Published in Scientific Reports, 2025
Imd-like genes in hemipterans previously thought to lack IMD immunity are identified and shown to function in antibacterial defence despite extensive sequence divergence. Read more
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Published in Cryobiology & Cryotechnology, 2025
A gentler alternative to electroporation for genetic manipulation of Pv11 cells using FuGENE® HD. Read more
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Published in Cryobiology and Cryotechnology, 2024
Establishment of a Flp/FRT site-specific recombination system enabling precise genomic integration in the anhydrobiotic Pv11 cell line. Read more
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Published in Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci, 2024
Bleomycin exposure induces tardigrade-specific gene families and tryptophan metabolism pathway enrichment. Read more
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Published in Zoological Letters, 2024
Transcriptome analysis reveals male-biased DMRT paralogs and sex-specific stress tolerance genes. Read more
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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2024
Identification of STRT1, a Na+-dependent trehalose transporter that facilitates recovery from anhydrobiosis. Read more
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Published in Insects, 2022
Review of genomic evolution in Tardigrades and anhydrobiotic midges. Read more
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Published in BMC Genomics, 2022
Identification of a tardigrade specific novel peroxidase Read more
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Published in Nucleic Acids Research Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2022
Chromosomal genome assembly of Polypedilum vanderplanki indicates chromosome IV as a foundation of novel gene accumulation enabling rapid adaptation. Read more
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Published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022
MD simulation of a SAHS paralog with expression specific to the embryo Read more
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Published in Open Biology, 2021
Comparative genomics in Darwins bark spider to analyze spider silk proteins. Read more
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Published in Scientific Reports, 2021
Application of CRISPR/Cas9 technology to identify signaling factors contributing to desiccation signaling in Pv11 cells. Read more
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Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021
Multiomics analysis to understand the mechanical and sequence properties of spider dragline silk in Nephila. Read more
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Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021
Adaptation of CRISPR/Cas9 technology to Pv11 cell line to understand regulation of anhydrobiosis genes through HSF1. Read more
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Published in Data in Brief, 2021
Data paper of transcriptome sequencing in gamma ray irradiated R. varieornatus. Read more
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Published in bioRxiv, 2020
Identification of a novel peroxidase in tardigrades Read more
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Published in BMC Developmental Biology, 2019
Transcriptome analysis of the developmental stages in two tardigrade species. Read more
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Published in Horizontal Gene Transfer (Springer), 2019
Review on horizontal gene transfer in metazoans. Read more
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Published in Scientific reports, 2019
Genome of the orb-weaving spider for identification of spidroin genes Read more
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Published in Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2018
This video paper explains the tardigrade single indiviudal sequencing method in detail. Read more
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Published in PLoS Biology, 2017
My first major paper of tardigrade comparative genomics. Read more
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Published in Scientific data, 2016
Establishment of a method to sequence the genome from a single tardigrade speciemen. Read more
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