Rodolfo Aramayo

The paper reports genome drafts of three Spiroplasma Citri clade strains associated with Drosophila, inferring limited metabolic capacities and diverse toxin repertoires compared to Poulsonii clade strains.

The paper reanalyzes an existing Drosophila melanogaster RNA-seq dataset using four pipelines, identifying new genes involved in post-mating response and highlighting workflow improvements for RNA-seq analysis.

The paper identifies translational control of methionine and serine metabolic pathways as the mechanism underlying paralog-specific phenotypes in Rpl22 ribosomal protein mutants, linking these changes to cell division and replicative longevity.

The paper investigates whether heritable endosymbionts affect early embryo mRNA transcriptomes and finds no consistent influence, but detects rRNA depurination consistent with Ribosome Inactivating Proteins.