Pedro Gaspar

This study investigates sex differences in adult neural plasticity using the fly gut, finding that males lack plasticity while female neurons can be masculinized to suppress it.

The paper identifies a reproductive checkpoint in Drosophila that links ovarian relaxin to maternal gut plasticity via genetic sex and steroid signaling.

This study shows that in Drosophila, feeding initiation depends on partial meconium excretion, revealing a gut-to-brain signaling circuit linking intestinal clearance and feeding behavior.