Meghan Laturney

Quantitative muscle color as a proxy for structural and functional characteristics during muscle remodeling in Gryllus lineaticeps

This paper develops a quantitative muscle color metric to track histolysis progression and predict muscle functional characteristics in Gryllus lineaticeps.

Mating activates neuroendocrine pathways signaling hunger in Drosophila females

This study shows that mating in Drosophila females activates neuroendocrine pathways that increase sugar consumption to meet reproductive energy demands.

Fly Cell Atlas: a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly

The paper creates a single-cell transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly, identifying over 250 cell types and analyzing gene signatures and sexual dimorphism across tissues.

Two brain pathways initiate distinct forward walking programs in Drosophila

This study identifies two distinct neuronal pathways in Drosophila that drive different forward walking behaviors: one for object-directed steering and one for fast straight walking.