Imilce A. Rodriguez‐Fernandez

The paper compares DNA extraction and lysis methods for Drosophila gut microbiome profiling, finding that pestle homogenization with the Qiagen kit best preserves bacterial diversity.

This study shows that Pumilio in intestinal stem cells and the corpus allatum modulates sleep latency in Drosophila by affecting brain gene expression.

This study evaluates microbiota-based interventions in a Drosophila ASD model, showing that Lactobacillus plantarum restores gut microbes but not social behavior, while L. helveticus improves social behavior with minimal microbial impact.

The paper identifies Klumpfuss as a transcription factor that restricts enteroblast fate to enterocytes in Drosophila via Notch signaling.