Jessica K. Sawyer

The paper shows that a nematic liquid crystal state forms during gastrulation in fish, frogs, and fruit flies through a common mechanism, with experimental and theoretical support.

The paper identifies Loofah, an adhesion protein, as a suppressor of cell death in long-lived Drosophila hindgut enterocytes by maintaining FasIII membrane localization.

The paper shows that Orb2 regulates rare-codon-enriched mRNA expression in Drosophila neurons, impacting mGluR function and social behavior.

The paper identifies tissue-specific responses to rare codons in Drosophila, showing unique expression capabilities in testis and brain and a role for rare codons in restricting protein expression in the testis.

The paper shows that the Drosophila hindgut regenerates by accelerating the mitotic cell cycle during development, requiring JAK/STAT signaling and regulated by ecdysone receptor and Dichaete.

The paper identifies RpS21 as a signal strength-dependent regulator of the Ras/MAPK pathway using codon usage manipulation in Drosophila.

The paper shows that Drosophila intestinal stem cells at the midgut-hindgut boundary are regulated by inter-organ JAK-STAT signaling, with injury activating stem cell division.