Xianjue Ma

The paper identifies a Hymenoptera-specific gene, torch, that controls caste-specific organ size by co-opting conserved Hippo signaling machinery across species.

The paper establishes ART-D, a cross-species platform analyzing Ras-driven tumors in Drosophila to identify conserved oncogenic mechanisms across stages of tumorigenesis.

The paper shows that E75/NR1D2 integrates Hippo and Notch pathways to drive tumor malignancy in response to hormone inhibition.

This study shows that macrophages in Drosophila tumors promote heterogeneity and malignancy by activating innate immune signaling through the Toll pathway.