Valerie De Anda

This paper presents a coupled strategy for enzyme discovery, evolution, and yeast chassis adaptation to improve microbial biopolymer valorisation, demonstrating it with laccases for lignin depolymerisation.

This study identifies 908 new isomorphic eukaryotic signature proteins in Asgard archaea, suggesting their ancestor was more complex than previously thought.

This study expands the diversity of Asgardarchaeota, revealing metabolic features suggesting aerobic respiration in the Asgard-eukaryotic ancestor.

This study identifies metabolic adaptations in sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) that enable their persistence in symbiosis with gutless marine worms, revealing a conserved core metabolism distinct from free-living relatives.

The paper identifies and characterizes diterpenoid cyclases in Asgardarchaeota, showing they produce bicyclic halimadienyl pyrophosphate, potentially relevant to microbial persistence.

The paper tracks methane production from hydrocarbons using isotopic labeling and identifies ANME-2c archaea as potential methane producers in hydrocarbon-rich sediments.

This study identifies mobile genetic elements and defense systems in Asgard archaea, revealing their role in shaping genetic diversity and evolution.

The paper reconstructs genomes of soil-associated Asgard archaea and uses metatranscriptomics to show their role in carbon compound metabolism relevant to methane production in wetlands.

MEBS evaluates (meta)genomic datasets to infer metabolic capabilities, particularly for the sulfur cycle, using entropy-based scoring and Pfam domains.

The paper introduces a method to analyze the sulfur cycle using genomic data, producing a sulfur score that classifies microorganisms and identifies key environments.