Brett J. Baker

This study identifies 908 new isomorphic eukaryotic signature proteins in Asgard archaea, suggesting their ancestor was more complex than previously thought.

This study expands the diversity of Asgardarchaeota, revealing metabolic features suggesting aerobic respiration in the Asgard-eukaryotic ancestor.

The paper identifies tubulins in Asgard archaea and shows they form mini-microtubules with eukaryotic-like properties, suggesting an archaeal origin for microtubules.

The paper identifies archaeal microcompartments in Hodarchaeales, showing they enhance energy production and may have contributed to eukaryogenesis.

This paper identifies an Asgard archaeon with an endomembrane system that changes with cell state, challenging previous views on eukaryogenesis.

The paper proposes a roadmap for fair reuse of public microbiome data by introducing a Data Reuse Information tag (DRI) to facilitate communication between data creators and consumers.

The paper identifies and characterizes diterpenoid cyclases in Asgardarchaeota, showing they produce bicyclic halimadienyl pyrophosphate, potentially relevant to microbial persistence.

The paper analyzes a 20-year viral time-series in a freshwater lake to uncover seasonal dynamics, environmental drivers, and evolutionary patterns of viral diversity and ecology.

The paper analyzes a two-decade freshwater lake metagenome dataset to show that ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities operate on seasonal and decadal scales.

The paper tracks methane production from hydrocarbons using isotopic labeling and identifies ANME-2c archaea as potential methane producers in hydrocarbon-rich sediments.

The paper reconstructs genomes of soil-associated Asgard archaea and uses metatranscriptomics to show their role in carbon compound metabolism relevant to methane production in wetlands.

This study identifies defense systems in Asgard archaea, showing their role in the origin of eukaryotic immunity and potential biomedical applications.

This study identifies mobile genetic elements and defense systems in Asgard archaea, revealing their role in shaping genetic diversity and evolution.

This study analyzes five new Korarchaeota metagenome-assembled genomes to reveal their phylogenomic position and genomic adaptations to habitat switching.