C. elegans

This study identifies male-specific genome sequences for non-invasive sex identification in Nishikigoi, develops PCR markers, and establishes a field-applicable diagnostic platform.

This paper uses oyster genomics to identify genomic regions associated with size and immune response, highlighting genome structure's role in environmental adaptation and health.

The paper shows that glutamate and neuropeptide signaling in C. elegans males convert brief mate contact into a persistent search behavior.

The paper identifies host genes in C. elegans required for bacterial adherence to the gut epithelium using a genetic screen.

This study identifies Scs7 as a key regulator of fungal pathogenicity and drug susceptibility in Candida albicans, showing resveratrol inhibits Scs7 and enhances antifungal efficacy.

The paper identifies structural determinants in TrxA that confer its essentiality in Synechocystis, showing that its function cannot be replaced by other thioredoxins despite similar abundance.

The paper shows that anisotropic lateral surface tension, mediated by HMR-1/E-cadherin, directs invagination in C. elegans gastrulation, complementing apical constriction.

This study identifies fss genes that regulate stalked cell morphogenesis and cell cycle progression independently of the flagellum in Caulobacter crescentus.

The paper introduces LADD to measure lineage path deviations from inferred developmental dynamics in single-cell RNA-seq data and finds lineages move faster than optimal paths.

This study identifies GABAergic and cholinergic signaling disruptions as key mechanisms of cisplatin-induced sensory dysfunction in NER-defective C. elegans.

The paper identifies the CCAAT-binding complex (CBC) as a key regulator that overrides genetic sterility in Candida albicans by integrating environmental stress signals to enable mating.

The paper shows that dystrophic muscle has an elevated precontractile calcium set point sustained by limited PMCA1 export in C. elegans and human myoblasts.

The paper updates a toolkit for genetic studies in C. briggsae by identifying indel variants and mapping mutations to genes using high-throughput sequencing.

The paper investigates how gene expression influences genome-wide mutation rates in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans, finding that highly expressed genes have lower mutation rates due to transcription-coupled repair.

This study uses advanced microscopy to show that myosin II minifilaments persist and recycle in C. elegans embryos, contributing to cortical contractility through stable, static interactions with actin.

The paper shows that Pseudomonas fluorescens protects Chlamydomonas reinhardtii from Pseudomonas protegens by inactivating its toxin protegencin in a tripartite microbial interaction.

The paper identifies oleate depletion as a metabolic signal sensed by C. elegans to activate innate immunity against bacterial infection.

The paper introduces the C. elegans Connectome Toolbox, a framework for integrating and analyzing multimodal connectomic data, enabling comparison across datasets and modalities.

The paper quantifies developmental variation in C. elegans natural populations using embGAN, finding genotype-specific differences in cell-cycle timing that exceed within-strain variation.

This study shows that temperature affects Culex tarsalis vector competence, tissue bottlenecks, and gene expression in response to West Nile virus infection.

This study compares the susceptibility and molecular responses of three nematode species to the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora, revealing species-specific differences in behavior and gene expression.

This study shows Orsay virus infection reduces locomotion in C. elegans and alters food choice based on sensory context, with eol-1 modulating these behaviors.

The paper compares three F-actin probes in C. elegans, finding mStayGold offers best brightness and photostability, while mNeonGreen is suitable for photobleaching applications.

This paper uses cryo-vEM to visualize and quantify ultrastructural features of two Anabaena species without chemical pre-treatment.

The paper shows that coarse-grained connectome partitions can preserve functional predictions about neural activity even when path structure is lost.

ALIGN provides a modular framework for analyzing longitudinal development in C. elegans, enabling accurate segmentation, quality control, and motion correction across imaging conditions.

This paper develops a tunable auxin-based trans-kingdom signaling system that enables cross-species communication by engineering auxin biosynthesis and response mechanisms in different organisms.

This study identifies CrJAM2 and CrJAM3 as transcriptional repressors of the MIA pathway in C. roseus, showing their repression is modulated by methyl JA treatment.

This study examines how C. glutamicum cells respond to pH stress by tracking cell size and survival, revealing stochastic and heritable differences in acid and alkaline stress survival.

This study shows that sodium arsenite requires additional mitochondrial or redox stress to cause dopaminergic neurotoxicity in C. elegans, but not fluoroacetic acid.