Germano Cecere

The paper shows HRDE-1 maintains transcriptional silencing in C. elegans without chromatin marks by promoting small RNA feedback loops.

This study shows DNA supercoiling affects transcription initiation and elongation in C. elegans, with directional impacts on gene expression based on genomic context.

The paper identifies a virus-encoded microRNA in SARS-CoV-2 that targets interferon-stimulated genes to suppress the host immune response.

The paper demonstrates a recombination-independent mechanism for DNA homology recognition in meiosis using Neurospora crassa, showing that homologous DNA pairs through specific sequence patterns and structural interactions.

The paper shows that CSR-1 slicer activity and codon usage regulate 22G-RNA biogenesis in C. elegans germline mRNAs.

This study shows that C. elegans embryos use inherited small RNAs to cleave and remove maternal mRNAs through the catalytic activity of Argonaute CSR-1.