Ester Saus

The paper assesses the stability of oral and fecal microbiome samples stored at room temperature for 15 days using different preservation methods, finding minimal changes in alpha diversity and relative abundances.

This study investigates RNA structure in Candida pathogens using genome-wide probing, revealing structural conservation, SNP impacts, and conserved hairpin features in lncRNAs.

The paper sequenced and compared genomes of yeast species in the Pichia cactophila complex to show recurrent hybridizations and propose new species classifications.

The paper experimentally determines the secondary structure of NORAD, identifies spacers that stabilize its repeat units, and discovers two new repeat units.

The paper analyzes allele-specific gene expression in hybrids of Candida orthopsilosis to show limited overall gene expression changes but significant imbalanced allelic expression affecting virulence-related genes.

nextPARS is an Illumina-based method for parallel RNA structure probing that matches previous accuracy while improving throughput and sample multiplexing.

This study analyzes genomic variation in Candida glabrata isolates, revealing evidence of mating and suggesting humans are a secondary niche for the yeast.