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Marcus D. Kilwein

University of RochesterORCID 0000-0002-1185-7881Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Research Focus:spatial domain detection· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Michael Andreas WelteiD· 2 shared Andrej KošmrljiD· 1 shared Anthony P. Mahowald· 1 shared Anvitha Sudhakar· 1 shared Bezia LemmaiD· 1 shared Bridget WaasiD· 1 shared Celeste M. NelsoniD· 1 shared Elizabeth R. GavisiD· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintAug 12, 2026

Monitoring Fatty Acid Trafficking during Drosophila oogenesis Reveals a Role for the Triglyceride Synthase DGAT1 in Protecting Mitochondrial Integrity

Roger P. White, Marcus D. Kilwein, Michael Andreas Welte

The paper investigates fatty acid trafficking during Drosophila oogenesis and shows that lipid droplets buffer mitochondrial lipotoxicity by storing and mobilizing fatty acids for energy production.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.10.743872

Drosophilaproteomics

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Developmental BiologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedApr 22, 2026

Patterns of Mitochondrial ATP Predict Tissue Folding

Bezia Lemma, Megan Rothstein, Pengfei Zhang…·Celeste M. Nelson

The paper shows mitochondrial ATP patterns predict tissue folding during embryonic development by analyzing mitochondrial distribution and energy dynamics in epithelial cells.

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mousezebrafish

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Developmental BiologyDevelopmentPeer-reviewedFeb 21, 2023

Drosophila embryos spatially sort their nutrient stores to facilitate their utilization

Marcus D. Kilwein, Matthew R. Johnson, Jonathon M. Thomalla…·Michael Andreas Welte

The paper shows Drosophila embryos spatially sort nutrients into distinct tissues during gastrulation, and mutants disrupt this sorting, delaying nutrient turnover.

17 citations

Drosophilaimaging

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