Νικόλαος Παπαδόπουλος

This paper presents the first near chromosome-level genome of a sea spider, revealing a single Hox cluster without abdominal-A/Hox9, supporting shared evolutionary patterns in arthropods.

This study uses single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to analyze shark telencephalon development, revealing ancient origins of basal progenitors and Cajal-Retzius cells in gnathostomes.

The paper identifies 18 cell types in sponges, including neuroid cells with synaptic gene expression, suggesting early neuro-immune system evolution.

MERLoT reconstructs complex lineage trees from scRNA-seq data and imputes temporal gene expression profiles using simulated and real datasets.

PROSSTT simulates scRNA-seq data for complex differentiation processes with customizable lineage trees and noise, providing tools to evaluate lineage tree reconstruction.