Alicia Hidalgo

This paper identifies Weckle as a molecular switch that redirects Toll signalling from innate immunity to growth by interacting with Yki, revealing a mechanism for brain plasticity and potential implications for regeneration and cancer.

This study identifies DNT-2 and Toll-2 as regulators of cell survival and connectivity in Drosophila visual system development through trophic signaling.

This study shows that the fungus Beauveria bassiana causes cell loss in the Drosophila brain through Toll-1/Wek/Sarm signaling, which drives immune evasion.

This study shows that DNT-2 and its receptors Toll-6 and Kek-6 regulate structural plasticity in dopaminergic circuits in Drosophila, affecting behavior and connectivity.

This study identifies a neuron-glia communication pathway involving Ia-2 and Dilp-6 that drives glial cell regeneration and neurogenesis in Drosophila.

This study identifies Kek-6, a truncated Trk-like receptor in Drosophila, as a functional receptor for DNT2 that regulates synaptic structural plasticity through CaMKII and VAP33A, suggesting evolutionary conservation of this mechanism.