Publications

 
  • F11. NEURAL CIRCUIT DYSREGULATION IN RBFOX1 MUTANT ZEBRAFISH
    Adel MR Antón-Galindo E Tobías-Olave M Martos-Guillamet A Castro G Vidal-Casasayas O Leggieri A Brennan CH et al.
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • F34. GENETIC NURTURE EFFECTS ON PSYCHIATRIC TRAITS IN EARLY ADULTHOOD: EVIDENCE FROM A UK TWIN COHORT
    Lin Y Ayorech Z Procopio F Keser E Kawakami K Eley T Malanchini M Rimfeld K et al.
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • F35. THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH IS DRIVEN BY SHARED GENETIC LIABILITY
    Sheir S Darrous L Kutalik Z Malanchini M Davies N Pingault J-B
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • F70. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN POLYGENIC SCORES FOR NEURODEVELOPMENTAL AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS WITH HYPOMANIC SYMPTOMS IN YOUNG PEOPLE
    Hosang G Musial A Liao W Taylor M Ronald A Malanchini M
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • F84. INTEGRATING EPIGENETIC AND POLYGENIC INDICES TO EXPLAIN MISSING VARIANCE IN NEURODEVELOPMENTAL AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOURAL CONDITIONS ACROSS DEVELOPMENT
    Sansum S Liao W Knott JS van Dongen J Raffington L Malanchini M
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • T100. GENETIC ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN EARLY NEURODEVELOPMENTAL TRAITS AND HEALTH AND FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OVER THE LIFE COURSE
    Liao W Musial A Caserini C Agnew-Blais J James S-N Ronald A Malanchini M Michelini G
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • T86. EPIGENETIC AGE ACCELERATION AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DIFFICULTIES FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY ADULTHOOD
    Liao W Sansum S Knott JS Raffington L Malanchini M
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • W103. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN POLYGENIC RISK SCORES FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS AND DISORDERED GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR
    Paul A Malanchini M Liao W Knyspel J Agnew-Blais J
    European Neuropsychopharmacology, Elsevier vol. 111 
    01-10-2026
  • Direct Pharmacological Activation of AMPK Extends Lifespan in Yeast, Worms and Flies
    dos Santos E Blickling M Leiper FC Alao J Lennicke C Foley A Wilson JR Gamblin SJ et al.
    Aging Cell, Wiley vol. 25 (10) 
    29-09-2026
  • Multivariate genetic analyses test for the presence of a general ‘n’ factor underlying neurodevelopmental conditions
    Morgan MJ Malanchini M Robinson EB Ronald A
    Jcpp Advances, Wiley 
    29-09-2026
  • Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography
    Morales AE Liang Y Thomas WR Leushkin EV Castellanos FX Larkin DM Brown T Fromm B et al.
    Nature, Springer Nature vol. 658 (8134), 141-152.  
    23-09-2026
  • Phenotypic divergence is driven by mobile genetic elements in a heritable insect symbiont
    Panossian B Kolp MR Wu T Tallapragada K Patel V Goldstein EB Oliver KM Henry LM et al.
    Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences vol. 123 (39) 
    21-09-2026
  • European ash pangenome reveals widespread structural variation and genetic basis of low ash dieback susceptibility
    Wood DP Vatanparast M Galanti D Gudgeon C Wheeler K Curran E Yant L Whittet R et al.
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1) 
    17-09-2026
  • Signaling mechanisms of vasopressin/oxytocin-type neuropeptide-induced muscle contraction in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus
    Liu H Cong X Elphick MR Chen M
    Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, Elsevier vol. 310 
    03-09-2026
  • Robust inference and correlates from genetic associations with personality
    Schwaba T Clapp Sullivan ML Akingbuwa WA Ilves K Tanksley PT Williams CM Dragostinov Y Mallard TT et al.
    Nature, Springer Nature, 1-11.  
    02-09-2026
  • Editorial: Patients as Pupils: Understanding the Links Between Psychiatric Disorders and Educational Attainment
    Wertz J Malanchini M
    Journal of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Elsevier 
    01-09-2026
  • Genomic architecture and breeding trade‐offs of coconut drought tolerance
    Brook TS Versluys T Doubi BTS Acors S Trew J Macleod K Bell‐Roberts L Piponi K et al.
    Plants People Planet, Wiley 
    27-08-2026
  • Metabolic plasticity supports a flexible nutritional symbiosis in Cardiocondyla ants
    Cunningham P Martín-Durán JM Oettler J Schultner E Halitschke R Engl T Kaltenpoth M Henry LM
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1) 
    21-08-2026
  • On the origin of animals and placental mammals: a critique of literalist readings of the fossil record
    Álvarez-Carretero S Yang Z Donoghue PCJ dos Reis M
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (9) 
    19-08-2026
  • Patterns of Autonomous and Conditional Neural Specification for the Brain and Ventral Nerve Cord in Annelida
    Webster NB Davila‐Sandoval JA Carrillo‐Baltodano AM Duda S Özpolat BD Meyer NP
    Evolution & Development, Wiley vol. 28 (3) 
    05-08-2026
  • Genome size‐driven shifts in grassland productivity and species composition under nitrogen enrichment and mowing
    Li H Yang J Han X Zhang Y Leitch IJ Leitch AR Peñuelas J Sardans J et al.
    Ecological Monographs, Wiley vol. 96 (3) 
    01-08-2026
  • Chromatin topology and distal elements underlie divergent cell-type-specific regulation of 9p21 locus cell cycle genes
    Triglia ET Miller TE Durand NC Kim KL Casaní-Galdón S D’Antonio J Javed N Hernandez AP et al.
    Cell Genomics, Elsevier vol. 6 (8) 
    28-07-2026
  • Recurrent evolution of cryptic triploids in cultivated enset increases yield
    Dussert Y Borrell JS Stocks J Hunt HV White OW Wilkin P Buggs R Büchi L et al.
    Plos Genetics, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 22 (7) 
    24-07-2026
  • A time-resolved high-throughput screening of fission yeast deletion mutants for oxidative stress resistance
    Pirsalehi M Islam RA Ng K Xintarakou O Harold Thorpe P Rallis C
    Microbial Cell, Shared Science Publishers Og vol. 13, 304-313.  
    22-07-2026
  • Species-specific brain transcriptomic responses to clothianidin and sulfoxaflor in pollinators
    Witwicka A López-Osorio F May C Jeong Y Wurm Y
    Iscience, Elsevier vol. 29 (8) 
    22-07-2026
  • The chromosomal genome sequence of a shovel-head worm, Maea johnstoni (Fiege, Licher & Mackie, 2000) (Spionida: Magelonidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
    Mortimer K Martín-Durán JM Oatley G Sinclair E Aunin E Gettle N Santos C Paulini M et al.
    Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 11 
    21-07-2026
  • Long-read, high-coverage reference genome of the nymphalid butterfly Catonephele acontius (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae)
    Hicks M Pham TN Seudre O Escalante-Arteaga Z Knowles LS Gallice G Oostra V
    G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 16 (9) 
    02-07-2026
  • The neurodevelopmental spectrum: phenotypic architecture, etiology, predictive utility, and specificity across development
    Michelini G Liao W Lu SD Caserini C Eley TC Ronald A Wilson S Malanchini M et al.
    Molecular Psychiatry, Springer Nature, 1-11.  
    01-07-2026
  • The evolution and functional significance of neuropeptide cocktails: insights from SALMFamides in asteroid echinoderms
    Castelán NE Elphick MR
    Open Biology, The Royal Society vol. 16 (6) 
    24-06-2026
  • Evolutionary conservation and adaptability of cholecystokinin neuropeptide signaling in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus
    Liu H Yang H Tian X Elphick MR Chen M
    Bmc Biology, Springer Nature vol. 24 (1) 
    18-06-2026
  • Negative frequency-dependent selection: a positive outlook with deep learning
    Santander CG dos Santos ALC Arnab SP Fumagalli M DeGiorgio M
    Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, The Royal Society vol. 381 (1952) 
    11-06-2026
  • Far-red chlorophyll d clusters extend photosystem I absorption toward the red limit
    Oliver TJ Elias E Consoli G Leong HF Cordón-Preciado V Fantuzzi A Cardona T Rutherford AW et al.
    Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 12 (24) 
    10-06-2026
  • Combined phylogenetic and geographic data can predict plant–pest interactions with high accuracy
    Hernández‐Gutiérrez E Nichols RA Kelly LJ
    New Phytologist, Wiley vol. 251 (4), 2107-2123.  
    07-06-2026
  • Recurrent evolution of ultraviolet vision in frogs and toads is linked to transitions in locomotor mode
    Zhang B Wei P Cui Y Zhang Y Chen H Li X Zhou K Jiang T et al.
    Proceedings of The Royal Society B, The Royal Society vol. 293 (2072) 
    03-06-2026
  • Gene body methylation suppresses intragenic transcription and permits epigenetic inheritance in a cnidarian
    Xu L Heery R Baranasic D Žunar B Segura Campaña A Ovchinnikov V Lenhard B de Mendoza A
    Nature Ecology & Evolution, Springer Nature vol. 10 (7), 1370-1383.  
    02-06-2026
  • Metabolomics-constrained modelling reveals dominant oxidative metabolism in the Egyptian fruit bat myocardium
    Karlstaedt A Cullen F Drinkwater R Ramchunder Z Kim K Young M Rossiter SJ Aksentijevic D
    Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 21 (6) 
    02-06-2026
  • Premature transcription termination modulates stochastic gene expression in bacteria
    Moradian S Ali N Jagadeesan R Behrends V Ribeiro AS Engl C
    Science Advances, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 12 (20) 
    15-05-2026
  • On the use of generative models for demographic inference in malaria vectors from genomic data
    Eneli AA Siu PC Perez MF Burt A Fumagalli M Mathieson S
    G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP), jkag114-jkag114.  
    14-05-2026
  • The chromosomal genome sequence of the feather duster worm, Sabellastarte sp. h YS-2021 (Sabellida: Sabellidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
    Sun Y Kei K Qiu J-W Martín-Durán JM Oatley G Sinclair E Aunin E Gettle N et al.
    Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 11 
    11-05-2026
  • Non-cognitive skills mediate education-related polygenic score associations with academic achievement across development
    Zhou Q Liao W Allegrini AG Rimfeld K Wertz J Morris TT Raffington L Plomin R et al.
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1) 
    08-05-2026
  • Accurate imputation of African cattle genomes using a diverse reference panel
    Ng’ang’a SI Ward JA Rossiter SJ Faulkes CG Bougiouri K McHugo GP Cotterill FPD Nyachieo A et al.
    Bmc Genomics, Springer Nature vol. 27 (1) 
    06-05-2026
  • The histone methyltransferase NSD3 oncogene triggers ribosomal DNA transcription, interfering with FOSL2 in cancer
    Corigliano F Gaviraghi M Lupi A Cartalemi AA Gatti G Punzi S Crupi G Botrugno OA et al.
    Cell Death & Disease, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1) 
    04-05-2026
  • Isolating transdiagnostic effects reveals specific genetic profiles in psychiatric disorders
    Keser E Liao W Allegrini AG Rimfeld K Eley TC Plomin R Malanchini M
    Jcpp Advances, Wiley 
    02-05-2026
  • 531. Longitudinal Associations Between School Environment and Mental Health From Childhood Through Early Adulthood
    Rimfeld K Malanchini M Plomin R Watling D Rastle K
    Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier vol. 99 (10), s327-s328.  
    01-05-2026
  • Evolution of Reproductive Plasticity in a Seasonal Tropical Environment
    Hicks M Escalante‐Arteaga Z Retuerto‐Silva L Kabir J Au TM Halali S Gallice G Oostra V
    Ecology Letters, Wiley vol. 29 (5) 
    01-05-2026
  • High resolution data reveal fundamental steps and turns in animal movements
    Gunner RM Wilson RP Lurgi M Börger L Redcliffe J Shepard ELC Holton MD Crofoot MC et al.
    Ecological Monographs, Wiley vol. 96 (2) 
    01-05-2026
  • IQ-TREE 3: phylogenomic inference software using complex evolutionary models
    Wong TKF Ly-Trong N Ren H Demotte P Baños H Roger AJ Susko E Bielow C et al.
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (5) 
    01-05-2026
  • Brain size reduction in dogs was already established at least by the Late Neolithic of Western Europe, 5000 years ago
    Cucchi T Hays L-M Veneziano A Michaud M Brassard C Arbogast R-M Pétrequin P Germonpré MB et al.
    Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society vol. 13 (4) 
    29-04-2026
  • Developmental system drift in dorsoventral patterning is linked to transitions to autonomous development in Annelida
    Carrillo-Baltodano AM Haillot E Meha SM Luqman I Pashaj A Montagne J Lee Y-J Lu T-M et al.
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1) 
    18-04-2026
  • Loss of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Poor Response to Immunotherapy in IDH GOF Mutant Melanoma
    Specht E Pakanati L Wu M-J Jenkins RW Effiom DN Bardeesy N Bernstein BE Sade-Feldman M et al.
    Jci Insight, American Society For Clinical Investigation 
    09-04-2026
  • Developmental Correlates of Epigenetic and Polygenic Indices of Cognition and Educational Attainment from Birth to Young Adulthood
    Fraemke D Paulus L Schuurmans I Walter J-H Czamara D Schowe AM deSteiguer A Tanksley PT et al.
    , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 
    03-04-2026
  • Comparative phenotypic analysis of rhodopsin supports stepwise evolution of dim-light vision in early vertebrates
    Cui Y Lu X Wei P Shuai M Sun L Xie Y Xie Y Dong R et al.
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (4) 
    01-04-2026
  • Exploring the Neural Substrates of Number Sense: A Perspective on Genetics, Behaviour and Neural Circuity
    Zanon M Brennan CH Petrazzini MEM Torres‐Pérez JV
    European Journal of Neuroscience, Wiley vol. 63 (8) 
    01-04-2026
  • Evolutionary Shifts in Rhodopsin Function Illuminate Dim‐Light Adaptations in Birds
    Liu F Zhou K Li S Zhang Y Chi H Zhan Y Zhu Y Zhang J et al.
    Integrative Zoology, Wiley vol. 21 (5), 1266-1273.  
    31-03-2026
  • Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic
    Marsh WA Scarsbrook L Yüncü E Hodgson L Lin AT De Iorio M Thalmann O Thomas MG et al.
    Nature, Springer Nature vol. 651 (8107), 995-1003.  
    25-03-2026
  • Genomic history of early dogs in Europe
    Bergström A Furtwängler A Johnston S Rosengren E Breidenstein A Booth T McCabe JB Peto J et al.
    Nature, Springer Nature vol. 651 (8107), 986-994.  
    25-03-2026
  • Identifying Adaptive Footprints in the Presence of Demographic Uncertainty
    Arnab SP Khan M dos Santos ALC Fumagalli M DeGiorgio M
    Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 18 (4) 
    24-03-2026
  • Phage toxin variants are linked to protection specificity in a defensive symbiont
    Panossian B McLean AHC Patel V Wu T Haider MB Oliver KM Henry LM
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (5) 
    24-03-2026
  • Convergent evolutionary shifts in AGT targeting between mitochondria and peroxisomes across mammal transitions to herbivory
    Huang C Wang B Yu J Rossiter SJ Zhao H
    Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 17 (1) 
    04-03-2026
  • AI solutions for evolutionary genomics of nonmodel species
    DeGiorgio M Arnab SP Fumagalli M
    Evolution Letters, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 10 (2), 135-146.  
    03-03-2026
  • Visual pigments of basal lineages of bony fishes support independent ecological shifts from a shallow marine to a freshwater niche
    Cui Y Li N Chen H Xing L Xie Y Xie Y Ma M Zhao J et al.
    Evolution Letters, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 10 (2), 228-237.  
    03-03-2026
  • Positive Selection Targeted Primate Genes that Encode Transposable Element Repressors
    Cagliani R Forni D Mozzi A Sarama R Pozzoli U Fumagalli M Sironi M
    Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 18 (3) 
    02-03-2026
  • Nucleolar dominance arises in Spartina homoploid hybrids and persists after allopolyploidization
    Kuderová A Húska D de Carvalho JF Matyášek R Leitch IJ Salmon A Leitch AR Ainouche M et al.
    The Plant Journal, Wiley vol. 125 (5) 
    01-03-2026
  • Multigenerational copper sulphate exposure alters the allometric scaling of the condition-dependent eyespan trait in the stalk-eyed fly Teleopsis dalmanni
    Ravishankar T Nichols R Knell R
    Evolutionary Journal of The Linnean Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 5 (1) 
    26-02-2026
  • A Chromosome-level Assembly and Functional Genomic Resources for the Model Annelid Capitella teleta
    Davies BE Gonzalez P Sur A Wei J Frankish T Montagne J Carrillo-Baltodano AM Guynes K et al.
    Genome Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 18 (3) 
    24-02-2026
  • The chromosome-level genome sequence of a bone-eating worm, Osedax fenrisi Eilertsen, Dahlgren & Rapp, 2020 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences
    Eilertsen MH Rimskaya-Korsakova N Martín-Durán JM Oatley G Sinclair E Aunin E Gettle N Santos C et al.
    Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 11 
    24-02-2026
  • Evolution of neurohormone function revealed by actions of kisspeptin-type peptides in an echinoderm
    Islam T Yañez-Guerra LA Semmens DC Beskeen RT Egertová M Elphick MR
    Bmc Biology, Springer Nature vol. 24 (1) 
    18-02-2026
  • The chromosomal genome sequence of the tubeworm, Lamellibrachia columna Southward, 1991 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae)
    Sun Y Qiu J-W Chen C Martín-Durán JM Oatley G Sinclair E Aunin E Gettle N et al.
    Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 11 
    16-02-2026
  • Warming and Change in Ocean Productivity Alter Phenology of an Expanding Loggerhead Population in Cabo Verde
    Nugraha FAD Fairweather K Lopes A Lopes A Renom B Allgayer R Taxonera A Eizaguirre C
    Animals, Mdpi vol. 16 (4) 
    11-02-2026
  • Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution
    Cuddihy J Li Y Fisher I Takats Z Friston D Collins D Vizcaychipi M Fumagalli M et al.
    Bioessays, Wiley vol. 48 (2) 
    01-02-2026
  • Warming‐induced miniaturization of plant community genome size in temperate grasslands over the last four decades
    Li H Li J Zhao F Peñuelas J Sardans J Cao D Pan Q Ren T et al.
    New Phytologist, Wiley vol. 250 (1), 194-208.  
    30-01-2026
  • Comparative analysis of 163 ant genomes reveals recurrent horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to ants
    Rinke JL Franke L He D Fischer ML Vizueta J Eicholt LA Larsen RS Xiong Z et al.
    Gigascience, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 15 
    21-01-2026
  • Genomic comparisons and the adaptive basis of brain size plasticity and chromosomal instability in the Eurasian common shrew
    Thomas WR Lama TM Baldoni C Marín-Gual L Santillán DM Farré M Abueg L Balacco J et al.
    Molecular Biology and Evolution, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 43 (2) 
    09-01-2026
  • The chromosomal genome sequence of the bearded fireworm, Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) (Eunicida: Amphinomidae)
    Toso A Giangrande A Martín-Durán JM Oatley G Sinclair E Aunin E Gettle N Santos C et al.
    Wellcome Open Research, F1000research vol. 11 
    06-01-2026
  • Specificity of Polygenic Scores for Psychiatric Disorders Beyond Transdiagnostic Genetic Risk
    Keser E Liao W Allegrini AG Eley TC Rimfeld K Malanchini M Plomin R
    Jama Network Open, American Medical Association (Ama) vol. 9 (1) 
    02-01-2026
  • Community Disassembly in a Fragmented Tropical Landscape Driven by Both Deterministic and Stochastic Processes
    Azhar I Sihaloho HF Struebig MJ Senawi J Rossiter SJ Phillips CD Kingston T
    Ecology and Evolution, Wiley vol. 16 (1) 
    01-01-2026
  • Disrupting fzd9b in Zebrafish Recapitulates Stress- and Anxiety-Like Behaviours Relevant to Williams Syndrome
    Torres-Perez JV Leggieri A Wang X Kehoe A Van Schalkwyk L Mech AM Anagianni S Havelange W et al.
    Molecular Neurobiology, Springer Nature vol. 63 (1) 
    01-01-2026
  • Genomic and morphometric evidence for Austronesian-mediated pig translocation in the Pacific
    Stanton DWG Manin A Evin A Tabbada K Linderholm A Drinkwater R Thalmann O Ng'ang'a SI et al.
    Science, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 391 (6780) 
    01-01-2026