Heather Tarczy Broihier

The paper shows that exposure to ethyl butyrate during a critical period in Drosophila leads to long-term suppression of Or42a OSN odor responses and selective glial pruning of their axon terminals.

This study identifies Elff, an NCAM family member, as critical for postsynaptic assembly and transsynaptic alignment in Drosophila NMJs, revealing specialized roles in synaptic nanoarchitecture.

The paper shows that glia prune synapses during a critical period in Drosophila olfactory circuits, with long-term effects on circuit function.

The paper shows that the calcium channel subunit α2δ-3 enables activity-dependent autocrine BMP signaling at Drosophila NMJs, influencing synapse density, structure, and function.