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Columbus-Shenkar YY*, Sachkova MY*, Macrander J, Fridrich A, Modepalli V, Reitzel AM, Sunagar K, Moran Y (2018) Dynamics of venom composition across a complex life cycle. Dnyansagar R, Zimmermann B, Moran Y, Praher D, Sundberg P, Møller LF, Technau U (2018) Dispersal and speciation: The cross Atlantic relationship of two parasitic cnidarians. Modepalli V*, Fridrich A*, Agron M*, Moran Y (2018) The methyltransferase HEN1 is required in Nematostella vectensis for microRNA and piRNA stability as well as larval metamorphosis. Sunagar K*, Columbus-Shenkar YY*, Fridrich A, Gutkovitch N, Aharoni R, Moran Y (2018) Cell type-specific expression profiling unravels the development and evolution of stinging cells in sea anemone. Sachkova MY*, Singer SA*, Macrander J, Reitzel AM, Peigneur S, Tytgat J, Moran Y (2019) The birth and death of toxins with distinct functions: a case study in the sea anemone Nematostella.

Lewandowska M, Hazan Y, Moran Y (2020) Initial Virome Characterization of the Common Cnidarian Lab Model Nematostella vectensis. Tournière O, Dolan D, Richards GS, Sunagar K, Columbus-Shenkar YY, Moran Y, Rentzsch F (2020) NvPOU4/Brain3 Functions as a Terminal Selector Gene in the Nervous System of the Cnidarian Nematostella Vectensis. Sachkova MY, Macrander J, Surm JM, Aharoni R, Menard-Harvey SS, Klock A, Leach WB, Reitzel AM, Moran Y (2020) Some like it hot: population-specific adaptations in venom production to abiotic stressors in a widely distributed cnidarian. Admoni Y*, Kozlovski I*, Lewandowska M, Moran Y (2020) TATA Binding Protein (TBP) Promoter Drives Ubiquitous Expression of Marker Transgene in the Adult Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis.

Sachkova MY, Landau M*, Surm JM*, Macrander J, Singer SA, Reitzel AM, Moran Y (2020) Toxin-like neuropeptides in the sea anemone Nematostella unravel recruitment from the nervous system to venom. Fridrich A*, Modepalli V*, Lewandowska M, Aharoni R, Moran Y (2020) Unravelling the developmental and functional significance of an ancient Argonaute duplication. Praher D, Zimmermann B, Dnyansagar R, Miller DJ, Moya A, Modepalli V, Fridrich A, Sher D, Friis-Møller L, Sundberg P, Fôret S, Ashby R, Moran Y#, Technau U# (2021) Conservation and turnover of miRNAs and their highly complementary targets in early branching animals. Lewandowska M, Sharoni T, Admoni Y, Aharoni R, Moran Y (2021) Functional characterization of the cnidarian antiviral immune response reveals ancestral complexity. Tripathi AM, Admoni Y, Fridrich A, Lewandowska M, Surm JM, Aharoni R, Moran Y (2022) Functional characterization of a “plant-like” HYL1 homolog in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis indicates a conserved involvement in microRNA biogenesis.
