Hayeon Sung

dArc1 controls sugar reward valuation in Drosophila melanogaster

This study shows that dArc genes in Drosophila melanogaster regulate sugar reward valuation through capsid-mediated intercellular communication, affecting associative learning and reward valuation.

HisCl1 regulates gustatory habituation in sweet taste neurons and mediates sugar ingestion in Drosophila

This study identifies HisCl1 as a regulator of gustatory habituation in Drosophila sweet taste neurons, showing it reduces spike frequency adaptation and mediates sugar ingestion.

Nutrigenomic Regulation of Sensory Plasticity

This study shows how the metabolic enzyme OGT regulates chromatin accessibility and transcription in Drosophila gustatory neurons to mediate sensory adaptations to a high sugar diet.