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Find our latest publications here:

• Meyer, D., Barth, E., Wiehle, L., & Marz, M. (2026). diffMONT: predicting methylation-specific PCR biomarkers based on nanopore sequencing data for clinical application. Bioinformatics, 42(2), btag039.
• Ghaderiardakani, F., Ulrich, J. F., Barth, E., Quartino, M. L., & Wichard, T. (2025). Algal growth and morphogenesis-promoting factors released by cold-adapted bacteria contribute to the resilience and morphogenesis of the seaweed Ulva (Chlorophyta) in Antarctica (Potter Cove). Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 44(12), 7106-7123.
• Körber, K.L., Paul, S., Oklestkova, J., Barth, E., Feistel, F., Oppermann, H., Oktay, C., Dorfner, M., Strnad, M., Munkert, J., Furch, A.C.U. and Klein, J. (2025), Progestogens and androgens influence root morphology of angiosperms in a brassinosteroid-independent manner. Plant J, 123: e70459.
• Zulfiqar, M., Abel, A. S., Barth, E., Syhapanha, K., Poulin, R. X., Dehiwalage, S. N. C. W., … & Sorokina, M. (2025). Analysis of metabolomics and transcriptomics data to assess interactions in microalgal co-culture of Skeletonema marinoi and Prymnesium parvum. Plos one, 20(7), e0329115.
• Oktay, C., Shiko, G., Liebl, M., Feistel, F., Mußbach, S., Körber, K. L., Barth, E., … & Klein, J. (2025). Arabidopsis thaliana accumulates dehydroepiandrosterone after infection with phytopathogenic fungi–Effects on plants and fungi. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 221, 109570.
• Barth, E., Baumgart, M., Dolfi, L., Cui, R., Groth, M., Ripa, R., … & Cellerino, A. (2025). Analysis of microRNA expression reveals convergent evolution of the molecular control of diapause in annual killifishes. Frontiers in Genetics, 16, 1583989.
• Tomatis, F., Rosa, S., Simões, S., Barão, M., Barth, E., Marz, M., & Ferreira, L. (2024). Engineering extracellular vesicles to permeabilize the blood-brain barrier.
• Kumar, N. H., Kluever, V., Barth, E., Krautwurst, S., Furlan, M., Pelizzola, M., … & Fornasiero, E. F. (2024). Comprehensive transcriptome analysis reveals altered mRNA splicing and post-transcriptional changes in the aged mouse brain. Nucleic Acids Research, 52(6), 2865-2885.
• Ren, S., Bai, F., Schnell, V., Stanko, C., Ritsch, M., Schenk, T., … & Bierhoff, H. (2024). PAPAS promotes differentiation of mammary epithelial cells and suppresses breast carcinogenesis. Cell Reports, 43(1).
• Ghaderiardakani, F., Ulrich, J. F., Barth, E., Quartino, M. L., & Wichard, T. (2024). Algal growth and morphogenesis-promoting factors released by cold-adapted bacteria contribute to the resilience and morphogenesis of the seaweed Ulva (Chlorophyta) in Antarctica (Potter Cove). bioRxiv, 2024-07.
• Jose, J., Teutloff, E., Naseem, S., Barth, E. T., Halitschke, R., Marz, M., & Agler, M. T. (2024). Immunity and bacterial recruitment in plant leaves are parallel processes whose link shapes sensitivity to temperature stress. bioRxiv, 2024-06.
• Scholz, S. S., Barth, E., Clément, G., Marmagne, A., Ludwig-Müller, J., Sakakibara, H., … & Oelmüller, R. (2023). The root-colonizing endophyte Piriformospora indica supports nitrogen-starved Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings with nitrogen metabolites. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(20), 15372.
• Murrieta-Coxca, J. M., Barth, E., Fuentes-Zacarias, P., Gutiérrez-Samudio, R. N., Groten, T., Gellhaus, A., … & Morales-Prieto, D. M. (2023). Identification of altered miRNAs and their targets in placenta accreta. Frontiers in endocrinology, 14, 1021640.
• Zulfiqar, M., Abel, A. S., Barth, E., Syhapanha, K., Poulin, R. X., Dehiwalage, S. N. C. W., … & Sorokina, M. (2023). Analysis of Metabolomics and Transcriptomics Data to Assess Interactions in Microalgal Co-culture of Skeletonema marinoi and Prymnesium parvum. bioRxiv, 2023-12.
• Sorokina, M., Barth, E., Zulfiqar, M., Kwantes, M., Pohnert, G., & Steinbeck, C. (2022). Draft genome assembly and sequencing dataset of the marine diatom Skeletonema cf. costatum RCC75. Data in Brief, 41, 107931.
• Barth, E., Burggraaff, J., Srivastava, A., & Winckler, T. (2022). Nanopore sequencing for mapping of retrotransposon integration sites in the Dictyostelium discoideum genome. Micropublication Biology, 2022.
• Barth, E., Srivastava, A., Wengerodt, D., Stojiljkovic, M., Axer, H., Witte, O. W., … & Marz, M. (2021). Age-dependent expression changes of circadian system-related genes reveal a potentially conserved link to aging. Aging (Albany NY), 13(24), 25694.
• Barth, E., Baumgart, M., Dolfi, L., Cui, R., Groth, M., Ripa, R., … & Cellerino, A. (2021). Analysis of microRNA expression reveals convergent evolution of the molecular control of diapause in annual fish.
• Collatz, M., Mock, F., Barth, E., Hölzer, M., Sachse, K., & Marz, M. (2021). EpiDope: a deep neural network for linear B-cell epitope prediction. Bioinformatics, 37(4), 448-455.
• Mock, F., Viehweger, A., Barth, E., & Marz, M. (2021). VIDHOP, viral host prediction with deep learning. Bioinformatics, 37(3), 318-325.
• Barth, E., Sieber, P., Stark, H., & Schuster, S. (2020). Robustness during aging—molecular biological and physiological aspects. Cells, 9(8), 1862.

Grants we have worked on or supported:

• Landesprogramm „ProDigital“ des Freistaats Thüringen: Digitalisierung der Lebenswissenschaften: Wege in die Zukunft (by Prof. M. Marz)
• SFB: VirusREvolution: Decoding tools for virus research (by Prof. M. Marz)
• SPP 2502: EPIADAPT: Epigenomic Adaptations of the Developing Neural Chromatin (with Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: Globale Analyse Hfq-abhängiger RNA-RNA Interaktionen in Caulobacter crescentus (by Dr. K. Fröhlich)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: A comprehensive atlas of microbial toxin-antitoxin systems (by Dr. E. Barth)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: Molecular mechanisms of integration site selection by Dictyostelium retrotransposons (by Prof. T. Winckler)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: MicroRNAs als prädiktive Marker für die Metastasierung bei Sarkomen (by PD Dr. K. G. Schenk)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: Bacterial introduction threats from shipping activity in a warming Arctic (BallastBacteria) (by Dr. T. Wichard)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: They make the little difference, or: The influence of steroids in the molecular adaption of plants to Land (by Dr. J. Klein)
• DFG Drittmittelantrag: Progesterone-dependent changes in root morphology – towards the mechanism behind a putative steroid plant signalling factor (by Dr. J. Klein)
• Landesgraduiertenstipendium: Umfassender Atlas der mikrobiellen Toxin-Antitoxin-Systeme (by Msc. M. Schreiber)
• Impulse-Antrag: In silico identification of bacterial TAS: New approach for antibacterial treatment research (by Dr. Emanuel Barth)