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New paper: Streptomyces produce a diphtheria toxin-like exotoxin that targets insects. Xu et al.Nat Microbiol. 2026 Apr 30. doi: 10.1038/s41564-026-02315-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42062574

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New paper: Bosch, J. A. et al. (2026) Multi-omic mapping of Drosophila protein secretomes reveals tissue-specific origins and inter-organ trafficking. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71763-8. PMID: 42009678

Miao, T., Liu, Y., Qadiri, M., Dasseux, A., Asara, J. M., Hu, Y., Sun, X., Pliego-Alcántara, LDC., Dibble, C. and Perrimon, N. (2026) Renal coenzyme A (CoA) production from Vitamin B5 fuels stem cell proliferation and tumor growth. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-71716-1.

Han. M., Xia, B., Kim, A-R., Filine, E., Stoneburner, E., Miao, T., Liu, Y., Zirin, J. and Perrimon, N. (2026) Phage display-mediated immuno-PCR to detect low-abundance secreted proteins in Drosophila. PNAS. 14;123(15):e2531777123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2531777123. PMID: 41941621

Petsakou, A., Filine. E., Li, M., Zheng, A., and Perrimon, N. (2026) Tumor-induced orexigenic imbalance lowers protein appetite and drives early organ wasting symptoms. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-70074-2. PMID: 41792134

Lane, E., Petsakou, A., Liu, Y., Chen, W., Qadiri, M., Hu, Y. and Perrimon, N. (2026) Cholinergic signaling modulates intestinal pathophysiology in a Drosophila model of cystic fibrosis. PloS Genetics. 22(2):e1012048. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012048. PMID: 41701793

Ewen-Campen, B., Chen, W., Tattikota, S. G., Liu, Y., Hu, Y. and Perrimon, N. (2026) The Drosophila proventriculus lacks stem cells but compensates for age-related cell loss via endoreplication-mediated cell growth. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…. Nat Comm. PMID: 41593082

Moon, Hu, Dzieciatkowska, Kim, Asara, D'Alessandro and Perrimon (2026) Modeling tissue-specific Drosophila metabolism identifies high sugar diet-induced metabolic dysregulation in muscle at reaction and pathway levels. Nat Comm. doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-68395-3.

Marques et al. (2025) In-situ glial cell-surface proteomics identifies pro-longevity factors in Drosophila. eLife14:RP109422https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.109422.1

Lin, Deng, Gao, Tan, Zhong, Tan, Tan, Virshup, Bosch, Perrimon and Wang (2026) Microproteins Simba1 and Simba2 activate Wingless signaling during the reactivation of neural stem cells in Drosophila. Nat. Comm. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-66727-3. PMID: 41298547

Mameli, Samantsidis, Viswanatha, Kwon, Hall, Butnaru, Hu., Y., Mohr, Perrimon and Smith (2025) A genome-wide CRISPR screen in Anopheles mosquito cells identifies fitness and immune cell function-related genes. 16(1):10323. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65304-y. PMID: 41285753

Huang, K. and Perrimon, N. (2025) Metabolic command centers in Drosophila: How the fat body and oenocytes orchestrate immunity, reproduction, and aging. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 101459. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101459. PMID: 41218693

New paper Phage display-mediated immuno-PCR to detect low-abundance secreted proteins in Drosophila Han, Xia, Ah-Ram Kim, Filine, Stoneburner, Miao, Liu, Zirin, Perrimon bioRxiv 2025.10.31.685841; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

New paper: A Structure-Guided Kinase-Transcription Factor Interactome Atlas Reveals Docking Landscapes of the Kinome Kim, Huang, Johnson, Yaron-Barir, Keven Wang, Cantley, Hu, Perrimon bioRxiv 2025.10.10.681672; doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

New paper: A family of lethal exotoxins defined by cell entry via the Attractin receptor Viswanatha, Lee, Robins, Mameli, Hu, Kim, Hashmi, Hiroshi , Prakash, Butnaru, Churchman, Mohr, Mekalanos, Perrimon doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

New paper: Hepatic ceramide synthesis links systemic inflammation to organelle dysfunction in cancer Liu, Miao, Wang, Ezequiel, Kim, Zhang, Sun, Binari, Asara, Hu, Goncalves, Janowitz, Perrimon doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…

thecrimson.com/article/2025/9… Harvard Funding Cuts Endanger the Massive Fruit Fly Database That Powers Genetic Research