Zhiyi Lv

The paper shows that E-cadherin junctions in Drosophila embryos mature during gastrulation, with increased levels and reduced mobility, controlled by Myo-II contractility, Rho signaling, and Src42A.

The paper studies nuclear movement in Drosophila embryos, showing collective cytoskeletal remodeling drives yo-yo-like nuclear drift during mitosis.

The paper describes an optochemical method to induce reversible cell contractions in vivo at single-cell resolution using Ca2+ bursts.

The paper introduces a method to create conditional motor protein mutants by inserting a protease cleavage site, demonstrating its use with Kinesin-5 in Drosophila embryos to reveal its interphase function in microtubule stabilization.