Ankita Sarkar

This study shows that the Drosophila ABCA protein Eato regulates neurodegeneration by opposing roles in neurons and phagocytes, affecting phagocytosis through suppression of phosphatidylserine signals.

The paper introduces MAGIC, a CRISPR/Cas9-based method to generate mosaic animals in Drosophila by inducing DNA double-strand breaks, enabling efficient gene function studies and fluorescent clone generation.