Luca Valzania

Drosophila 4EHP is essential for the larval-pupal transition and required in the prothoracic gland for ecdysone biosynthesis.

P. Lasko, V. Cavaliere, G. Gargiulo, 2016, Developmental biology.

Hypoxia-induced transcription factor signaling is essential for larval growth of the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Mark R. Brown, M. Strand, Luca Valzania, 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Blood feeding activates the vitellogenic stage of oogenesis in the mosquito Aedes aegypti through inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3 by the insulin and TOR pathways.

Mark R. Brown, M. Strand, Luca Valzania, 2019, Developmental biology.

Metal-responsive promoter DNA compaction by the ferric uptake regulator

L. Mazzei, S. Maggi, C. Rivetti, 2016, Nature Communications.

Both living bacteria and eukaryotes in the mosquito gut promote growth of larvae

Mark R. Brown, M. Strand, Luca Valzania, 2018, PLoS neglected tropical diseases.