Chang Yin

The paper investigates how altering cell size asymmetry in Drosophila neural stem cells affects their proliferation and lineage potential, finding increased stem cell pools but reduced lineage size and differentiation.

The paper identifies Draper as a receptor in epidermal cells that mediates neurite ensheathment through recognition of phosphatidylserine on neurons.

This study shows that Drosophila larval epidermal cells, not nociceptors, mediate heat-induced sensitization to noxious stimuli through thermosensitive calcium responses involving Orai and Stim.

The paper shows that Drosophila epidermal cells are mechanosensitive and modulate nociceptive behaviors by activating sensory neurons and altering responses to mechanical stimuli.

The paper identifies cytokine signaling from neurons to glia as a key determinant in axon length-dependent vulnerability in fly models of human neurodegenerative disorders.

This study creates a cell atlas of the larval Aedes aegypti ventral nerve cord using scRNA-seq, identifying over 35 cell types and linking larval and adult VNC composition.