Harnessing Insect Chemosensory and Mechanosensory Receptors Involved in Feeding for Precision Pest Management by Tingwei Mi, Chengwang Sheng, Cassidy Kylene Lee, Peter Nguyen, Yali V. Zhang

“…This review highlights recent advancements in research on feeding-related sensory receptors, covering a wide range of insect species, from the model organism <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> to agricultural and human pests. …”
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RNA helicase MOV10 suppresses fear memory and dendritic arborization and regulates microtubule dynamics in hippocampal neurons by Temirlan Shilikbay, Aatiqa Nawaz, Megan Doon, Stephanie Ceman

“…Cultured hippocampal neurons have elongated distal dendrites, a reported feature of augmin/HAUS over-expression in Drosophila da sensory neurons. In mitotic spindle formation, HAUS is antagonized by the microtubule bundling protein NUMA1. …”
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Comparative analysis of grape berry microbiota uncovers sour rot associates from a Maryland vineyard. by Blaise Jumbam, Magaly Toro, Mengjun Hu

“…Previous studies suggest that damaged fruit skin and feeding insects like Drosophila spp. are required for the disease to occur. …”
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The Cul3 ubiquitin ligase engages Insomniac as an adaptor to impact sleep and synaptic homeostasis. by Qiuling Li, Kayla Y Lim, Raad Altawell, Faith Verderose, Xiling Li, Wanying Dong, Joshua Martinez, Dion Dickman, Nicholas Stavropoulos

“…Here we implicate Insomniac (Inc), a conserved protein required for normal sleep and synaptic homeostasis in Drosophila, as a Cul3 adaptor. Inc binds Cul3 in vivo, and mutations within the N-terminal BTB domain of Inc that weaken Inc-Cul3 associations impair Inc activity, suggesting that Inc function requires binding to the Cul3 complex. …”
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Enhancing Biocide Safety of Milk Using Biosensors Based on Cholinesterase Inhibition by Lynn Mouawad, Georges Istamboulie, Gaëlle Catanante, Thierry Noguer

“…Acetylcholinesterase from <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> (DM AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase from horse serum (BChE) were immobilized by entrapment in a photocrosslinkable polymer on the surface of carbon screen-printed electrodes. …”
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Food hardness preference reveals multisensory contributions of fly larval gustatory organs in behaviour and physiology. by Nikita Komarov, Cornelia Fritsch, G Larisa Maier, Johannes Bues, Marjan Biočanin, Clarisse Brunet Avalos, Andrea Dodero, Jae Young Kwon, Bart Deplancke, Simon G Sprecher

“…While it was assumed that sensory neurons respond to one or few closely related stimuli, more recent findings challenge this notion and support evidence that certain sensory neurons are more broadly tuned. In the Drosophila taste system, gustatory neurons respond to cues of opposing hedonic valence or to olfactory cues. …”
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Heterogeneities in infection outcomes across species: sex and tissue differences in virus susceptibility by Roberts, Katherine E, Longdon, Ben

“…Here, we first take a comparative approach to examine sex differences in susceptibility across 31 species of Drosophilidae infected with Drosophila C Virus (DCV). We found a strong positive inter-specific correlation in viral load between males and females, with a close to 1:1 relationship, suggesting that susceptibility to DCV across species is not sex specific. …”
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Using insecticidal compounds to elucidate the potential role of neurotransmitters in Lepidoptera pupal ecdysis by Niranjana Krishnan, Cassandra Gorman, Jillian Stewart, Steven Bradbury, Russell Jurenka

“…An analysis of ecdysis movements showed that neonicotinoid-treated lepidopteran larvae exhibited similar disruptions as observed in CCAP neuron-knockout Drosophila larvae. Based on findings to date, we hypothesize that acetylcholine regulates lepidopteran pupal ecdysis directly through CCAP neurons or by activating their upstream efferent inhibitory (likely GABA-releasing) neurons. …”
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Spherical harmonics texture extraction for versatile analysis of biological objects. by Oane Gros, Josiah B Passmore, Noa O Borst, Dominik Kutra, Wilco Nijenhuis, Timothy Fuqua, Lukas C Kapitein, Justin M Crocker, Anna Kreshuk, Simone Köhler

“…The Spherical Texture extraction characterizes biologically defined gene expression patterns in Drosophila melanogaster embryos, giving a quantitative read-out for pattern formation. …”
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Characterization of Nora Virus Structural Proteins via Western Blot Analysis by Brad L. Ericson, Darby J. Carlson, Kimberly A. Carlson

“…To determine the polypeptide composition of Nora virus virions, polypeptides from purified virus were compared to polypeptides detected in Nora virus infected Drosophila melanogaster. Nora virus was purified from infected flies and used to challenge mice for the production of antisera. …”
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Update on the Progress of Musashi-2 in Malignant Tumors by Yiting Niu, Tao Zhou, Yanjun Li

“…Since the discovery of the Musashi (MSI) protein, its ability to affect the mitosis of Drosophila progenitor cells has garnered significant interest among scientists. …”
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Evaluation of Type III Adhesive Mortar (ACIII) and Gypsum as Precipitating Agents of Copper and Lead by Jefferson Luiz Alves Marinho, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato Pereira Teixeira, Jorge Marcell Coelho Menezes, Francisco José de Paula Filho, Francisco Assis Bezerra da Cunha

“…Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the potential of gypsum and adhesive mortar type III (ACIII) as precipitating agents for lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) ions, as well as to evaluate the toxicity of precipitation products on Drosophila melanogaster. Experiments using ACIII mortar waste as a precipitating agent for Cu ions were obtained using a glass filter composed of 04 chambers and 04 antechambers, while the potential of gypsum as a Pb ion precipitant was evaluated by adding gypsum powder to a beaker containing a Pb ions solution. …”
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DICER1: The Argonaute Endonuclease Family Member and Its Role in Pediatric and Youth Pathology by Consolato M. Sergi, Fabrizio Minervini

“…In 2001, two enzyme-encoding genes were recognized in the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>. The genetic material, labeled <i>Dicer-1</i> and <i>Dicer-2</i>, encodes ribonuclease-type enzymes with slightly diverse target substrates. …”
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Spatially Distributed Morphogen Production and Morphogen Gradient Formation by Arthur D. Lander, Qing Nie, Frederic Y. M. Wan

“…Partial differential equations and auxiliaryconditions governing the activities of the morphogen Dpp in Drosophila wingimaginal discs were formulated and analyzed as Systems B, R, and C in[7][9][10]. …”
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Unravelling a mechanistic link between mitophagy defect, mitochondrial malfunction, and apoptotic neurodegeneration in Mucopolysaccharidosis VII by Nishan Mandal, Apurba Das, Rupak Datta

“…We aimed to bridge this knowledge gap by employing the β-glucuronidase-deficient (CG2135−/−) Drosophila model of MPS VII. Taking cues from our initial observation that the adult CG2135−/− flies displayed enhanced susceptibility to starvation, we investigated potential impairments in the autophagy-lysosomal clearance machinery in their brain to dissect the underlying cause of neurodegeneration. …”
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Toward the Development of the Trojan Female Technique in Pest Insects: Male‐Specific Influence of Mitochondrial Haplotype on Reproductive Output in the Seed Beetle Acanthoscelides... by Lea Vlajnić, Uroš Savković, Jelena Jović, Sanja Budečević, Biljana Stojković, Mirko Đorđević

“…Although TFT has been theoretically substantiated, empirical work to date has focused only on Drosophila melanogaster populations, while the existence of male‐biased mutations and the TFT approach in economically important pest species remain unexplored. …”
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The piRNA protein Asz1 is essential for germ cell and gonad development in zebrafish and exhibits differential necessities in distinct types of germ granules. by Adam Ahmad, Yoel Bogoch, Gal Shvaizer, Noga Guler, Karine Levy, Yaniv M Elkouby

“…Asz1 is a piRNA protein in Drosophila and mice. Zebrafish Asz1 localizes to both piRNA and Bb granules, with yet unknown functions. …”
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Functional properties of the Su(Hw) complex are determined by its regulatory environment and multiple interactions on the Su(Hw) protein platform by L. S. Melnikova, M. V. Kostyuchenko, V. V. Molodina, P. G. Georgiev, A. K. Golovnin

“…The Su(Hw) protein was first identified as a DNA-binding component of an insulator complex in Drosophila. Insulators are regulatory elements that can block the enhancer-promoter communication and exhibit boundary activity. …”
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Igf2/H19 Imprinting Control Region (ICR): An Insulator or a Position-Dependent Silencer? by Subhasis Banerjee, Alan Smallwood, Scott Lamond, Stuart Campbell, Geeta Nargund

“…Furthermore, a localised folded chromatin structure resulting from juxtaposition of two disparate regulatory sequences (enhancer ICR) could be the mechanistic basis of ICR-mediated position-dependent (ICR-promoter) transcriptional repression in transgenic Drosophila.…”
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Deterministic genetic barcoding for multiplexed behavioral and single-cell transcriptomic studies by Jorge Blanco Mendana, Margaret Donovan, Lindsey Gengelbach O'Brien, Benjamin Auch, John Garbe, Daryl M Gohl

“…We describe a straightforward genetic barcoding approach that takes advantage of the powerful genetic tools in Drosophila to allow in vivo tagging of defined cell populations. …”
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