K. Peters

Common viral infections inhibit egg laying in honey bee queens and are linked to premature supersedure

This study shows that viral infections reduce honey bee queen egg-laying and are linked to supersedure, but immune responses are not fully responsible for these effects.

Estimating essential phenotypic and molecular traits from integrative biodiversity data

The paper introduces a computational framework to estimate essential molecular traits from biodiversity data using field samples and multiple omics approaches.

Analysis of Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Data to Assess Interactions in Microalgal Co-culture of Skeletonema marinoi and Prymnesium parvum

This study uses metabolomics and transcriptomics to analyze interactions between two marine microalgae in mono-cultures and co-cultures, revealing metabolic communication and cellular repair mechanisms.

Untargeted Metabolomics to Expand the Chemical Space of the Marine Diatom Skeletonema marinoi

This study uses untargeted metabolomics to expand the known chemical space of the marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi, identifying 1970 metabolites and highlighting their ecological and biotechnological significance.

Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function

The paper analyzes leaf metabolome variation across plant species to identify metabolic functional traits that reveal new dimensions of plant form and function.

The VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway influences cell shape in Vibrio cholerae

This study identifies a link between the VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway and cell shape in Vibrio cholerae, showing that varA mutants exhibit spherical morphology due to altered peptidoglycan composition.

Commensal Streptococcus mitis produces two different lipoteichoic acids of type I and type IV

This paper identifies two distinct lipoteichoic acid (LTA) types in Streptococcus mitis, type IV similar to S. pneumoniae and type I with a unique structure, revealing dual biosynthesis pathways.

Sahul's megafauna were vulnerable to plant-community changes due to their position in the trophic network

The paper investigates whether trophic cascades contributed to megafauna extinctions in Sahul by analyzing pre-extinction trophic networks and finding that extinct species were more vulnerable to cascades and new predators.

HIV-1 uncoating by release of viral cDNA from capsid-like structures in the nucleus of infected cells.

The paper visualizes HIV-1 cDNA in nuclei using CLEM and shows that uncoating occurs via physical disruption of capsid-like structures, not cooperative disassembly.

Real time monitoring of peptidoglycan synthesis by membrane-reconstituted penicillin binding proteins

The paper develops a FRET-based assay to monitor peptidoglycan synthesis in real time using membrane-reconstituted class A penicillin binding proteins from different bacteria.

Peptidoglycan editing provides immunity to Acinetobacter baumannii during bacterial warfare

Acinetobacter baumannii incorporates D-Lysine into its peptidoglycan to gain immunity against T6SS attacks from competitors, though this trait is lost in pathogenic strains due to host enzyme activity.

Transcriptomic and Proteomic analysis of clear cell foci (CCF) in the human non-cirrhotic liver identifies several differentially expressed genes and proteins with functions in cancer cell biology and glycogen metabolism.

The paper identifies differentially expressed genes and proteins in liver clear cell foci (CCF) and finds that reduced expression of STBD1 and USP28 is unlikely to explain glycogen overload.