Hayley Dickinson

The paper characterizes gene transcription initiation in spiny mouse embryos and compares it to human and common mouse embryos, finding a more human-like pattern in spiny mice.

This paper generates a reference transcriptome for the spiny mouse using Illumina RNA sequencing and validates the EvidentialGene tr2aacds pipeline for de novo assembly.

This paper reports the first observation of menstruation in a rodent, the spiny mouse, providing a non-primate model for studying menstrual and pregnancy-related diseases.