Robert E. Jinkerson

The paper identifies cathepsin X as a conserved cell death protein in algae involved in responses to environmental stress through transcriptome analysis and mutant studies.

This study identifies proteins involved in pyrenoid membrane biogenesis and shows their role in CO2 delivery, with implications for engineering functional pyrenoids in crops.

The paper designs a high-activity CRISPR sgRNA library for Yarrowia lipolytica and uses it to identify genes involved in acetate and hydrocarbon tolerance.

The paper systematically characterizes gene function in a photosynthetic organism by analyzing mutant phenotypes across diverse conditions and linking them to functional pathways.

The paper creates a genome-wide mutant library for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to identify genes essential for photosynthesis, finding 303 candidate genes, including 21 novel ones.