Preprint
Lu CY, Chang YP, Piñon-Gonzalez VM, Lewin TD, Shih KN, Chuang PS, Wada N, Yu SP, Yu ZR, Chen YH, Chen M, Chin CH, Chiou YJ, Liao IJY, Chiu YL, Chang HF, Yen JH, Lu MYJ, Luo YJ, Tang SL (2025) Microbial profiling and single-cell transcriptomics reveal probiotic mechanisms of coral thermal resilience. bioRxiv 2025.09.02.673423. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.02.673423
Lewin TD, Shimizu K, Liao IJY, Chen ME, Endo K, Satoh N, Holland PWH, Wong YH, Luo YJ (2024) Brachiopod genome unveils the evolution of the BMP–Chordin network in bilaterian body patterning. bioRxiv 2024.05.28.596352. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.28.596352
2025
Lewin TD, Sakagami T, Kao LJ, Liao IJY, Chiu YL, Piñon-Gonzalez VM, Li JY, Ting KX, Lu MYJ, Endo K, Bishop JDD, Hamada M, Luo YJ (2025) Phoronid genome supports a monophyletic Lophophorata. Current Biology, accepted.
Shuai P, Hsieh JWA, Kao CT, Hu CW, Wang R, Kuo SC, Yen MR, Liou PC, Ho YC, Chu CC, Huang S, Liu J, Zhang L, Wu CC, Luo YJ, Li Q, Hsu CC, Huang CL, Su JC, Tseng MC, Chen YL, Mai TL, Lin YCJ (2025) Single-cell and triple spatial omics reveals progressive loss of xylem developmental complexity across seed plants. The Plant Cell, accepted.
Lewin TD, Liao IJY, Luo YJ (2025) Conservation of bilaterian genome structure is the exception, not the rule. Genome Biology 26, 247. doi: 10.1186/s13059-025-03732-1
Lewin TD, Luo YJ (2025) The perplexing body plan of arrow worms decoded. Nature 645, 860–861. doi: 10.1038/d41586-025-02423-y
Liao IJY, Sakagami T, Lewin TD, Bailly X, Hamada M, Luo YJ (2025) Animal–chlorophyte photosymbioses: evolutionary origins and ecological diversity. Biology Letters 21, 20250250. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0250
Lewin TD, Liao IJY, Chen ME, Bishop JDD, Holland PWH, Luo YJ (2025) Fusion, fission, and scrambling of the bilaterian genome in Bryozoa. Genome Research 35, 78–92. doi: 10.1101/gr.279636.124
2024
Lewin TD, Liao IJY, Luo YJ (2024) Annelid comparative genomics and the evolution of massive lineage-specific genome rearrangement in bilaterians. Molecular Biology and Evolution 41, msae172. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msae172 | Cover | News from Science | Editors’ Favorites of 2024
2023
Lewin TD, Luo YJ (2023) Transitions and trade-offs in regeneration. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 1965–1966. doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02179-6
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. doi: 10.1093/bfgp/elad029
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. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38016-4
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. doi: 10.1126/science.aau6173
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. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0389-y | Behind the Paper
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 35, 2751–2761. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msy172
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. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2017.12.021
Shimizu K, Luo YJ, Satoh N, Endo K (2017) Possible co-option of engrailed during brachiopod and mollusc shell development. Biology Letters 13, 20170254. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0254
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. doi: 10.1242/dev.138909
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. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9301
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. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.08.005
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. doi: 10.1186/2041-9139-4-17
Luo YJ, Su YH (2012) Opposing Nodal and BMP signals regulate left–right asymmetry in the sea urchin larva. PLOS Biology 10, e1001402. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001402
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. doi: 10.1242/dev.073833
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. (†contributed equally) doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.02.014
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. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.22514
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. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0462-8
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. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0300-4