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John McCormick

Cornell University

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1

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piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts

Peiwei Chen, Peiyu Xu, Hamna Waseem, John McCormick, Katherine C. Pan, Alexei A. Aravin, Andrew G. Clark, Cédric Feschotte

This study shows that loss of the piRNA pathway in Drosophila leads to episodic and stochastic transposition bursts, not just increased transposition rates.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Oct 28, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics

Temperature and genetic background drive mobilization of diverse transposable elements in a global human fungal pathogen

Anna I. Mackey, Vesper M. Fraunfelter, Samantha Shaltz, John McCormick, Callan Schroeder, John R. Perfect, Cédric Feschotte, Paul M. Magwene, Asiya A. Gusa

This study shows that temperature and genetic background influence transposable element (TE) mobilization in Cryptococcus neoformans, increasing antifungal resistance and genomic changes.

PLoS Genetics · Jan 16, 2026Peer-reviewedGenetics

Transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes

Jonathan N. Wells, Ni‐Chen Chang, John McCormick, Caitlyn Coleman, Nathalie Ramos, Bozhou Jin, Cédric Feschotte

This study shows that transposable elements drive the evolution of metazoan zinc finger genes through genomic conflict, with ZNFs binding TEs and repressing them during early development.

Genome Research · Aug 1, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics