Publications

Anschütz, S., Müller, H., Schubert, A., Peralta, J.M., Nystul, T., Rust, K. (2026). Hh and EGFR-Ras signaling promote distinct steps of tumor progression in the Drosophila follicle epithelium. Nat. Commun.

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Holtwick, V., Müller, H., Schubert, A., and Rust, K. (2025). Non-occluding Functions of Septate Junction Proteins in Signaling Regulation and Cell Polarity during Epithelial Development. bioRxiv

Hirschhäuser, A., Molitor, D., Salinas, G., Großhans, J., Rust, K., and Bogdan, S. (2023). Single-cell transcriptomics identifies new blood cell populations in Drosophila released at the onset of metamorphosis. Development. 

Li, H., Janssens, J., De Waegeneer, M., Kolluru, S.S., Davie, K., Gardeux, V., Saelens, W., David, F.P.A., Brbić, M., Spanier, K., et al. (2022). Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly. Science 

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Lehne, F., Pokrant, T., Parbin, S., Salinas, G., Großhans, J., Rust, K., Faix, J., and Bogdan, S. (2022). Calcium bursts allow rapid reorganization of EFhD2/Swip-1 cross-linked actin networks in epithelial wound closure. Nat. Commun.

Rust, K., and Wodarz, A. (2021). Transcriptional Control of Apical-Basal Polarity Regulators. Int J Mol Sci

Rust, K., Byrnes, L.E., Yu, K.S., Park, J.S., Sneddon, J.B., Tward, A.D., and Nystul, T.G. (2020). A single-cell atlas and lineage analysis of the adult Drosophila ovary. Nat. Commun.

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Rust, K., and Nystul, T. (2020). Signal transduction in the early Drosophila follicle stem cell lineage. Current Opinion in Insect Science

Rust, K., Tiwari, M.D., Mishra, V.K., Grawe, F., and Wodarz, A. (2018). Myc and the Tip60 chromatin remodeling complex control neuroblast maintenance and polarity in Drosophila. EMBO J