John K. Kim

The paper identifies SNPC-1.2 as a female-specific piRNA transcription factor in C. elegans, revealing how gene duplication and functional specialization generate sex-specific piRNA expression.

This study identifies DAF-16/FOXO's role in repressing let-7 microRNA and NHR-23 to maintain multipotency during dauer in C. elegans.

The paper shows MORC-1 overexpression in csr-1 mutants drives gene downregulation by altering chromatin states, revealing its role in CSR-1-mediated gene licensing.

The paper shows that Drosophila males produce Su(Ste) piRNAs through 5'-to-3' phased biogenesis triggered by maternally deposited piRNAs, and this process is bypassed when mothers are XXY.

The paper identifies a feedback loop between NHR-23 and let-7 microRNAs that regulates molting cycles in C. elegans by controlling cycle frequency and number.

This study shows that daf-16/FOXO promotes multipotency in C. elegans dauer larvae by upregulating lin-41/TRIM71, which blocks premature adult cell fate markers.

The paper identifies SNPC-1.3 as a male-specific transcription factor that regulates piRNA expression in C. elegans and shows its sex-specific regulation by TRA-1.

The paper shows that Klp10A mediates Piwi shuttling between nucleus and nuage during mitosis, linking nuclear and cytoplasmic piRNA silencing arms.

This study uses direct RNA sequencing to characterize the full-length transcriptome of C. elegans, identifying novel splice and 3UTR isoforms and providing a public dataset.