Vengamanaidu Modepalli

The paper compares larval single-cell transcriptomes of sponges and cnidarians to explore the evolutionary origins of neural and sensory cell types.

The paper reports the de-novo genome of Edwardsia elegans, highlighting genomic conservation and variation within cnidarians.

This study shows that sponge regeneration mimics postlarval development by using transcriptomic analysis to compare regeneration with embryonic stages.