2023

• Lewin TD, Luo YJ* (2023) Transitions and trade-offs in regeneration. Nature Ecology & Evolution. | Link

• Liao IJY†, Lu TM†, Chen ME, Luo YJ* (2023) Spiralian genomics and the evolution of animal genome architecture. Briefings in Functional Genomics 22, 498–508. (†contributed equally) | Link

• Hulett RE†, Kimura JO†, Bolaños DM†, Luo YJ†, Rivera-Lopez C, Ricci L, Srivastava M* (2023) Acoel single-cell atlas reveals expression dynamics and heterogeneity of adult pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications 14, 2612. (†contributed equally) | Link

Before joining Academia Sinica

• Gehrke AR, Neverett E, Luo YJ, Brandt A, Ricci L, Hulett RE, Gompers A, Ruby JG, Rokhsar DS, Reddien PW, Srivastava M* (2019) Acoel genome reveals the regulatory landscape of whole-body regeneration. Science 363, eaau6173. | Link

• Luo YJ*, Kanda M, Koyanagi R, Hisata K, Akiyama T, Sakamoto H, Sakamoto T, Satoh N* (2018) Nemertean and phoronid genomes reveal lophotrochozoan evolution and the origin of bilaterian heads. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 141–151. | Behind the Paper | Link

• Zhao R, Takeuchi T*, Luo YJ, Ishikawa A, Kobayashi T, Koyanagi R, Villar-Briones A, Yamada L, Sawada H, Iwanaga S, Nagai K, Satoh N, Endo K (2018) Dual gene repertoires for larval and adult shells reveal molecules essential for molluscan shell formation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 11, 2751–2761. | Link

• Gerdol M*, Luo YJ, Satoh N, Pallavicini A (2018) Genetic and molecular basis of the immune system in the brachiopod Lingula anatina. Developmental & Comparative Immunology 82, 7–30. | Link

• Shimizu K*, Luo YJ, Satoh N, Endo K (2017) Possible co-option of engrailed during brachiopod and mollusc shell development. Biology Letters 13, 20170254. | Link

• Mochizuki T, Luo YJ, Tsai HF, Hagiwara A, Masai I* (2017) Cell division and cadherin-mediated adhesion regulate lens epithelial cell movement in zebrafish. Development 144, 708–719. | Link

• Luo YJ*, Takeuchi T, Koyanagi R, Yamada L, Kanda M, Khalturina M, Fujie M, Yamasaki S, Endo K, Satoh N* (2015) The Lingula genome provides insights into brachiopod evolution and the origin of phosphate biomineralization. Nature Communications 6, 8301. | Link

• Luo YJ*, Satoh N, Endo K (2015) Mitochondrial gene order variation in the brachiopod Lingula anatina and its implications for mitochondrial evolution in lophotrochozoans. Marine Genomics 24, 31–40. | Link

• Zhang QJ†, Luo YJ†, Wu HR, Chen YT, Yu JK* (2013) Expression of germline markers in three species of amphioxus supports a preformation mechanism of germ cell development in cephalochordates. EvoDevo 4, 17. (†contributed equally) | Link 

• Luo YJ, Su YH* (2012) Opposing Nodal and BMP signals regulate left–right asymmetry in the sea urchin larva. PLOS Biology 10, e1001402. | Link

• Lu TM, Luo YJ, Yu JK* (2012) BMP and Delta/Notch signaling control the development of amphioxus epidermal sensory neurons: insights into the evolution of the peripheral sensory system. Development 139, 2020–2030. | Link

• Wu HR, Chen YT, Su YH, Luo YJ, Holland LZ, Yu JK* (2011) Asymmetric localization of germline markers Vasa and Nanos during early development in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae. Developmental Biology 353, 147–159. | Link

• Chen JH, Luo YJ, Su YH* (2011) The dynamic gene expression patterns of transcription factors constituting the sea urchin aboral ectoderm gene regulatory network. Developmental Dynamics 240, 250–260. | Link

• Luo YJ, Wang LH, Chen WNU, Peng SE, Tzen JTC, Hsiao YY, Huang HJ, Fang LS, Chen CS* (2009) Ratiometric imaging of gastrodermal lipid bodies in coral–dinoflagellate endosymbiosis. Coral Reefs 28, 289–301. | Link

• Peng SE, Luo YJ, Huang HJ, Lee IT, Hou LH, Chen WNU, Fang LS, Chen CS* (2008) Isolation of tissue layers in hermatypic corals by N-acetylcysteine: morphological and proteomic examinations. Coral Reefs 27, 133–142. | Link