Divya Sachidanandan

The paper develops a normative model to show that transsynaptic nano-architecture optimizes postsynaptic current amplitude and minimizes delay during multivesicular release at the Drosophila NMJ.

The paper identifies a KCR1 variant, C29D, that maintains stable potassium selectivity and provides reliable optogenetic inhibition across species and conditions.

This study identifies Rab3 as a mediator of cAMP-induced presynaptic plasticity and shows its necessity for olfactory learning in Drosophila.

This study identifies Complexin as a conserved vesicular protein that interacts with Bruchpilot's C-terminus to tether synaptic vesicles to the active zone cytomatrix in Drosophila and mouse synapses.