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Metabolic control by the Bithorax Complex-Wnt signaling crosstalk in Drosophila biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share that my graduate work has been published as a co-first author article in the prestigious 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences' (PNAS)!. I am extremely grateful for the support and guidance from my mentors and colleagues. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

University of Colombo has once again proven its excellence by securing top positions in multiple global university rankings! Proud to be the leading academic institution in Sri Lanka. cmb.ac.lk/top-ranked-uni… cmb.ac.lk/rankings #UniversityRankings #Innovation #TopUniversity

#Wnt's vital in many cell functions. Study in #drosophila shows activation reduces #fat accumulation: insight into fat #metabolism. Image & research Mengmeng Liu & Rajitha-Udakara-Sampath Hemba-Wadug et al Louisiana Cancer Research Center Tulane Medicine in PNASNews. On bpod.org.uk/archive/2024/8…

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This year’s medicine laureates Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun studied a relatively unassuming 1 mm long roundworm, C. elegans. Despite its small size, C. elegans possesses many specialised cell types such as nerve and muscle cells also found in larger, more complex animals,

Distinct effects of CDK8 module subunits on cellular growth and proliferation in Drosophila journals.biologists.com/dev/article/do…

Distinct effects of CDK8 module subunits on cellular growth and proliferation in Drosophila Read this Research Article by Xiao Li, Jun-Yuan Ji Tulane University and colleagues: doi.org/10.1242/dev.20…

Transcriptional coupling of telomeric retrotransposons with the cell cycle | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to attend the '66th Annual Drosophila Research Conference' in San Diego, CA, where I presented our research on adipocyte heterogeneity regulated by the Bithorax Complex and Wnt/Wingless signaling crosstalk. #DROS25 #Grateful

📰 Our collaborative study on telomere maintenance in #Drosophila was featured in this month’s Bio Notes newsletter from Tulane’s Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology! 🔗 medicine.tulane.edu/news/unravelin… ✨ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! #Telomeres #ScienceAdvances

We held the 2nd Fly Bayou Symposium in New Orleans last week—so great to reconnect in person and hear exciting research! What began in 2020 as a small local network has grown to 36 labs across 14 states. Grateful to see this community thrive and support each other! 🪰