This review focuses on neuropeptides and peptide hormones, the largest and most diverse
class of neuroactive substances, known in Drosophila and other animals to play roles in …

This review focuses on the state of the art on neuropeptide receptors in insects. Most of
these receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and are involved in the regulation …

Decretins, hormones induced by fasting that suppress insulin production and secretion,
have been postulated from classical human metabolic studies. From genetic screens, we …

Diatoms are abundant unicellular microalgae, responsible for≈ 20% of global
photosynthetic CO2 fixation. Nevertheless, we know little about fundamental aspects of their …

The ability to perform genomic sequencing on long-dead organisms is opening new frontiers
in evolutionary research. These opportunities are especially notable in the case of museum …

Juvenile Hormone (JH) has a prominent role in the regulation of insect development. Much
less is known about its roles in adults, although functions in reproductive maturation have …

In Drosophila melanogaster the most widely used technique to drive gene expression is the
binary UAS/Gal4 system. We show here that a set of nervous system specific enhancers …

The formation and recall of long-term memory (LTM) requires neuron activity-induced gene
expression. Transcriptome analysis has been used to identify genes that have altered …

The blood brain barrier (BBB) has the essential function to protect the brain from potentially
hazardous molecules while also enabling controlled selective uptake. How these processes …

Repellent odors are widely used to prevent insect-borne diseases, making it imperative to
identify the conserved molecular underpinnings of their olfactory systems. Currently, little is …