Atsushi Sugie

This study shows that the NADPH phosphatase activity of Drosophila Mesh1, specifically the W138 residue, is essential for normal sleep regulation.

This study identifies a neuron-glia signaling axis where Toll-1 converts chronic light stress into glial-phagocytosis, leading to axonal degeneration.

The paper identifies Side-IV/Beat-IIb as a cell-surface complex that regulates synaptic specificity by narrowing binding specificity and recruiting synapse formation factors.

This paper develops a Drosophila model of axonal degeneration, showing that light exposure causes progressive degeneration without apoptosis, and that synaptic loss precedes degeneration, with postsynaptic signaling required to maintain axonal structure.

The paper shows glial insulin modulates Gogo phosphorylation, which controls R8 axon navigation in Drosophila by switching between recognition and suppression of Flamingo interactions.