Michael Eitel

Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the chaetognath Flaccisagitta enflata

The paper presents the first chromosome-level genome assembly of Flaccisagitta enflata, providing a resource for comparative genomic studies in Chaetognatha and Gnathifera.

Body-plan reorganization in a sponge correlates with microbiome change

This study shows that losing a key microbial symbiont in sponges leads to body plan reorganization and transcriptomic changes, linking microbiome state to host development.

rRNA depletion for holobiont metatranscriptome profiling across demosponges

The paper introduces a hybrid-capture strategy for rRNA depletion in demosponge metatranscriptomes to better study host-microbe interactions.

TransPi - a comprehensive TRanscriptome ANalysiS PIpeline for de novo transcriptome assembly

TransPi improves de novo transcriptome assembly for non-model organisms by combining multiple assemblers and reducing errors, achieving higher BUSCO completeness and lower duplication rates.

A taxogenomics approach uncovers a new genus in the phylum Placozoa

This paper uses taxogenomics to identify a new genus and species in Placozoa based on genome comparisons.

The Genome Of The Contractile Demosponge Tethya wilhelma And The Evolution Of Metazoan Neural Signalling Pathways

A 125-megabase draft genome of the contractile demosponge Tethya wilhelma reveals extensive lineage-specific expansions, losses, and domain rearrangements across early metazoan neural signaling gene families.

Complete mitochondrial genome of Muricea crassa and Muricea purpurea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the eastern tropical Pacific

The paper sequences and analyzes the complete mitochondrial genomes of two gorgonians, identifying phylogenetic relationships among octocoral species.