Laura A Katz

Laura A Katz

Smith College

H-index: 47

North America-United States

About Laura A Katz

Laura A Katz, With an exceptional h-index of 47 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Smith College, specializes in the field of evolution, genome evolution, microbial eukaryotes, protist, phylogenomics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Testate amoebae (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) community diversity in New England bogs and fens assessed through lineage-specific amplicon sequencing

A first look into lineage-specific gene families in tintinnid ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

Somatic genome architecture and molecular evolution are decoupled in “young” linage-specific gene families in ciliates

Foraminifera as a model of eukaryotic genome dynamism

Forty years of inferential methods in the Journals of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Updated virophage taxonomy and distinction from polinton-like viruses

Single-cell transcriptomics supports presence of cryptic species and reveals low levels of population genetic diversity in two testate amoebae morphospecies with large …

Exploring the diversity of microeukaryotic communities in New England tide pools

Laura A Katz Information

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Citations(all)

9554

Citations(since 2020)

3648

Cited By

7565

hIndex(all)

47

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

126

i10Index(since 2020)

78

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Laura A Katz Skills & Research Interests

evolution

genome evolution

microbial eukaryotes

protist

phylogenomics

Top articles of Laura A Katz

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Testate amoebae (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) community diversity in New England bogs and fens assessed through lineage-specific amplicon sequencing

European Journal of Protistology

Olivia K Dufour

Evie Hoffman

Robin S Sleith

Laura A Katz

Agnes KM Weiner

...

2024/2/1

A first look into lineage-specific gene families in tintinnid ciliates (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

Maximilian Ganser

Laura A Katz

Sabine Agatha

2024/2/27

Somatic genome architecture and molecular evolution are decoupled in “young” linage-specific gene families in ciliates

Plos one

Xyrus X Maurer-Alcalá

Auden Cote-L’Heureux

Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond

Laura A Katz

2024/1/25

Foraminifera as a model of eukaryotic genome dynamism

Mbio

Caitlin Timmons

Kristine Le

HB Rappaport

Elinor G Sterner

Xyrus X Maurer-Alcalá

...

2024/2/8

Forty years of inferential methods in the Journals of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Claudia AM Russo

Adam Eyre-Walker

Laura A Katz

Brandon S Gaut

2024/1

Updated virophage taxonomy and distinction from polinton-like viruses

Biomolecules

Simon Roux

Matthias G Fischer

Thomas Hackl

Laura A Katz

Frederik Schulz

...

2023/1/19

Single-cell transcriptomics supports presence of cryptic species and reveals low levels of population genetic diversity in two testate amoebae morphospecies with large …

Evolution

Agnes KM Weiner

Taylor Sehein

Auden Cote-L’Heureux

Robin S Sleith

Mattia Greco

...

2023/11/1

Exploring the diversity of microeukaryotic communities in New England tide pools

Adri K Grow

Robin S Sleith

Taylor R Sehein

Michaela Labare

Laura A Katz

2023/10/12

Illuminating protist diversity in pitcher plants and bromeliad tanks

Plos one

Robin S Sleith

Laura A Katz

2022/7/27

Macronuclear development in ciliates, with a focus on nuclear architecture

Ragib Ahsan

Wumei Blanche

Laura A Katz

2022/9

Foraminifera as a model of the extensive variability in genome dynamics among eukaryotes

Eleanor J Goetz

Mattia Greco

Hannah B Rappaport

Agnes KM Weiner

Laura M Walker

...

2022/10

Newly designed foraminifera primers identify habitat‐specific lineages through metabarcoding analyses

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Rabindra Thakur

Adena B Collens

Mattia Greco

Robin S Sleith

Jean‐David Grattepanche

...

2022/5

Examining the relationship between the testate amoeba Hyalosphenia papilio (Arcellinida, Amoebozoa) and its associated intracellular microalgae using molecular and microscopic …

Protist

Agnes KM Weiner

Billie Cullison

Shailesh V Date

Tomáš Tyml

Jean-Marie Volland

...

2022/2/1

Taxon-rich transcriptomics supports higher-level phylogeny and major evolutionary trends in Foraminifera

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Roberto Sierra

Florian Mauffrey

Joana Cruz

Maria Holzmann

Andrew J Gooday

...

2022/9/1

Epigenetic influences of mobile genetic elements on ciliate genome architecture and evolution

Caitlin M Timmons

Shahed UA Shazib

Laura A Katz

2022/9

Genome architecture used to supplement species delineation in two cryptic marine ciliates

Molecular Ecology Resources

Susan A Smith

Luciana F Santoferrara

Laura A Katz

George B McManus

2022/11

Phylogenomic analyses of 2,786 genes in 158 lineages support a root of the eukaryotic tree of life between opisthokonts and all other lineages

Genome Biology and Evolution

Mario A Cerón-Romero

Miguel M Fonseca

Leonardo de Oliveira Martins

David Posada

Laura A Katz

2022/8/1

Opinion: genetic conflict with mobile elements drives eukaryotic genome evolution, and perhaps also eukaryogenesis

Journal of Heredity

Adena B Collens

Laura A Katz

2021/1/1

DAPI staining and DNA content estimation of nuclei in uncultivable microbial eukaryotes (Arcellinida and Ciliates)

European journal of protistology

Ketty Munyenyembe

Caitlin Timmons

Agnes KM Weiner

Laura A Katz

Ying Yan

2021/10/1

Illuminating the first bacteria

Science

Laura A Katz

2021/5/7

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