主持的科研项目：

1. 国家自然科学基金项目，青年，32100784，2022-01至2024-12，在研，主持；

2. 江苏省自然科学基金项目，面上，BK20221458，2022-07至2025-07，在研，主持；

3. 南京市留学人员科技创新项目择优资助，1131000109，2021-10至2022-10，在研，主持；

4. 东南大学“至善青年学者”（A层次），2024-01至2026-12，在研，主持；

5. 东南大学高层次人才科研启动项目，2021-01至2022-12，在研，主持。

 参与的科研项目：

1.  科技部，“脑科学与类脑研究”重大项目，2021ZD0204000，2021-12至2026-11，在研，参与；

2. 科技部，重大项目， 2021ZD0204003， 2021-12 至 2026-12，在研，参与；

3.  国家自然科学基金项目，面上，31771592， 2018-01至2021-12，已结题，核心骨干；

4.  国家自然科学基金项目，重点，31430035，201501-201912，已结题，参与；

5.  国家自然科学基金项目，面上，31771510，2020-01至2023-12，在研，参与；

6.  国家自然科学基金项目，青年，31600824，2017-01至2019-12，已结题，参与。

近期代表性论文：(# co-first author; * corresponding author)：

1.      Menglong Rui*. Recent progress in dendritic pruning of DrosophilaC4da sensory neurons. Open Biology. 2024 Jul;14(7):240059.

2.      Wanting Wang, Menglong Rui*. Advances inunderstanding the roles of actin scaffolding and membrane trafficking indendrite development. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2024 Jun24: S1673-8527(24)00152-8.

3.      Ziyang Gao, Erqian Huang, Wanting Wang, Lizhong Xu,Wanyue Xu, Ting Zheng, Menglong Rui*. Patronin regulates presynapticmicrotubule organization and neuromuscular junction development in Drosophila.iScience. 2024 Jan 18;27(2):108944.

4.      Menglong Rui*, Weiyu Kong,Wanting Wang, Ting Zheng, Su Wang*, Wei Xie. Droj2 Facilitates SomatosensoryNeurite Sculpting via GTP-Binding Protein Arf102F in Drosophila. InternationalJournal of Molecular Sciences. 2023 Aug 25;24(17):13213.

5.      Wanyue Xu, Weiyu Kong, Ziyang Gao, Erqian Huang,Wei Xie, Su Wang*, Menglong Rui*. Establishment of a novel axon pruningmodel of Drosophila motor neuron. Biology Open. 2023 Jan1;12(1): bio059535.

6.      Menglong Rui#, Kay Siong Ng#,Quan Tang, Shufeng Bu, Fengwei Yu*. Protein phosphatase PP2A regulatesmicrotubule orientation and dendrite pruning in Drosophila. EMBOReports. 2020 Mar6;21 (5): e48843.

7.      Menglong Rui#, Shufeng Bu#,Liang Yuh Chew#, Qiwei Wang, Fengwei Yu*. The membrane protein Rawregulates dendrite pruning via the secretory pathway. Development.2020 Oct 9;147(19): dev191155.

8.      Yan Wang#, Menglong Rui#,Quan Tang, Shufeng Bu, Fengwei Yu*. Patronin governs minus-end-out orientationof dendritic microtubules to promote dendrite pruning in Drosophila. Elife.2019 Mar 28; 8: e39964.

9.      Menglong Rui, Jinjun Qian,Lijuan Liu, Huihui Lv, Junhai Han, Zhengping Jia and Wei Xie*. The neuronalprotein Neurexin directly interacts with the Scribble-Pix complex to stimulateF-actin assembly for synaptic vesicle clustering. Journal of BiologicalChemistry. 2017 Sep 1;292(35): 14334-14348.

10.  QuanTang, MenglongRui, Shufeng Bu, Yan Wang, Liang Yuh Chew, and Fengwei Yu*. A microtubulepolymerase is required for microtubule orientation and dendrite pruning in Drosophila.The EMBO Journal. 2020 May 18;39(10): e103549.

11.  Huanhuan Zhang,Menglong Rui, Zhixin Ma, Sifan Gong, Shuliu Zhang, Qingxia Zhou,Congfeng Gan, Wenting Gong, Su Wang*. Golgi-to-ER retrograde transport preventspremature differentiation of Drosophila type II neuroblasts viaNotch-signal-sending daughter cells. iScience. 2023 Nov22;27(1):108545.

12.  Xinwang Zhang, MenglongRui, Guangmin Gan, Cong Huang, Jukang Yi, Huihui Lv, Wei Xie*. Neuroligin4regulates synaptic growth via the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalingpathway at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Journal ofBiological Chemistry. 2017 Nov 3;292(44):17991-18005.

13.  Renjun Tu,Jinjun Qian, Menglong Rui, Nana Tao, Mingkuan Sun, Yan Zhuang, HuihuiLv, Junhai Han, Moyi Li and Wei Xie*. Proteolytic cleavage is required forfunctional neuroligin 2 maturation and trafficking in Drosophila. Journalof Molecular Cell Biology. 2017 Jun 1;9(3): 231-242.

14.  Zhixin Ma,Wenshu Wang, Xiaojing Yang, Menglong Rui, Su Wang*. Glial ferritinmaintains neural stem cells via transporting iron required for self-renewal in Drosophila.Elife. 2024 doi.org/10.7554/eLife.93604.2

15.  Guanglin Xing#,Moyi Li#, Yichen Sun, Menglong Rui, Yan Zhuang, Huihui Lv, Junhai Han,Zhengping Jia*, Wei Xie*. Neurexin-Neuroligin 1 regulates synaptic morphologyand functions via the WAVE regulatory complex in Drosophila neuromuscularjunction. Elife. 2018 Mar 14;7: e30457.

16.  Yichen Sun,Moyi Li*, Junhua Geng, Sibie Meng, Renjun Tu, Yan Zhuang, Mingkuan Sun, MenglongRui, Mengzhu Ou, Guangling Xing, Travis K Johnson, Wei Xie*. Neuroligin 2governs synaptic morphology and function through RACK1-cofilin signaling in Drosophila.Communications Biology. 2023 Oct 18;6(1):1056.

17.  Xi Xiao,Changyan Chen, Tian-ming Yu, Jiayao Ou, Menglong Rui, Yuanfen Zhai,Yijing He, Lei Xue, and Margaret S. Ho*. Molecular Chaperone Calnexin Regulatesthe Function of Drosophila Sodium Channel Paralytic. Frontiers inMolecular Neuroscience. 2017 Mar 7;10:57.

18.  Jianzheng He,Alice Mei Xien Tan, SiYun Ng, Menglong Rui, Fengwei Yu*. Cannabinoidsmodulate food preference and consumption in Drosophila melanogaster. ScientificReports. 2021 Feb 25;11(1):4709.