T. Panek

Multiple plastid losses within photosynthetic stramenopiles revealed by comprehensive phylogenomics

This study reveals two independent plastid losses in ochrophyte lineages through comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of 25 transcriptomes.

A cryptic plastid and a novel mitochondrial plasmid in Leucomyxa plasmidifera gen. et sp. nov. (Ochrophyta) push the frontiers of organellar biology

This paper describes a new protist species with a cryptic plastid and a novel mitochondrial plasmid, revealing unique organellar features in non-photosynthetic ochrophytes.

Paradigm shift in eukaryotic biocrystallization

The paper uses Raman microscopy to analyze crystalline inclusions in eukaryotes, revealing that 80% contain purines, suggesting an ancestral and widespread biocrystallization process with metabolic and optical functions.

A new lineage of non-photosynthetic green algae with extreme organellar genomes

This paper describes a new lineage of non-photosynthetic green algae with exceptionally large and repeat-rich organellar genomes, providing insights into organellar genome evolution.

Analysis of diverse eukaryotes suggests the existence of an ancestral 1 mitochondrial apparatus derived from the bacterial type II secretion system

The paper identifies homologues of bacterial T2SS components in mitochondria of diverse eukaryotes, suggesting an ancestral mitochondrial apparatus derived from the bacterial type II secretion system.