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Kevin Kelly

Fred Hutch Cancer CenterORCID 0000-0002-8632-2339Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Genomics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Organism:Drosophila· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:ChIP-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Akhila RajaniD· 3 shared Aditi MadaniD· 2 shared Ava E. BrentiD· 2 shared Camille E Sullivan· 2 shared Julien DubrulleiD· 2 shared Michelle E Poling· 2 shared Mroj AlassafiD· 1 shared Navyashree A RameshiD· 1 shared

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Atg8 orchestrates stress-responsive chromatin programs across immunity and metabolism

Kevin Kelly, Navyashree A Ramesh, Sunidhi Ranganathan, Aditi Madan, Shannon Marschall, Robert L. Unckless, Akhila Rajan

This study identifies Atg8/LC3 as a stress-responsive chromatin cofactor that coordinates immune and metabolic transcription through interactions with NF-κB/Dif in Drosophila.

bioRxiv · May 28, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Fat Body Phospholipid State Dictates Hunger Driven Feeding Behavior

Kevin Kelly, Mroj Alassaf, Camille E Sullivan, Ava E. Brent, Zachary H Goldberg, Michelle E Poling, Julien Dubrulle, Akhila Rajan

This study identifies Pect as a critical regulator of hunger-driven feeding in Drosophila under high sugar diet, linking phospholipid metabolism to obesity-related feeding behavior.

eLife · Oct 6, 2022Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

NUCLEAR RETENTION OF LEPTIN/UPD2 REGULATES ORGANISMAL RESILIENCE TO NUTRIENT EXTREMES

Michelle E Poling, Camille E Sullivan, Aditi Madan, Kevin Kelly, Ava E. Brent, Julien Dubrulle, Prashant Raghavan, Akhila Rajan

The paper shows that Atg8 regulates Upd2 nuclear retention during starvation, enhancing starvation resilience and innate immunity in Drosophila.

bioRxiv · Jan 29, 2021 · PreprintMolecular Biology