D. Beraldi

Nanopore sequencing reveals that DNA replication compartmentalisation dictates genome stability and instability in Trypanosoma brucei

This study uses Nanopore sequencing to show that DNA replication compartmentalization in Trypanosoma brucei affects genome stability and instability by influencing VSG gene recombination and chromosome stability.

Immunoprecipitation of RNA-DNA hybrid interacting proteins in Trypanosoma brucei reveals conserved and novel activities, including in host immune evasion by antigenic variation

The paper identifies 602 RNA-DNA hybrid interactors in Trypanosoma brucei using immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry, revealing conserved and novel functions in DNA repair and immune evasion.

RAD51-mediated R-loop formation acts to repair transcription-associated DNA breaks driving antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei

This study shows RAD51 interacts with RNA-DNA hybrids and repairs DNA breaks at the transcribed VSG in T. brucei, linking RNA-DNA hybrids to antigenic variation.

Host cell maturation modulates parasite invasion and sexual differentiation in Plasmodium.

This study shows that host cell maturation state drives Plasmodium invasion and sexual differentiation in erythropoietic niches.

Genome duplication in Leishmania major relies on DNA replication outside S phase

The paper shows that Leishmania major uses DNA replication outside S phase to compensate for few origins, revealing an unconventional replication mechanism.