Latest from the lab. MS previously preprinted (see below) and finally published in print @dev-journal.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... Review process via @reviewcommons.org and @dev-journal.bsky.social 1/3

📣First preprint of the lab📣 Did that really happen?😅 Enteric neurons, aka somatic postmitotic cells, must hold on to their sex identity tight, to deliver a tuned response to signals from the ovary that instruct the animal to engage sex-matched behavioural programmes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Happy 2026 everyone- the time has come to apply! Registration for this exciting Dev Bio conference is until the end of January!

Revised refereed preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Revision work lead by @longweibai.bsky.social Our work reveals how the #microbiota helps buffer #malnutrition: L. plantarum sustains intestinal activity of the steroid hormone ecdysone, expanding the midgut and supporting systemic growth.

Latest from the lab by @longweibai.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/6

Excited to share our last paper describing how intestinal stem cell migration promotes gut regeneration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very happy and proud to share the latest work from our lab. Neuroendocrine control of intestinal regeneration through the vascular niche. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very happy to share our latest lab publication! The hard work of @bboumard.bsky.social, Gwenn Le Meur and collaborators! Cell-type-specific nucleotide sharing through gap junctions impacts sensitivity to replication stress in Drosophila: Developmental Cell authors.elsevier.com/a/1lDFi_Yv6z...

Lastest work from Zhai's lab. mTORC1-mediated nutrient sensing orchestrates metabolic processes to maintain physiological homeostasis and influences organismal ageing in Drosophila. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Happy to share our new preprint! We explored the mechanisms underlying differences between male and female #Drosophila in susceptibility to intestinal #infection. #symbiosky #immunity #AcademicSky #insect #symbiosis

Discovery of a gut hormone that regulates protein intake, sleep, and influences lifespan www.nature.com/articles/s42... (open-access) @natmetabolism.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s42... in mice and flies

Happy to share our latest minireview on Drosophila symbionts in infection: when a friend becomes an enemy | Infection and Immunity journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #immunity #infection #antimicrobialpeptides #microbiome #Drosophila #AcademicSky #insect #endosymbiont #symbiosis

Our latest preprint…Adrien Franchet, Yuhong Jin et al @crick.ac.uk show that circulating glutamine drives brain sparing during nutrient restriction. Great collab with labs of Yaël Grosjean and Ian Gilmore. #metabolism #Drosophila #neuralstemcells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The lab will be represented at #Dros25. @longweibai.bsky.social presenting in the Physiology session on Friday at 5pm after I give the intro to his talk in a plenary Thursday morning 😉. #Drosophila #microbiome friends, let’s catch up and go see Longwei ´s talk he has a really cool story to share.

And enjoyed it even more when highlighting it in Cell Host Microbe Free access link here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbY9_hwRX...

Latest preprint from the Lab, co-led by Cathy Ramos, lecturer in the team and pushed to the final line by Longwei Bai, Ph’d candidate. Deals with microbiome (what else… 😉), guts and steroid hormone in flies. #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky #SymbioSky #DevBio #Drosofeed www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...