Anne Aasjord

The paper uses single-cell sequencing to study gene expression during the life cycle of Oikopleura dioica, identifying cell types and genes involved in house-producing epithelium development.

This study experimentally examines Prochlorococcus predation by appendicularians, finding retention rates increase with prey concentration and predator age, and that both ecotypes HLI and HLII are equally grazed.

The paper builds a behavioral atlas of Oikopleura dioica across its life cycle, revealing developmental changes in behavior and morphology that suggest deep evolutionary origins of chordate behavioral plasticity.