Caitlin E. McDonough-Goldstein

The paper investigates postmating transcriptional responses in bedbugs, showing the mesospermalege processes ejaculate and expresses male seminal fluid genes, while the lower tract delays its response until sperm arrives.

This paper compares single-cell transcriptomes of uterine and embryonic tissues across rodents and opossums to show that marsupial uteri activate an ancestral signaling axis similar to eutherian implantation, but with inhibitory signals preventing invasion.

This study identifies Obp56g as essential for mating plug formation and male fertility in Drosophila melanogaster through functional and evolutionary analyses.

This study identifies a SNP that affects Wnt4 expression in endometrial stroma, linking it to pregnancy, endometriosis, and reproductive cancers through differential gene regulation.