Baira K. Godneeva

The paper shows that Rhi recruitment to genomic targets in Drosophila is mediated by a combination of H3K9me3 binding and a piRNA-guided scaffold involving Panx and Kipf.

This study identifies Bonus, a Drosophila TIF1 homolog, as a repressor of tissue-specific genes through SUMOylation-dependent recruitment of repressive chromatin complexes.

The paper identifies sex-specific piRNA regulation of transposons and host genes in D. melanogaster male germline, revealing paralog-specific gene silencing.

The paper shows that Su(var)2-10 regulates gene expression in euchromatin and heterochromatin by establishing H3K9me3 and providing negative feedback.

This study shows that SUMO and Su(var)2-10 are required for piRNA-guided chromatin silencing in Drosophila by linking target recognition to histone methyltransferase recruitment.