The people behind the papers – Longwei Bai and François Leulier

During periods of starvation, some organs and tissues are selectively spared. A recent study in Development shows that microbiome-dependent intestinal sparing in Drosophila is coordinated by the hormone ecdysone. To learn more about this work, we spoke to first author Longwei Bai and corresponding author François Leulier, Director and Group Leader at Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, France.