Dani Osman

This study uses Drosophila midgut to investigate SARS-CoV-2-induced gastrointestinal pathogenesis, finding disrupted epithelial architecture, altered lipid homeostasis, and partial mitigation by Plitidepsin.

The paper identifies a peptide that binds to cholangiocytes and uses it to isolate human and rat liver epithelial cells, revealing functional differences between small and large cholangiocytes.

This study shows that Svb, an OvoL factor in Drosophila, integrates signaling inputs to regulate intestinal stem cell self-renewal and differentiation through post-translational processing and context-dependent transcriptional activity.

This study identifies Shavenbaby as a novel Hippo pathway effector critical for adult stem cell survival by activating DIAP1 to prevent apoptosis in Drosophila renal stem cells.