Anna Victoria Protasio

The paper identifies activation of the innate immune stress pathway as a mechanism linking heterochromatin dysfunction to pathological phenotypes in C. elegans and human cells.

The paper identifies two retrotransposons in Schistosoma mansoni and shows they are horizontally transferred to intermediate hosts and other unrelated organisms.

This study analyzes genome-specific duplications in flatworms, finding overrepresented functional categories and conserved expression patterns among inparalogs, supporting gene duplication's role in their evolution.

The paper identifies a novel endogenous retrovirus in hookworms with an envelope protein structurally similar to phlebovirus glycoproteins and functional fusogenic activity.

The paper identifies TASOR as a pseudo-PARP essential for HUSH complex assembly and epigenetic repression of transposons.

The paper shows that Ago proteins in Schistosoma mansoni control retrotransposable elements, despite lacking the piRNA pathway.