About 150 clock neurons are clustered in different groups in the brain of Drosophila. Among
these clock neurons, some pigment‐dispersing factor (PDF)‐positive and PDF‐negative …

Animal circadian clocks are based on multiple oscillators whose interactions allow the daily
control of complex behaviors. The Drosophila brain contains a circadian clock that controls …

Morning and evening circadian oscillators control the bimodal activity of Drosophila in light-dark
cycles. The lateral neurons evening oscillator (LN-EO) is important for promoting diurnal …

With the approach of winter, many insects switch to an alternative protective developmental
program called diapause. Drosophila melanogaster females overwinter as adults by …

Single microRNAs are usually associated with hundreds of putative target genes that can
influence multiple phenotypic traits in Drosophila, ranging from development to behaviour. We …

Aberrant mitochondrial dynamics disrupts mitochondrial function and contributes to disease
conditions. A targeted RNA interference screen for deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) …

Sleep-like states have been described in Drosophila and the mechanisms and factors that
generate and define sleep-wake profiles in this model organism are being thoroughly …

Cryptochromes (CRYs) are a class of flavoproteins that sense blue light. In animals, CRYs
are expressed in the eyes and in the clock neurons that control sleep/wake cycles and are …

Recognizing that insights into the modulation of sleep duration can emerge by exploring the
functional relationships among genes, we used this strategy to explore the genome-wide …

Light is the main environmental stimulus that synchronizes the endogenous timekeeping
systems in most terrestrial organisms. Drosophila cryptochrome (dCRY) is a light-responsive …