F. Schwarz

Teaching transposon classification as a means to crowd source the curation of repeat annotation - a tardigrade perspective

The paper presents a crowd-sourcing approach to manually curate and classify transposable elements (TEs) from tardigrade genomes, resulting in the discovery of hundreds of new TEs.

Variable PD-1 glycosylation modulates the activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors

This study shows that PD-1 glycosylation variants affect the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors and suggests personalized therapeutic approaches.

One Health Approach for the sampling of different bat species living in a sympatric colony

The paper describes the optimization of bat sampling methods in a sympatric colony to minimize animal stress and improve sample quality for ecological and virological studies.

Molecular identification of bats from Wavulgalge cave, Wellawaya, Sri Lanka

This study identifies five bat species in a Sri Lankan cave using mitochondrial DNA sequencing and highlights their genetic diversity.

The distinct role of ALDH1A1 and ALDH1A3 in the regulation of prostate cancer metastases

This study identifies ALDH1A1 and ALDH1A3 as regulators of prostate cancer metastasis and radiosensitivity, with opposing roles in predicting recurrence and metastatic burden.

Tirant stealthily invaded natural Drosophila melanogaster populations during the last century

The paper shows that Tirant, a transposable element, invaded Drosophila melanogaster populations in the 20th century, later than previously known elements like I-element, hobo, and P-element.

Evidence for strong fixation bias at 4-fold degenerate sites across genes in the great tit genome

The paper investigates GC biased gene conversion heterogeneity in the great tit genome using a new test statistic applied to 4-fold degenerate sites across three bird species.

How Changes in Common Practice Can Improve the Quality of Biomedical Science

The paper develops a probabilistic model to assess how improving research practices can enhance biomedical science quality by balancing resource use, false positives, and causal discovery.