The assembly of the neuronal and other major cell type programs occurred early in animal
evolution. We can reconstruct this process by studying non-bilaterians like placozoans …

Collectively, we have been reviewers for microbial ecology, genetics and genomics studies
that include environmental DNA (eDNA), microbiome studies, and whole bacterial genome …

Gasdermins (GSDMs) are pore-forming proteins that execute pyroptosis for immune
defense. GSDMs are two-domain proteins activated by proteolytic removal of the inhibitory …

The intensification of aquaculture has escalated disease outbreaks and overuse of
antibiotics, driving the global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis. Antimicrobial peptides …

The innovation of multicellularity has driven the unparalleled evolution of animals (Metazoa).
But how is a multicellular organism formed and how is its architecture maintained faithfully …

Placozoans are morphologically the simplest free-living animals. They represent a unique
window of opportunities to understand both the origin of the animal organization and the …

Many known evolutionary lineages have yet to be described formally due to a lack of
traditional morphological characters. This is true for genetically distinctive groups within the …

As the simplest free-living animal, Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa) is emerging as a
powerful paradigm to decipher molecular and cellular bases of behavior, enabling …

The phylum Placozoa remains one of the least explored among early-branching metazoan
lineages. For over 130 years, this phylum had been represented by the single species …

The marine animal phylum Placozoa is characterized by a poorly explored cryptic
biodiversity combined with very limited knowledge of their ecology. While placozoans are …