Cheng Fly Lab
@LabFly
We are interested in how nutrient, and metabolism affects stem cells and tumours
Very excited to share our #preprint in @biorxivpreprint in which we found that the transcription factors of JNK and Hippo pathways control epithelial integrity by regulating an overlapping transcriptome 🧵1/10
The JNK and Hippo pathways control epithelial integrity and prevent tumour initiation by regulating an overlapping transcriptome biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #bioRxiv
Come and join us! We are looking for a bioinformatician to join the lab. Work with single cell, multiome and spatial data from model systems and human samples! Our focus is lymphatics and blood brain barrier in development, regeneration and cancer. seek.com.au/job/79558172
Congratulations @khanh_ng97 on the ECR publication prize @AusFly2024 for elifesciences.org/articles/96876
Our latest from @TheCrick … Sebastian Sorge led on this amazing new chemically defined (holidic) diet for fast larval growth & development in Drosophila. It’s called HoldFast, soon to be available to the community, in powdered form, from @VDRC_flies. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 
It was a privilege to appear on @RRR to talk about our research and discuss what patients should know about cancer cachexia - a metabolic wasting disease affecting cancer patient outcomes. Grateful to our consumer Sudhir Sakhuja and my clinical collaborator @HyunKoMD.
"Cancer cachexia" affects 30% of cancer patients - 80% for advanced cancers - and yet few have heard of the term. Assoc Prof Louise Cheng (@LabFly), @HyunKoMD and cancer survivor Sudhir, have explained this muscle wasting condition to @3RRRFM. Listen: rrr.org.au/shared/broadca…
Paper is out! Astrocytes control quiescent NSC reactivation via GPCR signaling–mediated F-actin remodeling | Sci Adv science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Kudos to super talented lab members @LukeKunYangLin1 @mahekta @jiaen_lin @GaoYang43766353 and wonderful collaborators @Yusuke_Toyama & Tony
We are excited to announce the next Workshop on Neural Circuits & Behavior of Drosophila that will be held at the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC), Kolymbari, from June 15-21, 2025. Please RT.
Missing our @FlyJedi meetings? The #JEDI are back for great #Drosophila science! Follow us for more news and dates! #thereturnofthejedi
Amazing work by @VeenKellie and great collaboration with @theo_brainc_lab and @AaronKrylov .