Lukáš Pfeifer

The Spirogyra genome: signatures of shared and divergent division and differentiation

This study sequenced the Spirogyra pratensis genome and analyzed its transcriptional responses to light and temperature, revealing unique cytokinetic processes and plastid division mechanisms.

Systems acclimation to osmotic stress in zygnematophyte cells

Multi-omic profiling of unicellular Mesotaenium and filamentous Zygnema under osmotic and salt stress reveals a conserved protein and cell-wall remodeling chassis driving acclimation in land plants' closest algal relatives.

New insights into bryophyte arabinogalactan-proteins from a hornwort and a moss model organism

The paper analyzes arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) in two bryophyte models, finding structural differences from angiosperms and evidence of AGP evolution in land plants.

Comparative transcriptomics in ferns reveals key innovations and divergent evolution of secondary cell wall

The paper generates transcriptomic data for 22 fern species to study their evolutionary genetics and cell wall composition, revealing unique gene families and divergent cell wall biochemistry.

Synthetic and plant-derived multivalent galactans as modulators of cancer-associated galectins-3 and -9

The paper investigates plant-derived galactans as potential inhibitors of galectins-3 and -9, showing species-specific binding and their effects on pancreatic cancer cells.

Seagrass arabinogalactan-proteins: Are they important for adaptation to the marine environment?

The paper investigates whether seagrass arabinogalactan-proteins show convergent glycan features across families, finding environmental factors influence their structure more than phylogeny.