Ettore De Giorgio

This morning I had the fantastic opportunity of presenting my postdoctoral research at @edrc2025.bsky.social
A big thank you to the organizers and all participants for creating such a stimulating environment for scientific discussion!

27.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

We are on day 3 of #EDRC2025 continuing with excellent #Drosophila science

27.09.2025 10:52 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Three fantastic keynote lectures to kick off #EDRC2025 Lucia Prieto-Godiño @crick.ac.uk the @embo.org sponsored lecture, Romain Levayer @pasteur.fr and Marta Llimargas @ibmb-csic.bsky.social

25.09.2025 17:24 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 2

Distinct cellular and molecular mechanisms contribute to the specificity of the two Drosophila melanogaster chitin synthases in chitin deposition Author summary In this study, we investigated the specificity of the two chitin synthases in D melanogaster, named Kkv and Chs2. Chitin synthases are enzymes that produce chitin, an abundant polysacch...

🚨 New paper out!
Our latest work has been published in PLOS Genetics!
In this study, we investigated the specificity of the two chitin synthases in D. melanogaster, Kkv and Chs2.

📖 Read it here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

15.09.2025 10:11 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Different cellular and molecular mechanisms of chitin deposition contribute to the specificity of the two chitin synthases in D. melanogaster. Chitin is a major component of arthropod extracellular matrices, including the exoskeleton and the midgut peritrophic matrix. It plays a key role in the development, growth and viability of insects. B...

🌟 New Article Alert! 🖋️
Our latest work is live in bioRxiv 📰✨.
Here, we dive into chitin deposition focusing on the peritrophic matrix and the specificity of chitin synthases.

🔗 Read it here: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

#Blog #NewArticle #Chitin #Drosophila #IBMB #Drosospain #SEBD

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