Stijn Mouton

The paper tracks karyotype dynamics in Macrostomum lignano using flow cytometry, showing spontaneous de novo chromosome duplications in lab cultures and proposing a method to control karyotypes.

The paper introduces OneSABER, a unified open platform for RNA in situ hybridization using SABER probes, demonstrating its application in flatworm regeneration studies.

The paper shows that heat stress increases LTR retrotransposon transcription in Macrostomum lignano by hijacking the heat shock response pathway, a mechanism previously known in plants.

This paper optimizes RNA interference protocols in Macrostomum lignano by demonstrating that single soaking in dsRNA solution is sufficient for effective gene knockdown, reducing time and cost.

The paper assembles and annotates the genome of Symsagittifera roscoffensis to study its phylogenetic position and molecular mechanisms of symbiosis.

The paper re-analyzes germline transcriptional signatures in M. lignano and identifies a novel flatworm-specific gene family essential for sperm production.