Elisa Pischedda

The paper describes a bioinformatic framework to annotate Endogenous Viral Elements in genomes and identify sample-specific viral integrations using whole-genome sequencing data.

The paper presents an improved genome assembly of Aedes albopictus, revealing new biological features and enabling population and developmental studies.

ViR improves detection of viral integrations in repetitive genomes by addressing intrasample variability using paired-end WGS data and a viral database.

This study analyzes NIRVS in Aedes albopictus to determine their role in mosquito immunity, finding they are dynamic and may contribute to antiviral defense through piRNA clusters and gene exons.