Recent Publications 

Vishal K, Barajas Alonso E, DeAguero AA, Waters JA, Chechenova MB, Cripps RM. Phosphorylation of the Myogenic Factor Myocyte Enhancer Factor-2 Impacts Myogenesis In Vivo. Mol Cell Biol. 2023;43(6):241-253. doi: 10.1080/10985549.2023.2198167. Epub 2023 May 15. PMID: 37184381; PMCID: PMC10251773.

Brooks DS, Vishal K, Bawa S, Alder A, Geisbrecht ER. Integration of proteomic and genetic approaches to assess developmental muscle atrophy. J Exp Biol. 2021 Nov 1;224(21):jeb242698. doi: 10.1242/jeb.242698. Epub 2021 Nov 5. PMID: 34647571; PMCID: PMC8627571.

Vishal K, Lovato TL, Bragg C, Chechenova MB, Cripps RM. FGF signaling promotes myoblast proliferation through activation of wingless signaling. Dev Biol. 2020 Aug 1;464(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.05.009. Epub 2020 May 21. PMID: 32445643; PMCID: PMC7648665.

Vishal K, Bawa S, Brooks D, Bauman K, Geisbrecht ER. Thin is required for cell death in the Drosophila abdominal muscles by targeting DIAP1. Cell Death Dis. 2018 Jul 3;9(7):740. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0756-x. PMID: 29970915; PMCID: PMC6030163.

Vishal K, Brooks DS, Bawa S, Gameros S, Stetsiv M, Geisbrecht ER. Adult Muscle Formation Requires Drosophila Moleskin for Proliferation of Wing Disc-Associated Muscle Precursors. Genetics. 2017 May;206(1):199-213. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.193813. Epub 2017 Mar 1. PMID: 28249984; PMCID: PMC5419470.

Subramanian A, Siefert M, Banerjee S, Vishal K, Bergmann KA, Curts CCM, Dorr M, Molina C, Fernandes J. Remodeling of peripheral nerve ensheathment during the larval-to-adult transition in Drosophila. Dev Neurobiol. 2017 Oct;77(10):1144-1160. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22502. Epub 2017 May 13. PMID: 28388016.

Brooks DS, Vishal K, Kawakami J, Bouyain S, Geisbrecht ER. Optimization of wrMTrck to monitor Drosophila larval locomotor activity. J Insect Physiol. 2016 Oct-Nov;93-94:11-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.07.007. Epub 2016 Jul 16. PMID: 27430166; PMCID: PMC5722213.