Jonas Brandenburg

The paper sequenced Norwegian farmhouse yeasts to study their genetic diversity and domestication history, finding they form an early diverging lineage with distinct phylogenetic and population genetic characteristics.

The paper shows that transcriptome maturation during the cell cycle enables multilineage competence in cardiopharyngeal progenitors by coupling fate decisions with cell cycle phases.

This study creates a single-cell atlas of gene expression, transcription, and chromatin accessibility in sea urchin embryos, revealing dynamic regulatory elements and lineage-specific gene activation patterns.