Marina F van Olst

Pervasive short hairpin folding in non-encapsidated RNA viruses

The paper identifies pervasive short hairpin RNA structures in non-encapsidated viruses and shows their association with structural constraints and evolutionary origins.

Extreme GC3 Codon Bias in a Novel Brown Seaweed Virus Results in Pseudoambigrammatic Characteristics

The paper identifies a novel seaweed virus with extreme GC3 codon bias and pseudoambigrammatic characteristics, suggesting a new RNA virus survival strategy.

Discovery of new and variant Potyviruses in Asparagales plants from a Dutch urban botanic garden

The paper identifies new and variant Potyviruses in Asparagales plants from a Dutch urban botanic garden using smallRNA-seq and RNA-seq.

A new Polerovirus species in plants from the Asparagaceae family defined by its RNA-silencing repressor protein P0

The paper identifies a new Polerovirus species in Asparagaceae plants through RNA-seq and smallRNA-seq, distinguishing it from known viruses by its P0 protein sequence.

Discovery of a new Phenuivirus species in Lachenalia plants reveals possible co-evolution between 5' and 3' RNA sequence motifs

This study discovers a new Phenuivirus species in Lachenalia plants and identifies co-evolutionary patterns in RNA sequence motifs.

A new Betaflexivirus species in Ferraria crispa plants

The paper describes the discovery of a new Betaflexivirus species in Ferraria crispa plants through smallRNA-seq and RNA-seq analysis.

Discovery of novel RNA viruses in commercially relevant seaweeds Alaria esculenta and Saccharina latissima

The paper identifies four new viruses in seaweed species through small RNA sequencing, highlighting previously unrecognized viral diversity in seaweeds.

Genome sequences of three Konjac mosaic virus (KoMV) variants

This study determines the genome sequences of three KoMV variants from Zantedeschia cultivars and identifies nucleotide and protein differences compared to the RefSeq sequence.

Cellular Factors Involved in Transcriptome Dynamics in Early Zebrafish Embryogenesis

The paper identifies regulatory factors and mechanisms governing transcriptome dynamics in early zebrafish embryogenesis through computational and small-RNA sequencing analyses.

New observations on non-coding RNAs involved in the dual translation system in zebrafish development.

The paper identifies maternal-specific non-coding RNAs involved in zebrafish development's dual translation system, complementing previously discovered RNA types.

Maternal- and somatic-type snoRNA expression and processing in zebrafish development

The paper identifies maternal- and somatic-type snoRNA expression patterns in zebrafish, showing differential regulation through transcription and RNA processing.

An alternative spliceosome defined by distinct snRNAs in early zebrafish embryogenesis

The paper identifies embryogenesis-specific spliceosome variants in zebrafish using snRNA gene analysis and PCR-sequencing, revealing distinct snRNA variants with sequence differences in loop structures.