Darren W. Williams

The paper shows octopamine signaling coordinates presynaptic machinery spatial patterns in Drosophila mushroom body neurons through Octβ2R and cAMP signaling, influenced by food deprivation.

This paper presents a cost-effective method for generating high-quality insect genomes and compares it to existing reference assemblies.

The paper shows that RHG genes Grim and Reaper control hemilineage-specific programmed cell death in Drosophila neurogenesis, shaping neural network composition and sex-specific circuits.

The paper shows that proapoptotic RHG genes and mitochondria are involved in non-apoptotic sensory neuron pruning in Drosophila.

The paper shows that programmed cell death shapes neural networks in insects by reducing flight interneuron populations and demonstrates that blocking cell death leads to functional undead neurons.

The paper provides a systematic nomenclature for the Drosophila ventral nervous system, extending an existing framework to include thoracic and abdominal neuromeres.

The paper shows that Neurexin and Neuroligin adhesion complexes drive axonal arborisation growth without requiring synaptic activity.