Publications of the Institute

Baur, T.; Allaart, M.; Zipperle, A.; Contreras, G.; Fink, C.; Angenent, L.; Molitor, B.: Metabolic engineering of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ΔH for recombinant acetoin production. Metabolic Engineering Communications 22, e00275 (2026)

Harada, M.; Fu, G.; Badis, Y.; Cock, J.; Coelho, S.; Nagasato, C.; Motomura, T.: Functional roles of mastigonemes in Ectocarpus gamete swimming revealed by CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis. Protoplasma 263 (3), pp. 943 - 954 (2026)

Isbilir, B.; von Kügelgen, A.; Alva, V.; Bharat, T.: Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers. Nature Reviews Microbiology 24 (5), pp. 344 - 358 (2026)

Qiu, K.; Lupas, A.; Dunin-Horkawicz, S.: pLM-Repeat: Exploiting the sequence representations of protein language models for sensitive repeat detection. Protein Science 35 (5), e70541 (2026)

Stelbrink, B.; Teasdale, L.; Criscione, F.; Köhler, F.: Employing exon capture to resolve species-level relationships in Australian Arid Zone camaenid land snails. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 218, 108570 (2026)

Wang, S.; Bezrukov, I.; Wu, P.-J.; Gauß, H.; Timmermans, M.; Weigel, D.: Cell-type specific gating of gene regulatory modules as a hallmark of early immune responses in Arabidopsis leaves. New Phytologist 250 (4), pp. 2007 - 2025 (2026)

Basu, S.; Steenbergen, P.; Gabler, F.; Paix, A.; Ronchi, P.; Bourenkov, G.; Schneider, T.; Hellgoth, J.; Kreshuk, A.; Özbek, S. et al.; Ikmi, A.: Mesoglea biogenesis reveals a cryptic aboral valve for pressure regulation in cnidarian morphogenesis. Science Advances 12 (16), adz2530 (2026)

Buchfink, B.; Barbé, É.; Ashkenazy, H.; Reuter, K.; Kennedy, J.; Drost, H.-G.: Clustering the protein universe of life using DIAMOND DeepClust. Nature Methods 23 (4), pp. 724 - 727 (2026)

Garriga-Canut, M.; Cannon, N.; Benton, M.; Zanon, A.; Horsfield, S.; Scheurich, J.; Remans, K.; Lees, J.; Paix, A.; van Gestel, J.: Unlocking CRISPR-Cas9 editing for widely diverse Dictyostelid species. Molecular Systems Biology 22 (4), pp. 599 - 619 (2026)

Hsueh, Y.: In the trap of Arthrobotrys. Nature Microbiology 11 (4), pp. 841 - 842 (2026)

Huang, X.; Du, Z.; Chen, X.; Zhang, J.; Liu, W.; Yang, Y.; Du, A.; Ma, G.: Host insulin hijacking by a nematode receptor mediates developmental plasticity and sex ratio shifts. Nature Communications Epub ahead (2026)

Lee, Y.-Y.; Vidal-Diez de Ulzurrun, G.; Tay, R.; Hsueh, Y.-P.: Establishment of a Congenic Strain for the Oyster mushroom reveals the Structure and Evolution of Mating-Type Loci. PLOS Genetics 22 (4), e101196 (2026)

Nozaki, H.; Matsuzaki, R.; Takahashi, K.; Ueki, N.; Higashiyama, T.; Kawachi, M.; Tanabe, Y.: Distribution of rickettsial endosymbionts and their possible transmission within the Pleodorina japonica (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) population. Journal of Phycology 62 (2), pp. 293 - 303 (2026)

Ntihuga, J.-N.; Usack, J.; Mayer, R.; Kinbokun, A.; Yesil, H.; Zhou, M.; Angenent, L.: Dried-bakery waste as a substrate for n-caproate and n-1 caprylate production via chain elongation: bakeroate. Waste Management 216, 115454 (2026)

Oya, S.: Heat-induced Mutator: DNA repair polymerase Polλ shapes mutation under heat. The Plant Cell Epub ahead, koag100 (2026)

Pircher, H.; Thomas, O.; Haefke, A.; Oxenius, A.; Boehm, T.: Increased Constitutive Interferon-β Levels and Altered CD4 T Cell Homeostasis Induced by Expression of a Viral Glycoprotein. European Journal of Immunology 56 (4), e70188 (2026)

Quiobe, S.; Kalirad, A.; Zurheide, R.; Witte, H.; Rödelsperger, C.; Sommer, R.: Vitamin B12 induces memory of predation through vitellogenin provisioning. Nature Communications 17, 3408 (2026)

Schlaiß, C.; Baur, S.; Marsh, J.; Gemeinhardt, K.; Angenent, L.: Genetic modification of Clostridium kluyveri for heterologous n-butanol and n-hexanol production. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 92 (4), e0005826 (2026)

Tautz, D.; Pallares, L.; Andersson, L.; Barghi, N.; Barton, N.; Bay, R.; Chan, Y.; Hancock, A.; Kaiser, T.; Koenig, D. et al.; Kontarakis, Z.; Liedvogel, M.; de Meaux, J.; Nordborg, M.; Palmer, A.; Purugganan, M.; Schlötterer, C.; Schmid, K.; Stainier, D.; Weigel, D.; Wolf, J.; Ebert, D.; Gibson, G.: Beyond Mendel: a call to revisit the genotype-phenotype map through new experimental paradigms. Genetics 232 (4), iyag024 (2026)

Vigneau, J.; Lotharukpong, J.; Liu, P.; Luthringer, R.; Lombard, P.; Haas, F.; Borg, M.; Coelho, S.: Evolution of a distinct chromatin regulatory landscape in brown algae. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10 (4), pp. 779 - 793 (2026)