Makoto Sato

PCP-dependent polarity propagation across neuronal columns in the Drosophila medulla

The paper shows PCP-dependent polarity propagation across discontinuous neuronal columns in Drosophila medulla using genetic manipulations and developmental analysis.

Src/Fas2-dependent Ephrin phosphorylation initiates Eph/Ephrin reverse signaling through Rac1 to shape columnar units in the fly brain

This study identifies a bi-directional Ephrin/Eph signaling mechanism involving Src/Fas2-dependent Ephrin phosphorylation and Rac1 to regulate columnar neuron morphology and positioning in the fly brain.

A new paradigm considering multicellular adhesion, repulsion and attraction represent diverse cellular tile patterns

The paper analyzes angular configurations of cell patterns in fruit fly brain development using ARA models and shows agreement between experimental data and model predictions.

Tiling mechanisms of the compound eye through geometrical tessellation

This study investigates how geometrical tessellation determines tiling patterns in compound eyes, showing that hexagonal patterns in wild-type Drosophila transform into tetragonal patterns in small eye mutants.

Glial insulin regulates cooperative or antagonistic Golden goal/Flamingo interactions during photoreceptor axon navigation

The paper shows glial insulin modulates Gogo phosphorylation, which controls R8 axon navigation in Drosophila by switching between recognition and suppression of Flamingo interactions.