Christian Klämbt

The paper identifies Uninflatable as a key regulator of glial growth in Drosophila larvae, showing that Notch signaling switches glial cells from growth to axon wrapping.

The paper shows that in Drosophila, voltage-gated ion channels cluster in glia-dependent regions before myelin formation, mirroring vertebrate saltatory conduction evolution.

This study identifies partially redundant functions of SLC5A transporters in Drosophila glial cells, affecting ovarian development and behavior.

The paper shows that Drosophila beta-Heavy-Spectrin is essential for polarized ensheathing glia forming a diffusion barrier around the neuropil, affecting locomotion and brain compartmentalization.