Julia L Meng

The paper identifies a feed-forward circuit in Drosophila larval nerve cord formed by sequential addition of neuronal stem cell temporal cohorts, challenging the early-to-early connectivity model.

The paper shows that temporal transcription factors permanently alter neuromuscular synaptic partnerships, unlike cardinal transcription factors which are compensated for early defects.

The paper shows prolonged Hunchback expression expands and re-wires a motor neuron cohort in Drosophila larvae, revealing its role in circuit assembly and development.