Colby K. Schweibenz

The paper shows that local ecdysone synthesis in Drosophila wing blastemas sustains developmental delay and promotes regeneration by maintaining EcR activity.

The paper shows that Taiman promotes epithelial cell fitness by controlling the Wg gradient through Dally-like glypican, leading to cell competition in Drosophila wing discs.

The paper uses an EcR-binding fragment to study how ecdysone (20E) switches EcR from repression to activation in larval wing discs, revealing spatial and target-specific regulation.