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Anna Franz lab
In vivo swimming cell migration of Drosophila adipocytes
Our research
My lab studies the fat tissue in Drosophila. The fat tissue is most famous for its key role in energy storage and release. However, much less is known about the development, morphogenesis and cell biology of fat and how these link to its various functions. Work in my lab aims to shed new light into these understudied areas by studying: i) the unusual amoeboid swimming migration of fat cells in the pupa, ii) the various functions of the fat tissue including wound healing, iii) the tissue architecture of the fat tissue in the larva when it forms a monolayer sheet and iv) the remodelling of the fat tissue from a monolayer tissue to migratory cells, akin to epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), during metamorphosis.
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