Molecular and Cellular Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes

Mr. Kacper Sendra

Contact information

  • Phone number: +44 (0)191 222 3481
  • e-mail adress: kacper.sendra (at) ncl.ac.uk

Work description

During my Marie Curie funded PhD project I will study the minimal mitochondria (mitosomes) of parasitic microbial eukaryotes. The main focus is to investigate the function and evolution of the mitosomes of microsporidia.

Kacper's publications

  • Nakjang S, Williams TA, Heinz E, Watson AK, Foster PG, Sendra KM, Heaps SE, Hirt RP, Embley TM. Reduction and expansion in microsporidian genome evolution: new insights from comparative genomics. Genome Biol Evol. vol 5 p. 2285-303 (2013). pubmed