Daniel Krogull

The paper shows how a duplicated tRNA synthetase evolved into a novel toxin by losing its ancestral function and acquiring a new role in targeting Aurora kinase A.

The paper investigates how interdependent protein interactions evolve by studying toxin-antidote elements, finding that toxins and antidotes can arise simultaneously through the duplication of a regulatory module.

The paper identifies Mavericks, viral-like transposons, as vectors of horizontal gene transfer between divergent species, leading to genetic incompatibilities.

The paper investigates how selfish toxin-antidote elements evade silencing in C. tropicalis by showing maternal mRNA licenses zygotic expression through counteracting piRNAs.