The general theme of my papers is microbial evolutionary genomics - within this there is a wide range, but my particular interest is in the molecular details of adaptation and the evolutionary origins of novelty. I also have interests in philosophical issues which I aim to continue to publish on the side.
All of my papers are listed at Google Scholar and most are available open access.
Many of the manuscripts are available in either pre-print or published form at ResearchGate.
I have a forthcoming paper on long term trends in the evolution of protein structure - watch this space!
This paper in the Journal of Molecular Evolution (2023) presents evidence that alternative reading frames contribute significantly to gene novelty: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-023-10122-3
This paper in FEMS Microbiology Reviews (2023) gives an overview of methods for prediction protein function in prokaryotes: https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/47/1/fuad003/7022316
This paper in iScience (2022) presents evidence of the longest yet reported overlapping (antisense) protein coding genes in bacteria - two long genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00114-6
This paper in eLife (2020) studies the expression and evolutionary dynamics of overlapping genes in SARS-CoV-2 https://elifesciences.org/articles/59633