Gregory Artiushin

The paper creates a 3D immunofluorescence atlas of the central nervous system of the orb-web building spider Uloborus diversus, revealing novel neuropils and neurotransmitter expression patterns.

The paper identifies acylcarnitines as lipid species trafficked through the Drosophila BBB via sleep-dependent endocytosis, whose accumulation increases sleep need.

This study identifies AANAT1's role in astrocytes to regulate sleep homeostasis by modulating monoamine levels and rebound sleep after deprivation in Drosophila.

The paper shows that the Drosophila blood-brain barrier has a circadian permeability rhythm driven by a clock in perineurial glia, with nighttime increased permeability enhancing drug efficacy.