Mikhail Biryukov

The paper shows that heat stress increases LTR retrotransposon transcription in Macrostomum lignano by hijacking the heat shock response pathway, a mechanism previously known in plants.

The paper assembles and annotates the genome of Symsagittifera roscoffensis to study its phylogenetic position and molecular mechanisms of symbiosis.

DARTS identifies retrotransposons by analyzing conserved protein domains, showing higher sensitivity for LTR-RTs than LTRharvest.