interacts with the piRNA pathway machinery. Development 141: 259-268. PubMed ID: 24381196

    Sakaguchi, A., Joyce, E., Aoki, T., Schedl, P. and Steward, R. (2012). The histone H4 lysine 20 monomethyl mark, set by PR-Set7 and stabilized by L(3)mbt, is necessary for proper interphase chromatin organization. PLoS One 7: e45321. PubMed ID: 23024815

    Minakhina, S., Tan, W. and Steward, R. (2011). JAK/STAT and the GATA factor Pannier control hemocyte maturation and differentiation in Drosophila. Dev Biol 352: 308-316. PubMed ID: 21295568

  • Bryan Stewart Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga
    Harris, K. P., Littleton, J. T. and Stewart, B. A. (2018). Postsynaptic Syntaxin 4 negatively regulates the efficiency of neurotransmitter release. J Neurogenet: 1-9. PubMed ID: 30175640

    Nguyen, C. T. and Stewart, B. A. (2016). The influence of postsynaptic structure on missing quanta at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. BMC Neurosci 17: 53. PubMed ID: 27459966

    Wang, S. J., Tsai, A., Wang, M., Yoo, S., Kim, H. Y., Yoo, B., Chui, V., Kisiel, M., Stewart, B., Parkhouse, W., Harden, N. and Krieger, C. (2014). Phospho-regulated Drosophila adducin is a determinant of synaptic plasticity in a complex with Dlg and PIP2 at the larval neuromuscular junction. Biol Open. PubMed ID: 25416060

    Kisiel, M., McKenzie, K. and Stewart, B. (2014). Localization and Mobility of Synaptic Vesicles in Myosin VI Mutants of Drosophila. PLoS One 9: e102988. PubMed ID: 25062032

    DeMill, C. M., Qiu, X., Kisiel, M., Bolotta, A. and Stewart, B. A. (2014). Investigation of the juxtamembrane region of neuronal-Synaptobrevin in synaptic transmission at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. J Neurophysiol. PubMed ID: 24944220

    Kisiel, M., Majumdar, D., Campbell, S. and Stewart, B. A. (2011). Myosin VI contributes to synaptic transmission and development at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. BMC Neurosci 12: 65. PubMed ID: 21745401

    Seabrooke, S. and Stewart, B. A. (2011). Synaptic transmission and plasticity are modulated by nonmuscle myosin II at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila. J Neurophysiol 105: 1966-1976. PubMed ID: 21325687

  • Geoffrey Stilwell Biology Department, Rhode Island College
    Agudelo, A., St Amand, V., Grissom, L., Lafond, D., Achilli, T., Sahin, A., Reenan, R. and Stilwell, G. (2020). Age-dependent degeneration of an identified adult leg motor neuron in a Drosophila SOD1 model of ALS. Biol Open 9(10). PubMed ID: 32994185

    Sahin, A., Held, A., Bredvik, K., Major, P., Achilli, T. M., Kerson, A. G., Wharton, K., Stilwell, G. and Reenan, R. (2017). Human SOD1 ALS Mutations in a Drosophila Knock-In Model Cause Severe Phenotypes and Reveal Dosage-Sensitive Gain- and Loss-of-Function Components. Genetics 205(2): 707-723. PubMed ID: 27974499

    Watson, G. B., Chouinard, S. W., Cook, K. R., Geng, C., Gifford, J. M., Gustafson, G. D., Hasler, J. M., Larrinua, I. M., Letherer, T. J., Mitchell, J. C., Pak, W. L., Salgado, V. L., Sparks, T. C. and Stilwell, G. E. (2010). A spinosyn-sensitive Drosophila melanogaster nicotinic acetylcholine receptor identified through chemically induced target site resistance, resistance gene identification, and heterologous expression. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 40(5): 376-384. PubMed ID: 19944756

  • Daniel St Johnston Gurdon Institute, Cambridge
    Cheng, J., Allgeyer, E. S., Richens, J. H., Dzafic, E., Palandri, A., Lewkow, B., Sirinakis, G. and St Johnston, D. (2021). A single-molecule localization microscopy method for tissues reveals nonrandom nuclear pore distribution in Drosophila. J Cell Sci 134(24). PubMed ID: 34806753

    Doerflinger, H., Zimyanin, V. and St Johnston, D. (2022). The Drosophila anterior-posterior axis is polarized by asymmetric myosin activation. Curr Biol 32(2): 374-385.e374. PubMed ID: 34856125

    Fic, W., Bastock, R., Raimondi, F., Los, E., Inoue, Y., Gallop, J. L., Russell, R. B. and St Johnston, D. (2021). RhoGAP19D inhibits Cdc42 laterally to control epithelial cell shape and prevent invasion. J Cell Biol 220(4). PubMed ID: 33646271

    Lovegrove, H. E., Bergstralh, D. T. and St Johnston, D. (2019). The role of integrins in Drosophila egg chamber morphogenesis. Development 146(23). PubMed ID: 31784458

    Fic, W., Faria, C. and St Johnston, D. (2019). IMP regulates Kuzbanian to control the timing of Notch signalling in Drosophila follicle cells. Development 146(2). PubMed ID: 30635283

    Chen, J., Sayadian, A. C., Lowe, N., Lovegrove, H. E. and St Johnston, D. (2018). An alternative mode of epithelial polarity in the Drosophila midgut. PLoS Biol 16(10): e3000041. PubMed ID: 30339698

    Nieuwburg, R., Nashchekin, D., Jakobs, M., Carter, A. P., Khuc Trong, P., Goldstein, R. E. and St Johnston, D. (2017). Localised dynactin protects growing microtubules to deliver oskar mRNA to the posterior cortex of the Drosophila oocyte. Elife 6. PubMed ID: 29035202

    Trovisco, V., Belaya, K., Nashchekin, D., Irion, U., Sirinakis, G., Butler, R., Lee, J. J., Gavis, E. R. and St Johnston, D. (2016). bicoid mRNA localises to the Drosophila oocyte anterior by random Dynein-mediated transport and anchoring. Elife 5. PubMed ID: 27791980

    Nashchekin, D., Fernandes, A. R. and St Johnston, D. (2016). Patronin/Shot cortical foci assemble the noncentrosomal microtubule array that specifies the Drosophila anterior-posterior axis. Dev Cell 38: 61-72. PubMed ID: 27404359

    Bergstralh, D.T., Lovegrove, H.E., Kujawiak, I., Dawney, N.S., Zhu, J., Cooper, S., Zhang, R. and St Johnston, D. (2016). Pins is not required for spindle orientation in the Drosophila wing disc. Development [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27287805

    Bergstralh, D.T., Lovegrove, H.E. and St Johnston, D. (2015). Lateral adhesion drives reintegration of misplaced cells into epithelial monolayers. Nat Cell Biol [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 26414404

  • Hugo Stocker Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich
    Gupta, A. and Stocker, H. (2020). FoxO suppresses endoplasmic reticulum stress to inhibit growth of Tsc1-deficient tissues under nutrient restriction. Elife 9. PubMed ID: 32525804

    Nowak, K., Gupta, A. and Stocker, H. (2018). FoxO restricts growth and differentiation of cells with elevated TORC1 activity under nutrient restriction. PLoS Genet 14(4): e1007347. PubMed ID: 29677182

    Lujan, E., Bornemann, D. J., Rottig, C., Bayless, B. A., Stocker, H., Hafen, E., Arora, K. and Warrior, R. (2016). Analysis of novel alleles of brother of tout-velu, the Drosophila ortholog of human EXTL3 using a newly developed FRT42D ovoD chromosome. Genesis [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed ID: 27636555

    Jevtov, I., Zacharogianni, M., van Oorschot, M. M., van Zadelhoff, G., Aguilera-Gomez, A., Vuillez, I., Braakman, I., Hafen, E., Stocker, H. and Rabouille, C. (2015). TORC2 mediates the heat stress response in Drosophila by promoting the formation of stress granules. J Cell Sci. PubMed ID: 26054799

    Nowak, K., Seisenbacher, G., Hafen, E. and Stocker, H. (2013). Nutrient restriction enhances the proliferative potential of cells lacking the tumor suppressor PTEN in mitotic tissues. Elife 2: e00380. PubMed ID: 23853709

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    Poernbacher, I., Baumgartner, R., Marada, S. K., Edwards, K. and Stocker, H. (2012). Drosophila Pez acts in Hippo signaling to restrict intestinal stem cell proliferation. Curr Biol 22: 389-396. PubMed ID: 22305752

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    Hindle, S., Afsari, F., Stark, M., Middleton, C. A., Evans, G. J., Sweeney, S. T. and Elliott, C. J. (2013). Dopaminergic expression of the Parkinsonian gene LRRK2-G2019S leads to non-autonomous visual neurodegeneration, accelerated by increased neural demands for energy. Hum Mol Genet 22: 2129-2140. PubMed ID: 23396536

  • Sheyum Syed Department of Physics, University of Miami
    Lazopulo, S., Lazopulo, A., Baker, J. D. and Syed, S. (2019). Daytime colour preference in Drosophila depends on the circadian clock and TRP channels. Nature 574(7776): 108-111. PubMed ID: 31534223

    Qiao, B., Li, C., Allen, V. W., Shirasu-Hiza, M. and Syed, S. (2018). Automated analysis of long-term grooming behavior in Drosophila using a k-nearest neighbors classifier. Elife 7. PubMed ID: 29485401

    Lazopulo, A. and Syed, S. (2016). A mathematical model provides mechanistic links to temporal patterns in Drosophila daily activity. BMC Neurosci 17: 14. PubMed ID: 27090880

    Lazopulo, S., Lopez, J. A., Levy, P. and Syed, S. (2015). A Stochastic Burst Follows the Periodic Morning Peak in Individual Drosophila Locomotion. PLoS One 10(11): e0140481. PubMed ID: 26528813

  • Aron Szabo Biological Research Centre, Institute of Genetics, University of Szeged, Hungary
    Bhattacharjee, A., Urmosi, A., Jipa, A., Kovacs, L., Deak, P., Szabo, A. and Juhasz, G. (2022). Loss of ubiquitinated protein autophagy is compensated by persistent cnc/NFE2L2/Nrf2 antioxidant responses. Autophagy: 1-12. PubMed ID: 35184662

    Abraham, A., Villanyi, Z., Zsindely, N., Nagy, G., Szabo, A., Bodai, L., Henn, L. and Boros, I. M. (2022). Despite its sequence identity with canonical H4, Drosophila H4r product is enriched at specific chromatin regions. Sci Rep 12(1): 5007. PubMed ID: 35322122

    Henn, L., Szabo, A., Imre, L., Roman, A., Abraham, A., Vedelek, B., Nanasi, P. and Boros, I. M. (2020). Alternative linker histone permits fast paced nuclear divisions in early Drosophila embryo. Nucleic Acids Res 48(16): 9007-9018. PubMed ID: 32710625

    Bhattacharjee, A., Szabo, A., Csizmadia, T., Laczko-Dobos, H. and Juhasz, G. (2019). Understanding the importance of autophagy in human diseases using Drosophila. J Genet Genomics 46(4): 157-169. PubMed ID: 31080044

  • Paul Szyszka Department of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand
    Sehdev, A., Mohammed, Y. G., Tafrali, C. and Szyszka, P. (2019). Social foraging extends associative odor-food memory expression in an automated learning assay for Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol 222(Pt 19). PubMed ID: 31527181

    Sehdev, A., Mohammed, Y. G., Triphan, T. and Szyszka, P. (2019). Olfactory Object Recognition Based on Fine-Scale Stimulus Timing in Drosophila. iScience 13: 113-124. PubMed ID: 30826726

    Egea-Weiss, A., Renner, A., Kleineidam, C. J. and Szyszka, P. (2018). High Precision of Spike Timing across Olfactory Receptor Neurons Allows Rapid Odor Coding in Drosophila. iScience 4: 76-83. PubMed ID: 30240755

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