Jiřı́ Fajkus

The paper identifies centromeres as a source of telomeric sequences in Arabidopsis, showing ITR domains arise from centromeres through amplification and adopt a distinct chromatin state.

The paper assesses fin tissue as a non-lethal surrogate for measuring telomere length and DNA methylation in gonads of turquoise killifish, showing strong correlation with age-related changes.

This study characterizes TRB proteins in moss to explore their evolutionary conservation and functional roles in telomere maintenance and plant development.

This study uses CRISPR/Cas to engineer chromosome translocations in Arabidopsis, showing minimal phenotypic, transcriptomic, and chromatin changes, and stable telomere lengths.

The paper identifies telomerase RNA (TR) in Hymenoptera, finding they are short snRNA-like, transcribed by RNA polymerase III, challenging previous assumptions about TR evolution in animals.

This paper shows that H1 prevents H3K27me3 accumulation at telomeres and ITRs in Arabidopsis by restricting DNA accessibility to TRB proteins, while promoting PRC2 activity at genes.