Sreeja Sarasamma

This study develops a germline-specific reporter in a jawless vertebrate, revealing conserved germline regulatory mechanisms and PGC dynamics across jawless and jawed species.

The paper uses PIP-seq to analyze gonadal cell transcriptomes in sea lamprey, identifying gene expression patterns associated with germ cell development and sexual differentiation.

The paper generates zebrafish knockouts of atxn1a, atxn1b, and atxn1l to study their roles, finding distinct and shared developmental, behavioral, and transcriptomic effects.