Ciaran Lonergan

Conserved core RNAi machinery in trematode-vectoring snails indicates gene silencing potential in the absence of classical systemic and amplification effectors

The paper identifies conserved RNAi effector genes in trematode-vectoring snails, suggesting potential for RNAi-based disease control despite lacking classical systemic and amplification components.

Dietary variations drive divergent phenotypic, transcriptomic, and metatranscriptomic profiles in Biomphalaria glabrata, a schistosomiasis vector snail

The paper examines how different diets affect the growth, survival, fecundity, transcriptome, and microbiome of Biomphalaria glabrata snails.