Ann‐Kristin Dicke

The paper shows that cohesin enables the developmental loss of Polycomb interactions by facilitating other regulatory contacts during cell type transitions.

The paper shows SMG6 and PIWIL1 work together in the chromatoid body to regulate mRNAs via piRNA and NMD pathways, with SMG6's endonuclease activity aiding piRNA-guided degradation.

The paper identifies genotype-specific meiotic impairments in infertile men with loss-of-function variants in M1AP or ZZS genes, showing different recombination failures and reproductive outcomes.

This study investigates the role of Cylicins in spermiogenesis and male fertility using gene-editing in mice and exome sequencing in humans, finding that Cylicin deficiency causes infertility and structural sperm abnormalities.