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2025
Temporal transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial morphology primes activity-dependent circuit connectivity
Mohylyak I, Andriatsilavo M, Bengochea M, Pascual-Caro C, Asfogo N, Fonseca-Topp S, Danda N, Cassar M, Marie C, Atak Z, De Waegeneer M, Aerts S, Corti O, de Juan-Sanz J, Hassan B. Temporal transcriptional regulation of mitochondrial morphology primes activity-dependent circuit connectivity. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 8173. PMID: 40890095, PMCID: PMC12402207, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62908-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster
Andriatsilavo M, Barata C, Reifenstein E, Dumoulin A, Tao Griffin T, Dutta S, Stoeckli E, von Kleist M, Hiesinger P, Hassan B. Sequential and independent probabilistic events regulate differential axon targeting during development in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Neuroscience 2025, 28: 998-1011. PMID: 40335773, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-01937-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A New Behavioral Paradigm for Visual Classical Conditioning in Drosophila
Bengochea M, Preat T, Hassan B. A New Behavioral Paradigm for Visual Classical Conditioning in Drosophila. Bio-protocol 2023, 13: e4875. PMID: 37969763, PMCID: PMC10632160, DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNumerical discrimination in Drosophila melanogaster
Bengochea M, Sitt J, Izard V, Preat T, Cohen L, Hassan B. Numerical discrimination in Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Reports 2023, 42: 112772. PMID: 37453418, PMCID: PMC10442639, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112772.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutophagy in synapse formation and brain wiring
Hassan B, Hiesinger P. Autophagy in synapse formation and brain wiring. Autophagy 2023, 19: 2814-2816. PMID: 36779622, PMCID: PMC10472837, DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2023.2179778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNumerosity as a visual property: Evidence from two highly evolutionary distant species
Bengochea M, Hassan B. Numerosity as a visual property: Evidence from two highly evolutionary distant species. Frontiers In Physiology 2023, 14: 1086213. PMID: 36846325, PMCID: PMC9949967, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1086213.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEGFR-dependent suppression of synaptic autophagy is required for neuronal circuit development
Dutta S, Linneweber G, Andriatsilavo M, Hiesinger P, Hassan B. EGFR-dependent suppression of synaptic autophagy is required for neuronal circuit development. Current Biology 2023, 33: 517-532.e5. PMID: 36640763, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.12.039.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Brain connectivity inversely scales with developmental temperature in Drosophila
Kiral F, Dutta S, Linneweber G, Hilgert S, Poppa C, Duch C, von Kleist M, Hassan B, Hiesinger P. Brain connectivity inversely scales with developmental temperature in Drosophila. Cell Reports 2021, 37: 110145. PMID: 34936868, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe amyloid precursor protein is a conserved Wnt receptor
Liu T, Zhang T, Nicolas M, Boussicault L, Rice H, Soldano A, Claeys A, Petrova I, Fradkin L, De Strooper B, Potier M, Hassan B. The amyloid precursor protein is a conserved Wnt receptor. ELife 2021, 10: e69199. PMID: 34515635, PMCID: PMC8437438, DOI: 10.7554/elife.69199.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Autophagy-dependent filopodial kinetics restrict synaptic partner choice during Drosophila brain wiring
Kiral F, Linneweber G, Mathejczyk T, Georgiev S, Wernet M, Hassan B, von Kleist M, Hiesinger P. Autophagy-dependent filopodial kinetics restrict synaptic partner choice during Drosophila brain wiring. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 1325. PMID: 32165611, PMCID: PMC7067798, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14781-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research