Xavier Belles

Beyond Drosophila: RNAi in vivo and functional genomics in insects.

The hormonal pathway controlling cell death during metamorphosis in a hemimetabolous insect.

Conservation of fruitless' role as master regulator of male courtship behaviour from cockroaches to flies.

When inordinate tissue growth is beneficial: improving silk production by increasing silk gland size.

Nuclear receptor HR4 plays an essential role in the ecdysteroid-triggered gene cascade in the development of the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica.

MicroRNAs in metamorphic and non-metamorphic transitions in hemimetabolan insect metamorphosis.

Subtle roles of microRNAs let-7, miR-100 and miR-125 on wing morphogenesis in hemimetabolan metamorphosis.

Ecdysone signalling and ovarian development in insects: from stem cells to ovarian follicle formation.

The MEKRE93 (Methoprene tolerant-Krüppel homolog 1-E93) pathway in the regulation of insect metamorphosis, and the homology of the pupal stage.

MiR-2 family regulates insect metamorphosis by controlling the juvenile hormone signaling pathway.

Towards understanding the molecular basis of cockroach tergal gland morphogenesis. A transcriptomic approach.

Orcokinins contribute to the regulation of vitellogenin transcription in the cockroach Blattella germanica.

CREB-binding protein contributes to the regulation of endocrine and developmental pathways in insect hemimetabolan pre-metamorphosis.

Smads and insect hemimetabolan metamorphosis.

Oral delivery of dsRNA lipoplexes to German cockroach protects dsRNA from degradation and induces RNAi response.

MicroRNAs and the Evolution of Insect Metamorphosis.

Comparative analysis of miRNA expression during the development of insects of different metamorphosis modes and germ-band types.

Juvenile hormone signaling in short germ-band hemimetabolan embryos.

Hemimetabolous genomes reveal molecular basis of termite eusociality.

Conserved association of Argonaute 1 and 2 proteins with miRNA and siRNA pathways throughout insect evolution, from cockroaches to flies.