The paper investigates the evolutionary origins of large neuronal genes, finding they predate animal diversification and have expanded in complexity across species.

Current Biology · Mar 8, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics

MiR-124 synergism with ELAVL3 enhances target gene expression to promote neuronal maturity

Ya-Lin Lu, Yangjian Liu, Matthew J. McCoy, Andrew S.J. Yoo

The paper identifies miR-124's role in promoting neuronal maturity by enhancing target gene expression through interaction with ELAVL3.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · May 24, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Identification of a pangolin niche for a 2019-nCoV-like coronavirus through an extensive meta-metagenomic search

Lamia Wahba, Nimit Jain, Andrew Z. Fire, Massa J. Shoura, Karen L. Artiles, Matthew J. McCoy, Dae‐Eun Jeong

The paper performs a meta-metagenomic search to identify potential environmental niches for 2019-nCoV by analyzing virome datasets from the NCBI Sequence Read Archive.

bioRxiv · Feb 8, 2020 · PreprintBioinformatics