Sarit Smolikove

This study identifies BRA-2 and HIM-17 as distinct factors involved in meiotic synapsis licensing and homolog pairing in C. elegans.

The paper examines how MRE-11 recruitment to clustered DNA damage in C. elegans germ cells is regulated by meiosis-specific chromosome organization and repair pathways.

This study identifies unique roles of RPA complexes in C. elegans meiosis, showing RPA-2 is essential for replication and repair, while RPA-4 inhibits RAD-51 and promotes apoptosis.