Category: Research Papers

We described the effect of the plant hormone auxin and the auxin transport inhibitor BUM on the early development of the brown alga Dictyota dichotoma. pH and stability of the polarizing cue influences the effect size, placing the controversy on auxin function in fucoid algae Read More…

We have published the genome of Ulva mutabilis, the first green seaweed and an important crop species. Gene family expansions associated with multicellularity are distinct from those of freshwater algae.  Click for the full paper in Current Biology: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218310601

We published the implementation of the set ration in surprisal analysis on RNA-seq data, an information theoretic approach. The analysis allows the simultaneous meta-analysis of different sets of data mined on SRA together with newly generated data by explaining variation induced by strains and experimental Read More…

For a long time we failed to assemble a chloroplast genome in Boodlea. Now Andrea Del Cortona and Frederik Leliaert have finally established using long PacBio reads that the chloroplast genome is not a large circular molecule! An organellar genome that consist of small linear Read More…

We have described cell polarisation in the zygotes the oogamous brown alga Dictyota. Unlike the zygotes of Fucus, the fertilised egg cell quickly elongates along a predetermined axis in the egg. The resulting cell has 2 poles, of which one will develop into the basal Read More…