Peter Arensburger’s lab research focuses on exploring various genome structures, including transposable elements and small RNAs. The laboratory uses computer analysis methods to describe and analyse known patterns in genome DNA sequences, as well as to discover new ones. The laboratory uses data from high throughput sequencing experiments to inform this work, including techniques such as RNA-Seq and small RNA sequencing. Understanding such patterns helps to shed light on questions of genome evolution as well as on some practical applications.
Recent Grants and Fellowships:
- Fulbright Foundation, Fulbright Scholar, “Genomics beyond genes, developing computer methods to describe genomic DNA”Czech Republic, $16,500, Fall 2018
- Le STUDIUM, Research Fellow, “Impact of space segregation between micro and macrochromosomes on distribution of both kinds of transposable elements in avian genomes”, 2014-2015
Selected Publications:
- With S.A. Deshpande, M. Meiselman, R.H. Hice, C. Rivera-Perez, D.H. Kim, R.L. Croft, F.G. Noriega and M.E. Adams. “Ecdysis Triggering Hormone Receptors Regulate Male Courtship Behavior via Antennal Lobe Interneurons in Drosophila,” General and Comparative Endocrinology, December 2018
- With B. Piégu, F. Guillou and Y. Bigot, “But Where Did the Centromeres Go in the Chicken Genome Models?” Chromosome Research, September 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10577-018-9585-0
- With Z. Heba, R. Hice and B.A. Federici, “Transcriptome analysis of the Spodoptera frugiperda ascovirus in vivo provides insights into how its apoptosis inhibitors and caspase promote increased synthesis of viral vesicles and virion progeny,” J Virol. Sep 27, 2017, pii: JVI.00874-17. doi:10.1128/JVI.00874-17
- With B. Piégu and Y. Bigot, “The Future of Transposable Element Annotation and Their Classification in the Light of Functional Genomics – What We Can Learn from the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine?” Mobile Genetic Elements 6 (6): e1256852, 2016 doi:10.1080/2159256X.2016.1256852
- With S. Bire, S. Casteret, B. Piégu, L. Beauclair, N. Moiré and Y. Bigot, “Mariner Transposons Contain a Silencer: Possible Role of the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2,” edited by Cédric Feschotte, PLOS Genetics 12 (3): e1005902, 2016 doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005902
- With R.C. Chaw, T.H. Clarke, N.A. Ayoub and C.Y. Hayashi, “Candidate Egg Case Silk Genes for the Spider Argiope Argentata from Differential Gene Expression Analyses: Candidate Egg Case Silk Genes for A. Argentata,” Insect Molecular Biology, August, 2016, doi:10.1111/imb.12260
- With A. Papanicolaou, M.F. Schetelig, P.W. Atkinson, J.B. Benoit, K. Bourtzis, P. Castañera, et al. “The Whole Genome Sequence of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis Capitata (Wiedemann), Reveals Insights into the Biology and Adaptive Evolution of a Highly Invasive Pest Species,” Genome Biology 17:192, 2016 doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1049-2
- With M. Gulia-Nuss, A.B. Nuss, J.M. Meyer, D.E. Sonenshine, R.M. Roe, R.M. Waterhouse, and D.B. Sattelle, et al. “Genomic Insights into the Ixodes Scapularis Tick Vector of Lyme Disease,” Nature Communications 7, February 2016: 10507 doi:10.1038/ncomms10507
- With S. Guizard, B. Piégu, F. Guillou and Y. Bigot, “Deep Landscape Update of Dispersed and Tandem Repeats in the Genome Model of the Red Jungle Fowl, Gallus Gallus, Using a Series of de Novo Investigating Tools,” BMC Genomics 17 (659), 2016 doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3015-5
Education:
B.S., Zoology, University of Maryland
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Connecticut, Storrs
Languages:
French, Russian