Marek Eliáš

This study describes a non-photosynthetic protist, Ciliophrys sp. Baltic, which lacks a plastid but hosts a bacterial endosymbiont, providing insights into plastid loss and endosymbiont acquisition.

This study presents over 50 newly sequenced organellar genomes from eustigmatophyte algae, revealing insights into their phylogeny and unique mitochondrial gene evolution.

The paper shows that Euglenozoa replaced the Mic60 subunit of the MICOS complex with two mitofilin-containing proteins, Mic34 and Mic40, which have distinct structural and functional properties.

The paper resolves conflicting phylogenetic placements of Streptofilum capillatum by identifying contamination in transcriptome data, confirming its position as a sister group to other streptophytes.

This study identifies ArfR GTPases in Asgard archaea, showing they are ancestral to eukaryotic Arf family proteins and suggest early evolution of endomembrane systems.

This study reveals two independent plastid losses in ochrophyte lineages through comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of 25 transcriptomes.

The paper identifies the structural features responsible for far-red light absorption in eustigmatophyte algae using spectroscopic and phylogenetic analyses.

The paper identifies a new family of Trebouxiophyceae, describes two new genera, and reclassifies Chlorolobion as a trebouxiophyte.

This paper presents high-quality genome assemblies of Monodopsis and Vischeria, sister species to Nannochloropsis, revealing insights into their biology and evolution.

The paper identifies an exceptional expansion of minor introns in Physarum polycephalum, showing transformed splicing signals and increased efficiency compared to other species.