Chong Chen

The paper identifies a novel organelle, dracosphera, in the aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma shenloong that houses anaerobic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria for chemosynthesis in anoxic cold-seep sediments.

The paper characterizes two new gastropod holobionts from Atlantic hydrothermal vents, revealing distinct levels of endosymbiosis dependence through metagenomic and anatomical analyses.

This paper reconstructs the ancestral gastropod karyotype and shows lineage-specific chromosomal strategies associated with habitat transitions.

The paper reports the discovery of a chemosynthetic community at a serpentinite-hosted seep on Quaker Seamount, identifying 15 species including six endemics.

VEHoP infers phylogenetic trees from raw reads and proteins, outperforming assembly-free methods and enabling robust phylogenomic analysis of difficult-to-sample species.

This study identifies shallow-water chemosymbiotic clams as a significant, previously overlooked carbon sink in the Yellow Sea, contributing 43% of the region's sedimental carbon burial.

The paper identifies widespread ciliate epibionts on shrimp gills in deep-sea vents and seeps, revealing their biogeographic patterns and facultative associations.

This study examines the evolutionary emergence of chemosymbiosis in deep-sea shrimps, finding convergent origins and a gradient of bacterial colonization across species.

This study uses multiple-omics analyses to uncover molecular and physiological adaptations of Alviniconcha snails to deep-sea hydrothermal vents, focusing on host-symbiont interactions and metabolic complementarity.

This study uses ddRAD sequencing to analyze genetic differentiation in Atlantic Rimicaris shrimp species, revealing recent population separation and secondary contacts, and synonymizing two species as one due to morphological plasticity.

This study investigates the speciation and demography of two sympatric Rimicaris shrimp species at hydrothermal vents, finding they are genetically distinct despite co-occurring and showing regional genetic structure and population dynamics influenced by geological and oceanic factors.

This study uses population genomics to identify genetic groups in the scaly-foot snail, highlighting conservation priorities amid deep-sea mining threats.

This study identifies circatidal gene expression rhythms in the deep-sea shrimp Rimicaris leurokolos, revealing a 12-hour oscillation pattern distinct from circadian rhythms and similar to ultradian rhythms in other species.

The paper reports in situ observations and a range extension of Neopilina galatheae, a rare deep-sea monoplacophoran mollusc, collected from a new location on the Eastern Galapagos Spreading Center.

The paper updates the Galapagos Rift hydrothermal vent species list from 74 to 92 species, including 15 new records, to better understand vent fauna biogeography and inform management strategies.

The paper benchmarks Oxford Nanopore assemblers for molluscan genomes, finding optimal coverage and tools for different genome complexities.

The paper reports dual symbiosis in the deep-sea snail Gigantopelta aegis, revealing its genome and two endosymbionts with complementary metabolic functions and immune adaptations.

This study identifies a large number of structural variants in human genomes using multiple sequencing technologies and presents them as a gold standard for future studies.