M. van der Giezen

This study identifies a mitochondrial carrier in Blastocystis that transports glycolytic intermediates, linking cytosolic and mitochondrial glycolysis and highlighting it as a potential drug target.

The paper shows that survivor bias, not consensus bias, explains the overestimation of stability in ancestral proteins reconstructed from extant sequences.

The paper analyzes the contribution of asgardarchaea to eukaryotic protein families and finds it accounts for only 0.3% of conserved eukaryotic protein families.

The paper identifies mitochondrial targeting signals for glycolytic enzymes in stramenopiles, revealing a novel metabolic pathway in these eukaryotes and suggesting new strategies for combating pathogens like Phytophthora infestans.