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Shamitha Govind, Sebastian Ruppert, Joseph Kirangwa, Virginia Busetto, Emily Nischwitz, Miguel Vasconcelos Almeida, Svenja Hellmann, H. A. Witte, Ralf J. Sommer, Falk Butter, Sebastian Falk, Peter Sarkies, René F. Ketting
The paper shows that GTSF-1 binds RRF-3 in nematodes, a conserved interaction essential for 26G-RNA production and fertility.
EMBO Reports · Aug 29, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology
Ann‐Sophie Seistrup, Emily Nischwitz, Falk Butter, René F. Ketting
The paper investigates the developmental dynamics and crosstalk between WAGO-1 and WAGO-3 in C. elegans, showing distinct regulatory roles and complex interactions with 22G-RNAs and 26G-RNAs.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2025 · PreprintGenetics
Adrian Söderholm, Milica Vunjak, Melanie de Almeida, Niko P. Popitsch, Nadezda Podvalnaya, Pablo Araguas-Rodriguez, Sara Scinicariello, Emily Nischwitz, Falk Butter, René F. Ketting, Stefan Ludwig Ameres, Michaela Müller-McNicoll, Johannes A. Zuber, Gijs A. Versteeg
The paper identifies ERH and associated factors as post-transcriptional regulators of JAK2 mRNA maturation, essential for IFNγ signaling and innate immunity.
Nucleic Acids Research · Jun 6, 2025Peer-reviewedCell Biology
Aditi D. Singh, Lilia Häußermann, Christiane Emmerich, Emily Nischwitz, Brandon Kwee Boon Seah, Falk Butter, Mariusz Nowacki, Estienne Carl Swart
The paper identifies ICOP1 and ICOP2 as proteins interacting with ISWI1 that are essential for chromatin remodeling and DNA elimination during somatic genome development in Paramecium.
Genome Research · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology
Nadezda Podvalnaya, Alfred W. Bronkhorst, Raffael Lichtenberger, Svenja Hellmann, Emily Nischwitz, Torben Falk, Emil Karaulanov, Falk Butter, Sebastian Falk, René F. Ketting
The paper identifies PUCH, a trimeric Schlafen-domain nuclease that initiates piRNA processing in C. elegans by cleaving 5-end piRNA precursors, revealing a novel RNA endonuclease mechanism.
Nature · Sep 27, 2023Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology
Ahmet Can Berkyurek, Giulia Furlan, Lisa Lampersberger, Toni Beltran, Eva‐Maria Weick, Emily Nischwitz, Isabela Cunha Navarro, Fabian Braukmann, Alper Akay, Jonathan L. Price, Falk Butter, Peter Sarkies, Eric Alexander Miska
This study identifies RPB-9 as essential for piRNA-mediated silencing in C. elegans by promoting transcriptional elongation/termination at piRNA loci.
bioRxiv · May 1, 2020 · PreprintGenetics