Preston J. Basting

Reproducible evaluation of transposable element detectors with McClintock 2 guides accurate inference of Ty insertion patterns in yeast.

The paper introduces an improved pipeline for evaluating transposable element detectors in yeast, revealing best-in-class methods and novel biological insights.

Local assembly of long reads enables phylogenomics of transposable elements in a polyploid cell line

The paper develops a method to analyze transposable elements in polyploid genomes using long-read sequencing, revealing somatic transposition events and TE family proliferation.

Ongoing transposition in cell culture reveals the phylogeny of diverse Drosophila S2 sub-lines.

The paper sequenced 25 Drosophila S2 cell sub-lines to show ongoing transposition and use TE insertions for phylogenetic reconstruction in cell culture.

Transposable element profiles reveal cell line identity and loss of heterozygosity in Drosophila cell culture

This paper uses transposable element profiles to identify and authenticate Drosophila cell lines and reveal loss of heterozygosity.