Publications

Zike, A.B., Abel, M.G., Fleck, S.A., DeWitt, E.D., and Weaver L.N. “Estrogen-related receptor is required in adult Drosophila females for germline stem cell maintenance.” Dev. Biol. (2025). PMID: 40348318.

Fleck S.A., Biswas P., DeWitt E.D., Knutesone R.L., Eisman R.C., Nemkov T., D’Alessandro A., Tennessen J.M., Rideout E.J., and Weaver L.N. “Auxin Exposure Disrupts Feeding Behavior and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Adult Drosophila.” eLife. (2024). PMID: 38240746.

Weaver L.N. “Analysis of Physiological Control of Adult Drosophila Oogenesis by Interorgan Communication.” Methods Mol. Biol. (2023). 2023:2626:89-107.

Weaver L. - Question and answer with Current Biology. (2021). 31(6):R272-R273.

Weaver L.N. and Drummond-Barbosa, D. “Hormone receptor 4 is required in muscles and different ovarian cell types to regulate specific steps of Drosophila oogenesis.” Development. (2021). 148(5):dev198663.

Weaver L.N. and Drummond-Barbosa, D. “The nuclear receptor Seven up regulates genes involved in immunosuppression and xenobiotic response in the adult Drosophila female fat body.” G3. (2020). 10(12):4625-4635.

Weaver L.N., Ma, T., and Drummond-Barbosa, D. “Analysis of Gal4 driver expression patterns in adult Drosophila females.” G3. (2020). 10(11):4147-4158.

Weaver L.N. and Drummond-Barbosa D. “The nuclear receptor seven up functions in adipocytes and oenocytes to control distinct steps of Drosophila oogenesis.” Dev. Biol. (2019). 456(2): 179-189.

Weaver L.N. and Drummond-Barbosa D. “Maintenance of proper germline stem cell number requires adipocyte collagen in adult Drosophila females.” Genetics. (2018). 209(4): 1155-1166.

Weaver L.N. and Drummond-Barbosa D. “Gut healing: haemocytes aid via Sax and Tkv jazzes it down.” Nat. Cell Biol. (2015). 17(6): 707-9.