Andrea Barta

The paper shows alternative splicing generates regulatory lncRNAs from protein-coding genes in Arabidopsis, forming autoregulatory RNA-protein feedback loops under dark conditions.

This study identifies At-RS31 as a plant-specific splicing factor that regulates alternative splicing and integrates TOR and ABA signaling pathways through its binding targets and interactions with other splicing factors.

The paper shows that sugars act as mobile signals controlling alternative splicing in roots through the TOR kinase pathway, with mitochondria playing a key role in this process.

The paper develops AtRTD2, a comprehensive transcript dataset for Arabidopsis thaliana RNA-seq analysis, and introduces AtRTD2-QUASI to improve alternative splicing quantification.