Riccardo Aiese Cigliano

The paper identifies MIKC MADS-box transcription factors ABS/TT16 and STK as regulators of maternal nutrient flow during ovule maturation and seed development in Arabidopsis.

The paper identifies and validates p-coumaroyl-CoA 2'-hydroxylases as key enzymes in oxyresveratrol biosynthesis in mulberry, using genomic, transcriptomic, and functional approaches.

The paper identifies two enzymes in wax worm saliva that oxidize and depolymerize polyethylene, overcoming a key bottleneck in plastic biodegradation.

The paper evaluates microbiome analyses by generating virtualomes to reveal limitations in current methods and confirms findings using Galleria mellonella larvae.

The paper presents genomic data from a Late Epigravettian individual in Italy dated to 16,980-16,510 cal BP, showing genetic replacement associated with the emergence of Late Epigravettian culture, pushing back the spread of a Balkan/Anatolian genetic component by 3,000 years.

GAIA is a metagenomics analysis tool that outperforms existing pipelines in shotgun and 16S metagenomics with high accuracy and efficiency.

The paper investigates how a pericentric inversion in Arabidopsis affects meiotic recombination, finding suppressed crossovers in the inverted region and increased crossovers in other chromosomes in male meiosis, but not in female meiosis.