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Franka Eckardt

University of Bonn

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Genetic interaction approaches reveal emerging roles of innexins in development : Insights from a novel pannier–innexin-2 interaction during Drosophila embryogenesis

Spraha Bhandari, Franka Eckardt, Reinhard Bauer

This study investigates the role of innexin-mediated intercellular communication in pannier-dependent morphogenetic processes during Drosophila embryogenesis.

bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Spatial Expression Pattern and Cellular Organisation of Gap Junctions in Third Instar Wing Imaginal Discs of Drosophila melanogaster

Spraha Bhandari, Ankita Chodankar, Franka Eckardt, Reinhard Bauer

This study examines the spatial expression and cellular organisation of innexin gap junction proteins in Drosophila wing imaginal discs, revealing their sub-apical localization and functional roles.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology

Targeting the homeodomain of ceramide-synthase can ameliorate insulin resistance

Christian Vera-Granda, Mariangela Sociale, Konstantin Beckschäfer, Ilja Kanevskij, Merlin Gerding, Franka Eckardt, Hannah Rindsfuesser, Christoph Thiele, Anna B. Ziegler, Margret Helene Bülow, Reinhard Bauer

The paper shows that mutations in the CerS homeodomain can either worsen or improve insulin resistance in Drosophila under high sugar diet conditions.

bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2025 · PreprintGenetics