Elizabeth M Knapp

The bHLH-PAS transcriptional complex Sim:Tgo plays active roles in late oogenesis to promote follicle maturation and ovulation

The paper identifies Sim:Tgo as a transcriptional complex essential for follicle maturation and ovulation in Drosophila by regulating key factors involved in ovulatory competency.

Drosophila cells that express octopamine receptors can either inhibit or promote oviposition

The paper identifies that octopamine receptors in Drosophila influence oviposition by both inhibiting and promoting egg-laying through distinct neuronal and non-neuronal mechanisms.

Mutation of the Drosophila serotonin transporter dSERT disrupts courtship and feeding and increases both daytime and nighttime sleep

This study creates dSERT mutants in Drosophila to investigate serotonin's role in sleep, feeding, and courtship, finding increased sleep and behavioral defects.