Stephanie H. Nowotarski

Fission yeast Fss1, a PQ-loop membrane protein, acts in diploids to build full-thickness, chitin-containing spore walls and within spores to maintain vacuole morphology and timely germination.

The paper identifies Cth1 as a spatio-temporally regulated maternal RNA decay factor essential for zebrafish development, showing its role in promoting deadenylation and decay of maternal mRNAs.

This study shows that Cth1 is essential for gametogenesis and fertility in zebrafish, with loss of function causing infertility and gamete abnormalities.

This study uses X-ray tomography to compare internal polyp architecture across four coral species, revealing species-specific patterns of tissue organization and connectivity.

This study shows that the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis uses a synaptonemal complex with divergent and sex-specific meiotic functions, challenging assumptions about SC mechanistic homology.

This study investigates nucleolar changes during zebrafish oogenesis and finds similar patterns in mouse oocytes, suggesting conserved nucleolar remodeling for translational adaptation.

This study examines how stress and aging affect spore health in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, identifying declines in germination, asymmetry, and stress tolerance.

This study investigates reproductive adaptations in Astyanax mexicanus under nutrient limitation, finding cavefish maintain breeding ability under starvation due to increased maternal nutrient deposition and specific gene expression changes.

The paper identifies five maternal mRNAs critical for zebrafish embryogenesis and reveals Cth1's role as a spatio-temporal RNA decay factor.

This paper characterizes a new planarian isolate, Girardia sp. (Guanajuato), at morphological, cellular, and molecular levels to identify unique traits and facilitate future comparisons.

The paper identifies dynamic stem cell microenvironments in planarians that support regeneration by associating with diverse cell types.

This study identifies Hox gene functions in adult tissue segmentation and asexual reproduction in planarians, showing distinct roles for hox3 and post2b.

The paper constructs a planarian anatomy ontology to standardize nomenclature and enable cross-platform data integration and curation.