Tsai-Ming Lu

This study shows that photosymbiosis in different animals uses ancestral endodermal programs and lineage-specific innovations, revealing a general cellular principle for complex symbiosis evolution.

The paper shows that BMP signaling is downstream of ERK1/2 in Spiralia and is involved in dorsoventral development, but this hierarchy is lost in annelids with autonomous development.

This study shows Rpd3L modulates chromatin state and resolves transcription-replication conflicts in yeast through H3K4 methylation-dependent and independent mechanisms, preventing genome instability.

The paper identifies combinatorial morphogen codes that coordinate sensory organ transformation, neural development, and axon projection in Drosophila.

The paper shows that xenacoelomorph male gonopore expresses bilaterian hindgut marker genes, suggesting it is homologous to the bilaterian anus.