Kenji Ichiyanagi

The paper identifies a novel mechanism by which LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to the birth of lineage-specific proteins through alternative splicing, resulting in chimeric proteins like Lyosin.

The paper investigates how transcriptional states and KRAB-ZFPs regulate DNA methylation of retroelements in human male germ cells, revealing inter-individual epigenetic variation in sperm.

This study demonstrates heritable endogenization of an RNA virus, EMCV, in laboratory mice, showing viral RNA is reverse transcribed and transmitted through the germline.