Adrian Jaimes‐Becerra

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.

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 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.