Celena Cherian
@ccelena.bsky.social
PhD Candidate | Rideout Lab | UBC
I use fruit flies to study sex differences in cellular metabolism
I use fruit flies to study sex differences in cellular metabolism
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Very proud of Celena Cherian in the lab, who contributed data to www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Briefly, Celena showed female fat body cells have higher ribosomal protein expression and more protein synthesis than males. This difference persists even after cell size is accounted for!
Cell type specific allometry controls sex-differences in Drosophila body size
Species and sex-specific differences in organ size are fundamental features of animal biology, yet the mechanisms that drive these differences remain debated. Adult female Drosophila are larger than m...
www.biorxiv.org
September 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Very proud of Celena Cherian in the lab, who contributed data to www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Briefly, Celena showed female fat body cells have higher ribosomal protein expression and more protein synthesis than males. This difference persists even after cell size is accounted for!