Klara Eleftheriadi

The paper investigates genomic mechanisms underlying independent transitions to terrestrial life across species, finding lineage-specific gene changes that converge functionally.

The paper identifies conserved gene networks in lungfish estivation that were co-opted for terrestrial adaptation through ancient gene duplications.

The paper evaluates clustering and assembly methods for Iso-Seq data in non-model animals without reference genomes, finding CD-HIT at 99% similarity provides the best transcriptome quality.

The paper shows that clitellates experienced a burst of genomic rearrangements leading to loss of macrosynteny with marine annelids and new chromosomal interactions.

This study identifies gene gain and regulatory shifts in terrestrial planarians as key mechanisms for terrestrialization, showing distinct stress response toolkits compared to freshwater relatives.

This study compares toxin and mucus protein evolution in aquatic and terrestrial flatworms, finding broader toxin gene repertoires and distinct functional expansions in terrestrial species.

MATEdb2 provides high-quality proteomes for nearly 1000 animal species to enhance phylogenomic research by reducing computational effort and standardizing data formats.

The paper describes the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) pilot project, which tests a decentralized model for producing high-quality reference genomes across 98 European species.