Jiro Osaka

The paper shows PCP-dependent polarity propagation across discontinuous neuronal columns in Drosophila medulla using genetic manipulations and developmental analysis.

This study shows that the NADPH phosphatase activity of Drosophila Mesh1, specifically the W138 residue, is essential for normal sleep regulation.

This study identifies a neuron-glia signaling axis where Toll-1 converts chronic light stress into glial-phagocytosis, leading to axonal degeneration.

The paper identifies Side-IV/Beat-IIb as a cell-surface complex that regulates synaptic specificity by narrowing binding specificity and recruiting synapse formation factors.