Yehu Moran

The paper examines how genotype and environment influence virome and microbiome dynamics in Nematostella vectensis across latitudinal gradients.

This paper shows how the spider venom gland evolved by integrating three distinct developmental programs: appendage patterning, secretory epithelium maintenance, and myogenic metabolism.

This study identifies microRNAs expressed during early development of Acropora digitifera and shows their dynamic regulation across developmental stages.

The paper identifies a novel antiviral immune cell type in cnidarians by analyzing gene expression and function in Nematostella vectensis embryos.

The paper combines epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses in a sea anemone to reveal regulatory programs and cellular diversity in cnidocytes.

This study investigates RNA interference in Nematostella vectensis, showing siRNA generation and partial target silencing but no secondary siRNA amplification.

The paper identifies CARDIB, an ancient anthozoan protein that represses immune genes but is essential for antiviral activation, revealing an alternative evolutionary path of antiviral signaling.

This study investigates how heat stress activates viral and antiviral immune responses in Hexacorallia species, revealing a complex interaction between environmental stress, viruses, and immune pathways.

The paper identifies a conserved trimeric complex of Izumo1, Spaca6, and Tmem81 essential for sperm-egg interaction in vertebrates, showing their role in male fertility and binding to the egg protein Bouncer.

The paper reports the de-novo genome of Edwardsia elegans, highlighting genomic conservation and variation within cnidarians.

The paper shows that double-stranded RNA induces apoptosis in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, suggesting this mechanism was present in the last common ancestor of cnidarians and bilaterians.

The paper shows MACPF proteins in sea anemones evolved from venomous to developmental functions through gene duplication and reverse-recruitment.

The paper reports chromosome-level genome assemblies of two sea anemones and finds conserved chromosomal blocks across cnidarians and bilaterians, but loss of microsynteny in Hox and NK clusters.

The paper identifies specific amino acid residues and N-glycosylation patterns in Bouncer proteins that mediate species-specific sperm-egg compatibility between medaka and zebrafish.

The paper identifies NvPOU4 as a terminal selector gene in Nematostella vectensis, showing it is required for terminal differentiation of neural cells but not their initial specification.