Timothy R. Fallon

Giant polyketide synthase enzymes biosynthesize a giant marine polyether biotoxin.

The paper identifies giant polyketide synthase genes in Prymnesium parvum that biosynthesize large polyether toxins, resolving a long-standing biosynthetic mystery.

Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii (Ostracoda: Cypridinidae): Developing a model system for the evolution of marine bioluminescence

This paper reports the first complete life cycle and mitochondrial genome of the luminous ostracod Vargula tsujii, enabling future studies on bioluminescence biosynthesis and genomic manipulation.

Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles

The paper generates genomes for three bioluminescent beetles to study the genetic basis of bioluminescence and finds at least two independent evolutionary origins of the trait.