Thomas Braukmann

Welcome to Hotel Hymenoptera: monitoring cavity-nesting bee and wasp distribution and their trophic interactions using community science and metabarcoding

The paper uses community science and DNA metabarcoding to study cavity-nesting Hymenoptera distributions and trophic interactions, revealing new species associations and range expansions.

Genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes reveal a non-canonical model of organellogenesis

The paper analyzes genomes of nitrogen-fixing eukaryotes to show that endosymbionts can function as integral cell compartments without significant genetic integration.

Direct long read visualization reveals metabolic interplay between two antimalarial drug targets

The paper uses long-read sequencing to show that increased copies of the GCH1 gene are associated with DHODH gene amplification in malaria parasites, suggesting a metabolic interplay between these two drug targets.

A workflow for accurate metabarcoding using nanopore MinION sequencing

This study evaluates the use of Nanopore MinION sequencing for metabarcoding, showing high accuracy with a custom pipeline and RCA amplification.

A Sequel to Sanger: Amplicon Sequencing That Scales

This paper evaluates SMRT sequencing on the SEQUEL platform for amplicon sequencing, finding it provides more complete coverage and reduces costs compared to Sanger sequencing.