Esra Kaymak

The study finds that Blattabacterium was lost ten times independently in three cockroach families, with some losses possibly compensated by Wolbachia associations.

The paper generates single-cell transcriptomic atlases of Zootermopsis termites to investigate if caste switching creates new cellular identities, finding that while some cell types are caste-specific, key physiological pathways remain largely unchanged.

This study investigates the evolution of sex determination in termites using genome assemblies, finding undifferentiated sex chromosomes and varying roles of the doublesex gene.

The paper develops a computational strategy to compare cell atlases across species, trains a universal model for cell type annotation, and generates synthetic cell atlases for extinct species.

This study examines how pollination specialization by hawkmoths influenced speciation rates in angraecoid orchids, finding that micro-sphingophily is linked to higher speciation rates.