Grygoriy Zolotarov

The paper identifies a conserved global control region for Hox gene regulation in annelids and shows convergent evolution of cluster-wide regulatory mechanisms in vertebrates and spiralians.

GeneExt improves gene annotation using scRNA-seq data, enhancing gene expression quantification and cross-species cell type comparisons.

The paper identifies regulatory elements and reconstructs gene regulatory networks in cnidarian cell types using chromatin accessibility data.

The paper analyzes genomic data from 32 animal species to explore how changes in regulatory genes and microRNAs relate to morphological complexity and disparity, finding no link between genome size and disparity but strong associations between gene loss and parasitism, and microRNA increases and complexity.

The paper shows that Cdr1as regulates miR-7 activity, which controls glutamatergic transmission and neuronal connectivity in forebrain neurons.

The paper profiles cell diversity in the paralarval octopus brain to create a cell type atlas and identifies molecular similarities between octopus and fly glial cells.