Kelsey J. Clements

The paper investigates sex-specific regulation of CaMKII in Drosophila, showing differences in steady-state and activity-dependent levels between males and females without affecting plasticity.

This study shows that neuronal activity drives local CaMKII synthesis and localization via autophosphorylation-dependent pathways, leading to spatially and functionally distinct CaMKII populations.

The paper develops genetically-encoded markers for visualizing single dense core vesicles using confocal microscopy, improving resolution over traditional methods.