Coral's research interests are in cellular and developmental genetics, with a focus on how cells respond to signals from their environment. Her group studies the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster as it is a fantastic model organism for studying how genes function in cells and during development.

Torso-like mediates extracellular accumulation of Furin-cleaved Trunk to pattern the Drosophila embryo termini. Johnson, T.K., Henstridge, M.A., Herr, A., Moore, K.A., Whisstock, J.C. & Warr, C.G. (2015). Torso-like mediates extracellular accumulation of Furin-cleaved Trunk to pattern the Drosophila embryo termini. Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8759. doi:10.1038/ncomms9759 A role for dZIP89B in Drosophila dietary zinc uptake reveals additional complexity in the zinc absorption process. Richards, C.D., Warr, C.G., Burke, R. (2015) A role for dZIP89B in Drosophila dietary zinc uptake reveals additional complexity in the zinc absorption process, The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 69, 11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2015.10.004. Capturing embryonic development from metamorphosis: How did the terminal patterning signalling pathway ofDrosophila evolve? Duncan, E.J., Johnson, T.K., Whisstock, J.C., Warr, C.G. and Dearden, P.K. (2014). Capturing embryonic development from metamorphosis: How did the terminal patterning signalling pathway ofDrosophila evolve? Current Opinion in Insect Science, In Press. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2014.04.007 The Drosophilaphospholipid flippase dATP8B is required for odorant receptor function. Liu, Y-C., Pearce, M.W., Honda, T., Johnson, T.K., Charlu, S., Sharma, K.R., Imad, M., Burke, R.E., Zinsmaier, K.E., Ray, A., Dahanukar, A., de Bruyne, M. and Warr, C.G. (2014). The Drosophilaphospholipid flippase dATP8B is required for odorant receptor function. PLOS Genetics 10: e1004209. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004209 Trunk cleavage is essential for Drosophila terminal patterning and occurs independently of Torso-like. Henstridge, M.A , Johnson, T.K., Warr, C.G. # and Whisstock, J.C. # (2014). Trunk cleavage is essential for Drosophila terminal patterning and occurs independently of Torso-like. (# joint senior author). Nature Communications 5:3419 doi: 10.1038/ncomms4419. Vacuolar-type H ATPase subunits and the neurogenic protein big brain are required for optimal copper and zinc uptake. Wang, J., Binks T., Warr, C.G. and Burke, R.E. (2014). Vacuolar-type H ATPase subunits and the neurogenic protein big brain are required for optimal copper and zinc uptake. Metallomics, 6, 2100-8. doi:10.1039/C4MT00196F Drosophila olfactory receptors as classifiers for volatiles from disparate real world applications. Nowotny, T., Berna, A.Z., Trowell, S.C., Warr, C.G. and de Bruyne, M. (2014). Drosophila olfactory receptors as classifiers for volatiles from disparate real world applications. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 9, 046007. doi:10.1088/1748-3182/9/4/046007