Varun Chaudhary

This study identifies TRAPPC8 and Rab1 as essential regulators of retrograde Wingless trafficking in Drosophila, required for efficient secretion.

This study shows Frizzled2 is essential for cell survival under low-Wingless conditions, while Frizzled1 is not, revealing non-redundant roles in Drosophila wing development.

This study shows that loss of Rer1 causes proteotoxic stress, leading to cell competition and inhibition of Myc-driven overgrowth in Drosophila.

The paper shows that Wg spreads up to eleven cell distances in Drosophila wing epithelium and that cells outside this range rely on Frizzled2 for target gene expression.