Bikash Shrestha

This study uses global metagenomics to discover new plastid sequences and challenge existing models of plastid evolution in photosynthetic eukaryotes.

The paper uses phylogenetic analysis to show keel flowers evolved multiple times in legumes but did not drive diversification alone, suggesting synergistic factors like nitrogen fixation and dispersal were more important.

This study evaluates methods for improving genome annotation in non-model plants by testing workflows and inputs across five plant genomes.

The paper develops a deep learning method to score protein sequence alignment quality using lDDT scores as indicators.