Yuri Deigin

Neuron-specific partial reprogramming in the dentate gyrus impacts mouse behavior and ameliorates age-related decline in memory and learning.

This study shows that partial reprogramming of dentate gyrus neurons in mice improves memory and learning in aged animals.

Discovery of a novel merbecovirus DNA clone contaminating agricultural rice sequencing datasets from Wuhan, China

The paper identifies a novel HKU4-related merbecovirus contaminant in rice RNA-seq datasets from Wuhan, China, and finds it shares genetic similarity with MERS-CoV and binds to human DPP4.

Identification of a novel HKU4-related coronavirus in single-cell datasets and clade viral host analysis

The paper identifies a novel HKU4-related coronavirus in pangolin single-cell datasets and investigates its phylogenetic clade and potential contamination sources.