Zeng, B., Grayson, H. and Sun, J. (2025). GATA factor Serpent promotes phagocytosis in non-professional phagocytes during Drosophila oogenesis. Development 152, dev204464. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40136017/
Author: Sun, Jianjun
Eun’s article published on PNAS in Sep 2024!
Cho SE, Li W, Beard AM, Jackson JA, Kiernan R, Hoshino K, Martin AC, Sun J. Actomyosin contraction in the follicular epithelium provides the major mechanical force for follicle rupture during Drosophila ovulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Sep 24;121(39):e2407083121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2407083121. Epub 2024 Sep 18. PMID: 39292751; PMCID: PMC11441566. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39292751/
Alex’s article published in Development (Feb, 2024)
Check this article out. It identified a mechanism for spatiotemporal regulation of MMP2 in Drosophila ovaries.
Rebecca’s article published in Development (June, 2023)
FlyBook Chapter-Finishing the egg published in Genetics! (Jan, 2024)
Haley Grayson received IDEA Grant! Her project starts Fall, 2022
Check out the new PNAS article about birth control!
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/28/e2026403118