Laura A Katz

Elsie Damon Simonds Professor

Smith College

United States

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Laura A Katz holds the position of Elsie Damon Simonds Professor at Smith College in the United States. Her research interests encompass phylogenomics, eukaryotic biodiversity, and epigenetic mechanisms, as evidenced by her recent publications. Notable contributions include studies on freshwater Foraminifera, genome content reorganization in ciliates, and the development of innovative analytical tools for diverse eukaryotic lineages.

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Jean-Marie Volland

Assistant Professor

University of California, Santa Barbara

UNITED STATES

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Mattia Greco

Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC)

SPAIN

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Thomas Hackl

Assistant Professor

University of Groningen

NETHERLANDS

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Luciana Santoferrara

Assistant Professor

Hofstra University

UNITED STATES

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David Posada

Full Professor

Universidade de Vigo

SPAIN

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Adam Eyre-Walker

Professor

University of Sussex

UNITED KINGDOM

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Jean-David Grattepanche

Research Assistant Professor

Temple University

UNITED STATES

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Susan Goldstein

Professor Emeritus

University of Georgia

UNITED STATES

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Phylogenomic workflow for uncultivable microbial eukaryotes using single-cell RNA sequencing − A case study with planktonic ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligotrichea)

Rethinking large-scale phylogenomics with EukPhylo v.1.0, a flexible toolkit to enable phylogeny-informed data curation and analyses of diverse eukaryotic lineages

Freshwater Foraminifera Biodiversity in New England (USA): Evaluation of Field Sites and a Botanical Garden

Genome content reorganization in the non-model ciliate Chilodonella uncinata : insights into nuclear architecture, DNA content, and chromosome fragmentation during macronuclear development

Lost in translation: conserved amino acid usage despite extreme codon bias in foraminifera

Visualizing Epigenetics: A Review of Microscopy Techniques for Investigating DNA Methylation Patterns, Chromatin Structure, and Gene Expression

Foraminifera as a model of eukaryotic genome dynamism

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Forty Years of Inferential Methods in the Journals of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Diverse Genome Structures among Eukaryotes May Have Arisen in Response to Genetic Conflict

Single-cell transcriptomics supports presence of cryptic species and reveals low levels of population genetic diversity in two testate amoebae morphospecies with large population sizes

Updated Virophage Taxonomy and Distinction from Polinton-like Viruses

Foraminifera as a model of the extensive variability in genome dynamics among eukaryotes

Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution

Macronuclear development in ciliates, with a focus on nuclear architecture

Phylogenomic Analyses of 2,786 Genes in 158 Lineages Support a Root of the Eukaryotic Tree of Life between Opisthokonts and All Other Lineages

Old genes in new places: A taxon-rich analysis of interdomain lateral gene transfer events

Newly designed foraminifera primers identify habitat‐specific lineages through metabarcoding analyses

Examining the relationship between the testate amoeba Hyalosphenia papilio (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) and its associated intracellular microalgae using molecular and microscopic methods

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Jean-Marie Volland

Mattia Greco

Thomas Hackl

Luciana Santoferrara

David Posada

Adam Eyre-Walker

Jean-David Grattepanche

Susan Goldstein

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