Phinikoula S. Katsamba

The paper shows Dpr4/DIP-{Theta} transneuronal interactions control branch-specific axon pruning in Drosophila mushroom body neurons, with N-Cadherin mediating this process.

The paper shows that DIPs and Dprs interact in cis within the same cells, regulating trans interactions and influencing neural development in Drosophila.

This study examines how recurrent spike mutations in SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 sublineages affect immune evasion, ACE2 affinity, and infectivity, identifying growth advantages in specific sublineages.

The paper benchmarks free energy perturbation calculations for predicting mutation effects on protein-protein binding affinity and introduces an automated method to improve accuracy.

The paper investigates how varying affinities of CAM interactions affect synaptic targeting and neuronal survival in Drosophila, finding different affinity requirements for these processes.

This study identifies Robo2 as a synaptogenic molecule critical for excitatory synapse formation and spatial coding in hippocampal circuits.