
Nutrigenomic Regulation of Sensory Plasticity
Sung, H., Vaziri, A., Wilinski, D., Woerner, R.K.R., Freddolino, P.L., Dus, M. eLife. March 2023.

Food Memory Circuits Regulate Eating and Energy Balance
Pardo-Garcia, T.R., Gu, K., Woerner, R.K.R., Dus, M. Current Biology. 2023 Jan 23; 33, 215–227.

N6-Adenosine Methylation Regulates the Translation of Insulin mRNA
Wilinski, D., Dus, M. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 2023; 30, 1260–1264.

High-Sucrose Diet Exposure Is Associated With Selective and Reversible Alterations in the Rat Peripheral Taste System
Sung, H.***, Vesela, I.***, Dricks, H., Ferrario, C.R., Mistretta, C.M., Bradley, R.M.*, Dus, M*. Current Biology. August 2022.
*** authors contributed equally, * corresponding author

Persistent Epigenetic Reprogramming of Sweet Taste by Diet
Vaziri, A., Morteza, K., Genaw, B., Freddolino, P.L., Dus, M*. Science Advances. 2020 Nov 11;6(46):eabc8492. PMID: 33177090.
* corresponding author

Rapid Metabolic Shifts Occur During the Transition Between Hunger and Satiety in Drosophila melanogaster
Wilinski, D., Winzeler, J., Duren, W., Persons, J.L., Holme, K.J., Mosquera, J., Khabiri, M., Kinchen, J.M., Freddolino, P.L., Karnovsky, A., Dus M*. Nat Commun. 10, 4052. 2019.
* corresponding author

Dietary Sugar Inhibits Satiation by Decreasing the Central Processing of Sweet Taste
May, C.E., Rosander, J., Dennis, E., Gottfried, J., Dus, M*. eLife. 2020;9:e54530. PMID: 32539934.
* corresponding author

High Dietary Sugar Reshapes Sweet Taste to Promote Feeding Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster
May, C.E., Vaziri, A., Lin, Y.Q., Grushko, O., Khabiri, M., Wang, Q.-P., Holme, K.J., Pletcher, S.D., Freddolino, P.L., Neely, G.G., Dus, M*. Cell Rep. 2019 May 7; 1675-85.
* corresponding author
Drosophila SLC5A11 Mediates Hunger by Regulating K+ Channel Activity
Park, J.-Y., Dus, M., Kim, S., Abu, F., Kanai, M.I., Rudy, B., Suh, G.S.B. Curr Biol. 2016 Aug 8; 26 (18): 1965-74.
Benzoyl Chloride Derivatization With Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for Targeted Metabolomics of Neurochemicals in Biological Samples
Benzoyl Chloride Derivatization With Liquid Wong, J.M., Malec, P.A., Mabrouk, O.S., Ro, J., Dus, M., Kennedy, R.T. Journal of Chromatography A. 2016 May 13; 1446:78-90.
Nutrient Sensor in the Brain Directs the Action of the Brain-Gut Axis in Drosophila
Dus, M., Lai, J.S.-Y., Gunapala, K.M., Min, S., Tayler, T.D., Hergarden, A.C., Geraud, E., Joseph, C.M., Suh, G.S.B.. Neuron. 2015 June 11.
Taste-Independent Nutrient Selection Is Mediated by a Brain-Specific Na+/Solute Co-Transporter in Drosophila
Dus, M., Ai, M., Suh, G.S. Nature Neuroscience. 2013 Mar 31.
Taste-Independent Detection of the Caloric Content of Sugars in Drosophila
Dus, M., Min, S., Keene, A.C., Lee, G.Y., Suh, G.S. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2011 Jul 12; 108 (28): 11644–11649.
Clock and Cycle Limit Starvation-Induced Sleep Loss in Drosophila
Keene, A.C., Duboué, E.R., McDonald, D.M., Dus, M., Suh, G.S.B., Waddell, S., Blau, J. Curr Biol. 2010 Jul 13; 20(13):1209-15.
Specialized piRNA Pathways Act in Germline and Somatic Tissues of the Drosophila Ovary
Malone, C.***, Brennecke, J.*** , Dus, M.***, Aravin, A.A., Sachidanandam, R., Hannon, G.J. Cell. 2009 May 1; 137(3):522-35.
*** authors contributed equally.
Drosophila RISC Component VIG and Its Homolog Vig2 Participate in Heterochromatin Formation
Gracheva, E., Dus, M., Elgin, S.C. PLoS One. 2009 Jul 8; 4(7):e6182.
An Endogenous Small Interfering RNA Pathway in Drosophila
Czech, B., Malone, C.D., Zhou, R., Stark, A., Schlingeheyde, C., Dus, M., Perrimon, N., Kellis, M., Wohlschlegel, J.A., Sachidanandam, R., Hannon, G.J., Brennecke, J. Nature. 2008 Jun 5; 453(7196):798-802.
Drosophila PIWI Associates With Chromatin and Interacts Directly With HP1a
Brent, B., Findley, S.D., Jiang, L., Liu, L., Yin, H., Dus, M, Zhou, P., Elgin, S., Lin, H. Genes and Dev. 2007 Sep 15; 21(18):2300-11.
Discrete Small RNA-Generating Loci as Master Regulators of Transposon Activity in Drosophila
Brennecke, J., Aravin, A.A., Stark, A., Dus, M, Kellis, M., Sachidanandam, R., Hannon, G.J. Cell. 2007 Mar 23; 128(6):1089-103.