2024

Kotowska, A.M., Hiramatsu, F., Alexander, M.R., Scurr, D.J., Lightfoot, J.W., and Chauhan, V.M. (2024). Molecular surface chemistry defines nematode development, identity and behaviour. bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.24.590549. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2023

Hiramatsu, F., and Lightfoot, J.W. (2023). Kin-recognition and predation shape collective behaviors in the cannibalistic nematode Pristionchus pacificus. PLoS Genet 19, e1011056. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Dardiry, M., Eberhardt, G., Witte, H., Rödelsperger, C., Rödelsperger, C., Lightfoot, J.W., and Sommer, R. (2023). Divergent combinations of cis-regulatory elements control the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. PLoS Biol 21, e3002270.Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Roca, M., and Lightfoot, J.W. (2023). Neuroscience: Hedonic worms gorge on high-energy foods. Curr Biol 33, R361-R363. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2022

Lo, W.-S., Roca, M., Dardiry, M., Mackie, M., Eberhardt, G., Witte, H., Hong, R., Sommer, R.J., and Lightfoot, J.W. (2022). Evolution and diversity of TGF-β pathways are linked with novel developmental and behavioural traits. Mol Biol Evol 39, msac252. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Sommer, R., and Lightfoot, J.W. (2022). The Genus Pristionchus: a Model for Phenotypic Plasticity, Predatory Behavior, Self-Recognition, and Other Complex Traits. In Nematodes as Model Organisms, I. Glazer, P. Shapiro-Ilan, and D. Sterberg, eds. (Wallingford, UK: CAB International), pp. 1-23 (doi: 10.1079/9781789248814.0001). Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Eren, G., Roca, M., Han, Z., and Lightfoot, J.W. (2022). Genomic integration of transgenes using UV irradiation in Pristionchus pacificus. MicroPubl Biol, doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000576. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2021

Lightfoot, J.W., Dardiry, M., Kalirad, A., Giaimo, S., Eberhardt, G., Witte , H., Wilecki, M., Rödelsperger, C., Traulsen, A., and Sommer, R.J. (2021). Sex or cannibalism: Polyphenism and kin recognition control social action strategies in nematodes. Sci Adv 7, eabg8042. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2020

Han, Z., Lo, W.S., Lightfoot, J.W., Witte, H., Sun, S., and Sommer, R.J. (2020). Improving transgenesis efficiency and CRISPR-associated tools through codon optimization and native intron addition in Pristionchus nematodes. Genetics 216, 947-956. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Sieriebriennikov, B., Sun, S., Lightfoot, J.W., Witte, H., Moreno, E., Roedelsperger, C., and Sommer, R.J. (2020). Conserved nuclear hormone receptors controlling a novel plastic trait target fast-evolving genes expressed in a single cell. PLoS Genet 16, e1008687. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Akduman, N., Lightfoot, J.W., Roeseler, W., Witte, H., Lo, W.-S., Roedelsperger, C., and Sommer, R.J. (2020). Bacterial vitamin B-12 production enhances nematode predatory behavior. ISME J 14, 1494-1507. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2019

Moreno, E., Lightfoot, J.W., Lenuzzi, M., and Sommer, R.J. (2019). Cilia drive developmental plasticity and are essential for efficient prey detection in predatory nematodes. Proc Biol Sci 286, 20191089. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Lightfoot, J.W., Wilecki, M., Roedelsperger, C., Moreno, E., Susoy, V., Witte, H., and Sommer, R.J. (2019). Small peptide-mediated self-recognition prevents cannibalism in predatory nematodes. Science 364, 86-89. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2017

Moreno, E., Sieriebriennikov, B., Witte, H., Rodelsperger, C., Lightfoot, J.W., and Sommer, R.J. (2017). Regulation of hyperoxia-induced social behaviour in Pristionchus pacificus nematodes requires a novel cilia-mediated environmental input. Sci Rep 7, 17550. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2016

Lightfoot, J.W., Wilecki, M., Okumura, M., and Sommer, R.J. (2016). Assaying predatory feeding behaviors in Pristionchus and other nematodes. J Vis Exp, e54404. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Lightfoot, J.W., Chauhan, V.M., Aylott, J.W., and Rodelsperger, C. (2016). Comparative transcriptomics of the nematode gut identifies global shifts in feeding mode and pathogen susceptibility. BMC Res Notes 9, 142. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Kulkarni, A., Lightfoot, J.W., and Streit, A. (2016). Germline organization in Strongyloides nematodes reveals alternative differentiation and regulation mechanisms. Chromosoma 125, 725-745. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

Gao, J., Barroso, C., Zhang, P., Kim, H.-M., Li, S., Labrador, L., Lightfoot, J., Gerashchenko, M.V., Labunskyy, V.M., Dong, M.-Q., et al. (2016). N-terminal acetylation promotes synaptonemal complex assembly in C. elegans. Genes Dev 30, 2404-2416. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2015

Wilecki, M., Lightfoot, J.W., Susoy, V., and Sommer, R.J. (2015). Predatory feeding behaviour in Pristionchus nematodes is dependent on phenotypic plasticity and induced by serotonin. J Exp Biol 218, 1306-1313.

2014

Silva, N., Ferrandiz, N., Barroso, C., Tognetti, S., Lightfoot, J., Telecan, O., Encheva, V., Faull, P., Hanni, S., Furger, A., et al. (2014). The fidelity of synaptonemal complex assembly is regulated by a signaling mechanism that controls early meiotic progression. Dev Cell 31, 503-511. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2013

Labrador, L., Barroso, C., Lightfoot, J., Mueller-Reichert, T., Flibotte, S., Taylor, J., Moerman, D.G., Villeneuve, A.M., and Martinez-Perez, E. (2013). Chromosome movements promoted by the mitochondrial protein SPD-3 are required for homology search during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis. PLoS Genet 9, e1003497. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2011

Lightfoot, J., Testori, S., Barroso, C., and Martinez-Perez, E. (2011). Loading of meiotic cohesin by SCC-2 is required for early processing of DSBs and for the DNA damage checkpoint. Curr Biol 21, 1421-1430. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2008

Martinez-Perez, E., Schvarzstein, M., Barroso, C., Lightfoot, J., Dernburg, A.F., and Villeneuve, A.M. (2008). Crossovers trigger a remodeling of meiotic chromosome axis composition that is linked to two-step loss of sister chromatid cohesion. Genes Dev 22, 2886-2901. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe

2007

Jackson, R.J., Elvers, K.T., Lee, L.J., Gidley, M.D., Wainwright, L.M., Lightfoot, J., Park, S.F., and Poole, R.K. (2007). Oxygen reactivity of both respiratory oxidases in Campylobacter jejuni: the cydAB genes encode a cyanide-resistant, low-affinity oxidase that is not of the cytochrome bd type. J Bacteriol 189, 1604-1615. Link to MPG Publication Repository PuRe