Mirko Francesconi

The study identifies a single giant cell responsible for developing a key innovation in water striders, showing its role in activating cuticular genes and being restricted by Hox genes to mid-legs.

RAPToR estimates real age from transcriptomes using time-series data, improving differential expression analysis by accounting for age-related variation.

The paper shows that neuronal perception of social pheromones in C. elegans affects germline development timing and generation time in offspring.

The paper uses single cell transcriptomics to show that transdifferentiation and reprogramming can be uncoupled in pre-B cells based on their intrinsic plasticity.