Yu Zhang

The paper uses single-cell RNA sequencing to study temporal patterning in Drosophila medulla neuroblasts, identifying novel transcription factors and revealing a comprehensive gene network governing temporal progression and cell cycle exit.

The paper shows that Notch-dependent fate choice in Drosophila medulla neurons regulates Netrin expression, which controls axon guidance and neuropil organization in the optic lobe.

The paper introduces a multi-task learning framework for biomedical named entity recognition that improves performance by sharing information across entity types.