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Michael D. Cleary

University of California, MercedORCID 0000-0001-9428-8954Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Molecular Biology· 2 Microbiology· 1

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Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Audrey Pettengill· 1 shared Jingtian WangiD· 1 shared Josephine D. SamiiD· 1 shared Kendyl Thitathan· 1 shared Mohamed Y. AboukililaiD· 1 shared Rachel Stender· 1 shared Rhondene WintiD· 1 shared Robert C. SpitaleiD· 1 shared

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2020-2026 · peak 1/yr

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintNov 9, 2026

Environmental Frass Remodels the Larval Gut Microbiome to Enable Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Bioconversion of Livestock Manure

Audrey Pettengill, Rachel Stender, Kendyl Thitathan, Michael Cleary

This study shows that wild frass enhances BSFL growth on rabbit manure by introducing lignocellulose-degrading microbes, which are lost in captive-reared frass.

DOI 10.64898/2026.11.05.764513

metagenomicsexperimental assay

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Molecular BiologyGenesPeer-reviewedDec 15, 2024

Transfer RNA levels are tuned to support differentiation during Drosophila neurogenesis

Rhondene Wint, Michael D. Cleary

The paper quantifies tRNA levels in Drosophila larval brains during neurogenesis and shows how tRNA abundance correlates with mRNA decay and translation efficiency in progenitors and neurons.

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Drosophilametagenomics

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Molecular BiologyPLoS ONEPeer-reviewedDec 2, 2020

Identification of novel regulators of dendrite arborization using cell type-specific RNA metabolic labeling

Mohamed Y. Aboukilila, Josephine D. Sami, Jingtian Wang…·Michael D. Cleary

The paper uses EC-tagging to profile md neuron transcriptomes and identifies two RNA-binding proteins involved in dendrite arborization.

4 citations

Drosophilabulk RNA-seq

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