Publications

Below you can find an overview of my most important publications. If you have any questions about a specific publication, please feel free to contact me. I will answer you as soon as possible.


Scientific Publications

[1] M. E. Heinrichs et al., “Breaking the Ice: A Review of Phages in Polar Ecosystems,” Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2738, pp. 31–71, 2024, doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3549-0_3/TABLES/1.

[2] E. Oldenburg, R. M. Kronberg, B. Niehoff, O. Ebenhöh, and O. Popa, “DeepLOKI- a deep learning based approach to identify zooplankton taxa on high-resolution images from the optical plankton recorder LOKI,” Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 10, p. 1280510, Nov. 2023, doi: 10.3389/FMARS.2023.1280510/BIBTEX.

[3] S. v Trossbach et al., “Dysregulation of a specific immune-related network of genes biologically defines a subset of schizophrenia.,” Translational psychiatry, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 156, 2019, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=31150013&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[4] S. v Trossbach et al., “Dysregulation of a specific immune-related network of genes biologically defines a subset of schizophrenia.,” Translational psychiatry, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 156, 2019, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=31150013&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[5] E. Pfeifer, M. Hünnefeld, O. Popa, and J. Frunzke, “Impact of Xenogeneic Silencing on Phage-Host Interactions,” Journal of molecular biology, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022283619300877

[6] E. Pfeifer, M. Hünnefeld, O. Popa, and J. Frunzke, “Impact of Xenogeneic Silencing on Phage–Host Interactions,” Journal of Molecular Biology. 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.02.011.

[7] O. Zablocki, L. van Zyl, and M. Trindade, “Biogeography and taxonomic overview of terrestrial hot spring thermophilic phages,” Extremophiles, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 827–837, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1007/S00792-018-1052-5.

[8] F. Moejes, A. Succurro, O. Popa, J. Maguire, and O. Ebenhöh, “Dynamics of the Bacterial Community Associated with Phaeodactylum tricornutum Cultures,” Processes, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 77, 2017, [Online]. Available: http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/5/4/77

[9] O. Popa, G. Landan, and T. Dagan, “Phylogenomic networks reveal limited phylogenetic range of lateral gene transfer by transduction,” The ISME journal, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 543–554, 2017.

[10] F. W. Moejes, A. Succurro, O. Popa, J. Maguire, and O. Ebenhöh, “Dynamics of the bacterial community associated with Phaeodactylum tricornutum cultures,” Processes, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 77, 2017.

[11] O. Popa, G. Landan, and T. Dagan, “Phylogenomic networks reveal limited phylogenetic range of lateral gene transfer by transduction.,” The ISME Journal, 2016, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=27648812&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[12] E. Pfeifer et al., “Silencing of cryptic prophages in Corynebacterium glutamicum.,” Nucleic Acids Research, 2016, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=27492287&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[13] E. Pfeifer et al., “Silencing of cryptic prophages in Corynebacterium glutamicum,” Nucleic Acids Research, 2016, doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw692.

[14] U. Gophna, D. M. Kristensen, Y. I. Wolf, O. Popa, C. Drevet, and E. v Koonin, “No evidence of inhibition of horizontal gene transfer by CRISPR-Cas on evolutionary timescales.,” Isme Journal, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 2021–2027, 2015, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=25710183&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[15] T. Kloesges, O. Popa, W. Martin, and T. Dagan, “Networks of gene sharing among 329 proteobacterial genomes reveal differences in lateral gene transfer frequency at different phylogenetic depths.,” Molecular Biology and Evolution, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 1057–1074, 2011, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21059789&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[16] O. Popa and T. Dagan, “Trends and barriers to lateral gene transfer in prokaryotes,” Current Opinion in Microbiology, pp. 1–9, 2011, [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2011.07.027

[17] O. Popa, E. Hazkani-Covo, G. Landan, W. Martin, and T. Dagan, “Directed networks reveal genomic barriers and DNA repair bypasses to lateral gene transfer among prokaryotes.,” Genome Research, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 599–609, 2011, [Online]. Available: http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&id=21270172&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks

[18] T. Dagan, “Phylogenomic networks,” Trends in Microbiology, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 483–491, 2011, [Online]. Available: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966842X11001387

[19] S. Nelson-Sathi, O. Popa, J. M. List, and H. Geisler, “RECONSTRUCTING THE LATERAL COMPONENT OF LANGUAGE HISTORY AND GENOME EVOLUTION USING NETWORK APPROACHES,” Classification and Evolution in Biology, Linguistics and the History of Science, vol. 198, [Online]. Available: http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/FUDOCS_derivate_000000002911/9783515105897_eb.pdf#page=164