Leslie Pan

The paper maps a whole-body single-cell transcriptome into an electron microscopy volume of an annelid worm to study cellular morphology and gene regulation.

This study uses single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to analyze shark telencephalon development, revealing ancient origins of basal progenitors and Cajal-Retzius cells in gnathostomes.

The paper presents genome assemblies for three Platynereis species to support comparative genomic studies and explore their biology.

The paper investigates DNA methylation patterns at the mating type locus MRP3 in diatoms, finding that hypomethylation is necessary but not sufficient for MRP3 expression in sexual cells.

The paper identifies 18 cell types in sponges, including neuroid cells with synaptic gene expression, suggesting early neuro-immune system evolution.