Publications
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Singh, A.; Häußermann, L.; Emmerich, C.; Nischwitz, E.; Seah, B.; Butter, F.; Nowacki, M.; Swart, E.: ISWI1 complex proteins facilitate developmental genome editing in Paramecium. Genome Research Epub ahead (2024)

Seah, B.; Singh, A.; Vetter, D.; Emmerich, C.; Peters, M.; Soltys, V.; Huettel, B.; Swart, E.: Nuclear dualism without extensive DNA elimination in the ciliate Loxodes magnus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121 (39), e2400503121 (2024)

Häußermann, L.; Singh, A.; Swart, E.: Two paralogous PHD finger proteins participate in natural genome editing in Paramecium tetraurelia. Journal of Cell Science 137 (16), jcs.261979 (2024)

Seah, B.; Swart, E.: When cleaning facilitates cluttering: genome editing in ciliates. Trends in Genetics 39 (5), pp. 344 - 346 (2023)

Seah, B.; Singh, M.; Emmerich, C.; Singh, A.; Woehle, C.; Huettel, B.; Byerly, A.; Stover, N.; Sugiura, M.; Harumoto, T. et al.; Swart, E.: MITE infestation accommodated by genome editing in the germline genome of the ciliate Blepharisma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (4), e2213985120 (2023)

Singh, M.; Seah, B.; Emmerich, C.; Singh, A.; Woehle, C.; Huettel, B.; Byerly, A.; Stover, N.; Sugiura, M.; Harumoto, T. et al.; Swart, E.: Origins of genome-editing excisases as illuminated by the somatic genome of the ciliate Blepharisma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (4), e2213887120 (2023)

Singh, A.; Maurer-Alcalá, X.; Solberg, T.; Haeussermann, L.; Gisler, S.; Ignarski , M.; Swart, E.; Nowacki, M.: Chromatin remodeling is required for sRNA-guided DNA elimination in Paramecium. EMBO Journal 41 (22), e111839 (2022)

Seah, B.; Emmerich, C.; Singh, A.; Swart, E.: Improved methods for bulk cultivation and fixation of Loxodes ciliates for fluorescence microscopy. Protist 173 (5), 125905 (2022)

Seah, B.; Singh, A.; Swart, E.: Karyorelict ciliates use an ambiguous genetic code with context-dependent stop/sense codons. Peer Community Journal 2, e42 (2022)

Rzeszutek, I.; Swart, E.; Pabian-Jewuła, S.; Russo, A.; Nowacki, M.: Early developmental, meiosis-specific proteins - Spo11, Msh4-1, and Msh5 - Affect subsequent genome reorganization in Paramecium tetraurelia. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta: Molecular Cell Research 1869 (6), 119239 (2022)

Seah, B.; Swart, E.: BleTIES: Annotation of natural genome editing in ciliates using long read sequencing. Bioinformatics 37 (21), btab613, pp. 3929 - 3931 (2021)

Mozzicafreddo, M.; Pucciarelli, S.; Swart, E.; Piersanti, A.; Emmerich, C.; Migliorelli, G.; Ballarini, P.; Miceli, C.: The macronuclear genome of the Antarctic psychrophilic marine ciliate Euplotes focardii reveals new insights on molecular cold adaptation. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 18782 (2021)

Sayavedra, L.; Li, T.; Bueno Batista, M.; Seah, B.; Booth, C.; Zhai, Q.; Chen, W.; Narbad, A.: Desulfovibrio diazotrophicus sp. nov., a sulfate-reducing bacterium from the human gut capable of nitrogen fixation. Environmental Microbiology 23 (6), pp. 3164 - 3181 (2021)

Rzeszutek, I.; Singh, A.: Small RNAs, Big Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (16), 5699 (2020)

Faktorová, D.; Nisbet, R.; Fernández Robledo , J.; Casacuberta, E.; Sudek, L.; Allen, A.; Ares, M.; Balestreri, C.; Barbrook, A.; Beardslee, P. et al.; Bender, S.; Booth, D.; Bouget, Y.-F.; Bowler, C.; Breglia, S.; Brownlee, C.; Burger, G.; Cerutti, H.; Cesaroni, R.; Chiurillo, M.; Clemente, T.; Coles, D.; Collier, J.; Cooney, E.; Coyne, K.; Docampo, R.; Dupont, C.; Edgcomb, V.; Einarsson, E.; Elustondo, P.; Federici, F.; Freire-Beneitez, V.; Freyria, N.; Fukuda, K.; García, P.; Girguis, P.; Gomaa, R.; Gornik, S.; Guo, J.; Hampl, V.; Hanawa, Y.; Haro-Contreras, E.; Hehenberger, E.; Highfield, A.; Hirakawa, Y.; Hopes, A.; Howe, C.; Hu, I.; Ibañez, J.; Irwin, N.; Ishii, Y.; Janowicz, N.; Jones, A.; Kachele, A.; Fujimura-Kamada, K.; Kaur, B.; Kaye, J.; Kazana, A.; Keeling, P.; King, N.; Klobutcher, L.; Lander, N.; Lassadi, I.; Li, Z.; Lin, S.; Lozano, J.-C.; Luan, F.; Maruyama, S.; Matute, T.; Miceli, C.; Minagawa, J.; Moosburner, M.; Najle, S.; Nanjappa, D.; Nimmo, I.; Noble, L.; Novák Vanclová, A.; Nowacki, M.; Nuñez, I.; Pain, A.; Piersanti, A.; Pucciarelli, S.; Pyrih, J.; Rest, J.; Rius, M.; Robertson, D.; Ruaud, A.; Ruiz-Trillo, I.; Sigg, M.; Silver, P.; Slamovits, C.; Smith, G.; Sprecher, B.; Stern, R.; Swart, E.; Tsaousis, A.; Tsypin, L.; Turkewitz, A.; Turnšek, J.; Valach, M.; Vergé, V.; von Dassow, P.; von der Haar, T.; Waller, R.; Wang, L.; Wen, X.; Wheeler, G.; Woods, A.; Zhang, H.; Mock, T.; Worden, A.; Lukeš, J.: Publisher Correction: Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology. Nature Methods 17 (5), 551 (2020)

Faktorová, D.; Nisbet, R.; Fernández Robledo , J.; Casacuberta, E.; Sudek, L.; Allen, A.; Ares, M.; Balestreri, C.; Barbrook, A.; Beardslee, P. et al.; Bender, S.; Booth, D.; Bouget, Y.-F.; Bowler, C.; Breglia, S.; Brownlee, C.; Burger, G.; Cerutti, H.; Cesaroni, R.; Chiurillo, M.; Clemente, T.; Coles, D.; Collier, J.; Cooney, E.; Coyne, K.; Docampo, R.; Dupont, C.; Edgcomb, V.; Einarsson, E.; Elustondo, P.; Federici, F.; Freire-Beneitez, V.; Freyria, N.; Fukuda, K.; García, P.; Girguis, P.; Gomaa, R.; Gornik, S.; Guo, J.; Hampl, V.; Hanawa, Y.; Haro-Contreras, E.; Hehenberger, E.; Highfield, A.; Hirakawa, Y.; Hopes, A.; Howe, C.; Hu, I.; Ibañez, J.; Irwin, N.; Ishii, Y.; Janowicz, N.; Jones, A.; Kachele, A.; Fujimura-Kamada, K.; Kaur, B.; Kaye, J.; Kazana, A.; Keeling, P.; King, N.; Klobutcher, L.; Lander, N.; Lassadi, I.; Li, Z.; Lin, S.; Lozano, J.-C.; Luan, F.; Maruyama, S.; Matute, T.; Miceli, C.; Minagawa, J.; Moosburner, M.; Najle, S.; Nanjappa, D.; Nimmo, I.; Noble, L.; Novák Vanclová, A.; Nowacki, M.; Nuñez, I.; Pain, A.; Piersanti, A.; Pucciarelli, S.; Pyrih, J.; Rest, J.; Rius, M.; Robertson, D.; Ruaud, A.; Ruiz-Trillo, I.; Sigg, M.; Silver, P.; Slamovits, C.; Smith, G.; Sprecher, B.; Stern, R.; Swart, E.; Tsaousis, A.; Tsypin, L.; Turkewitz, A.; Turnšek, J.; Valach, M.; Vergé, V.; von Dassow, P.; von der Haar, T.; Waller, R.; Wang, L.; Wen, X.; Wheeler, G.; Woods, A.; Zhang, H.; Mock, T.; Worden, A.; Lukeš, J.: Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology. Nature Methods 17 (5), pp. 481 - 494 (2020)

Lazzaretti, D.; Bandholz-Cajamarca, L.; Emmerich, C.; Schaaf, K.; Basquin, C.; Irion, U.; Bono, F.: The crystal structure of Staufen1 in complex with a physiological RNA sheds light on substrate selectivity. Life science alliance 1 (5), e201800187 (2018)

Swart, E.: An endosymbiosis that got stuck? Observations of genome evolution in the mixotrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum. In UZI SIP 2024: Congress Congiunto, p. 132. UZI SIP 2024: Congress Congiunto: 83. Congresso Unione Zoologica Italiana, 34. Congresso Società Italiana di Protistologia, Pisa, Italy, September 11, 2024 - September 14, 2024. (2024)

Shaikhutdinov, N.; Seah, B.; Emmerich, C.; Moeller, H.; Paight, C.; Johnson, M.; Swart, E.: Absence of spliceosomal introns in the mixotrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum: how did they disappear? In 2024 PSA-ISOP-ISEP Joint Meeting, pp. 227 - 228. 2024 PSA-ISOP-ISEP Joint Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, July 29, 2024 - August 01, 2024. (2024)

Shaikhutdinov, N.; Seah, B.; Emmerich, C.; Moeller, H.; Paight, C.; Johnson, M.; Swart, E.: Absence of spliceosomal introns in the mixotrophic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum: how did they disappear? In SMBE 2023, p. 443. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Conference 2023 (SMBE 2023), Ferrara, Italy, July 23, 2023 - July 27, 2023. (2023)