Katharina Sielemann

Repeat turnover meets stable chromosomes: repetitive DNA sequences mark speciation and gene pool boundaries in sugar beet and wild beets

The paper investigates how repetitive DNA sequences contribute to chromosomal differentiation and speciation in sugar beet and wild beets, identifying repeat emergence and loss patterns across gene pools.

Pangenome of cultivated beet and crop wild relatives reveals parental relationships of a tetraploid wild beet

The paper constructs a pangenome of cultivated beet and wild relatives to identify genomic regions with beneficial traits and resolve the parental relationships of a tetraploid wild beet.

plASgraph - using graph neural networks to detect plasmid contigs from an assembly graph

plASgraph uses graph neural networks to detect plasmid contigs in genome assemblies, outperforming existing methods by leveraging assembly graph information.

Complete pan-plastome sequences enable high resolution phylogenetic classification of sugar beet and closely related crop wild relatives

The paper sequences and assembles complete plastome genomes from 18 beet species to resolve their phylogenetic relationships with high resolution.

Reference-based QUantification Of gene Dispensability (QUOD)

The paper introduces QUOD, a method to quantify gene dispensability across genomes, validated using Arabidopsis thaliana data, showing dispensable genes are associated with defense and antimicrobial functions.

Animal, fungi, and plant genome sequences harbour different non-canonical splice sites

The paper investigates non-canonical splice site combinations across animal, fungal, and plant genomes, identifying differences such as increased CT-AC frequency in fungi and GA-AG in specific species.

A Chromosome-level Sequence Assembly Reveals the Structure of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nd-1 Genome and its Gene Set

The paper presents a chromosome-arm level assembly of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nd-1 genome, revealing genomic rearrangements and gene set differences compared to the Col-0 reference.