Shu Kondo

This study investigates the in vivo functions of BEN-solo proteins in Drosophila embryos, showing they act as insulators to partition active chromatin and regulate gene activation.

The paper identifies Nxf2 as a key component in the Piwi-piRNA pathway, showing it forms complexes that stabilize Piwi and Panx and initiate co-transcriptional silencing of target transcripts.

This study identifies NimB5 as an adipokine that regulates hemocyte number and sessility in Drosophila larvae based on nutritional state.

This study shows that Drosophila intestinal stem cells exhibit multidrug resistance via ABC transporters, a feature conserved from vertebrates.

This paper shows that AMPK signaling, disrupted by the 1q21.1 deletion, is essential for neuronal integrity, sleep maintenance, and stress survival in Drosophila.

The paper develops a method to classify neural activity in Drosophila larvae and identifies 5-HT2A neurons involved in backward locomotion.