Melissa G. Metcalf

This study shows glial cells control autophagy and metabolism in C. elegans through non-autonomous activation of HLH-30 in the intestine.

This paper develops a bidirectional neural activity reporter in Drosophila and uses it to study social behaviors, showing fruitless is required for male arousal neuron activation by female cues.

This study identifies a non-canonical UPRER pathway that extends lifespan through ER remodeling and lipophagy, independent of chaperone function.