Maja Adamska

Calcareous sponge cell atlas provides support to homology between sponge and eumetazoan body plans

The paper supports Haeckel's hypothesis of homology between sponge and eumetazoan body plans by comparing single-cell transcriptomes of sponges and cnidarians.

Body-plan reorganization in a sponge correlates with microbiome change

This study shows that losing a key microbial symbiont in sponges leads to body plan reorganization and transcriptomic changes, linking microbiome state to host development.

Fast transcriptional activation of developmental signalling pathways during wound healing of the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum

This study investigates wound healing in the sponge Sycon ciliatum using microscopy and RNA-sequencing, revealing early activation of Wnt and TGFβ pathways and cell transdifferentiation.