Baumann Lab
Research Publications Group Members Biography2026
Bertin M*, Todorov H*, Frank S*, Käseberg S, Menon R, Gabassi E, Foerster C, Bobon N, Furlanetto F, Soliman A, Ibrahim HMB, Engelhardt V, Birschmann L, Brennenstuhl H, Lohrer B, Mas-Sanchez A, Cesare E, Winter J, Krummeich J, Winkler J, Winner B, Weis E, Diederich S, Luck K, Lunt P, Gerber S, Baumann P, Elvassore N, Berninger B, Basilicata MF, Schweiger S, Falk S and Karow M (2026) Dynamic allele usage of X-linked genes ameliorates neurodevelopmental disease phenotypes in brain organoids. Nat Commun, 17:599 (*indicates joint contribution) Link
2025
Ho DV*, Odell A*, Tormey D, Deimler N, Patterson V, Tsuchiya D, Klabacka RL, Schnittker RR, Baumann DP, Neaves WB, Barley AJ and Baumann P (2025) Ancestral chromosome-level assemblies reveal post-hybridization genome evolution in the New Mexico whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis neomexicanus) Genome Biol Evol, doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaf228 (*indicates joint contribution) Link
McMurdie K, Peeney AN, Mefford MA, Baumann P and Zappulla DC (2025) Schizosaccharomyces pombe telomerase RNA: secondary structure and flexible-scaffold function. Mol Cell Biol, doi: 10.1080/10985549.2025.2571189 Link
2024
Ho DV*, Tormey D*, Odell A, Newton AA, Schnittker RR, Baumann DP, Neaves WB, Schroeder MR, Sigauke RF, Barley AJ and Baumann P (2024) Post-meiotic mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in gonochoristic whiptail lizard species. Elife, 13:e97035 (*indicates joint contribution) Link
Kao TL, Huang YC, Chen YH, Baumann P and Tseng CK (2024) LARP3, LARP7, and MePCE are involved in the early stage of human telomerase RNA biogenesis. Nat Commun, 15:5955 Link
2023
Butto T#, Mungikar K, Baumann P, Winter J, Lutz B and Gerber S# (2023) Nuclei on the rise: when nuclei-based methods meet next-generation sequencing. Cells, 12:1051 (#indicates joint correspondence) Link
Caminer MA, Libbrecht R, Majoe M, Ho DV, Baumann P and Foitzik S (2023) Task-specific odorant receptor expression in worker antennae indicates that sensory filters regulate division of labor in ants. Commun Biol, 6:1004 Link
Cole CJ, Baumann DP, Taylor HL, Bobon N, Ho D V, Neaves WB and Baumann P (2023) Reticulate phylogeny: a new tetraploid parthenogenetic whiptail lizard derived from hybridization among four bisexual ancestral species of Aspidoscelis (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae). Bull Museum Comp Zool, 163:247–279 Link
Nguyen TT, Baumann P, Tüscher O, Schick S and Endres K (2023) The aging enteric nervous system. Int J Mol Sci, 24:9471 Link
2022
Páez-Moscoso DJ, Ho D V, Pan L, Hildebrand K, Jensen KL, Levy MJ, Florens L and Baumann P (2022) A putative cap binding protein and the methyl phosphate capping enzyme Bin3/MePCE function in telomerase biogenesis. Nat Commun, 13:1067 Link
Pan L, Tormey D, Bobon N and Baumann P (2022) Rap1 prevents fusions between long telomeres in fission yeast. EMBO J, 41:e110458 Link
2018
Páez-Moscoso DJ, Pan L, Sigauke RF, Schroeder MR, Tang W and Baumann P (2018) Pof8 is a La-related protein and a constitutive component of telomerase in fission yeast. Nat Commun, 9:587 Link
Tseng CK, Wang HF, Schroeder MR and Baumann P (2018) The H/ACA complex disrupts triplex in hTR precursor to permit processing by RRP6 and PARN. Nat Commun, 9:5430 Link
2017
Cole CJ, Taylor HL, Neaves WB, Baumann DP, Newton A, Schnittker R and Baumann P (2017) The second known tetraploid species of parthenogenetic tetrapod (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae): Description, reproduction, comparisons with ancestral taxa, and origins of multiple clones. Bull Museum Comp Zool, 161:285–321 Link
2016
Newton AA, Schnittker RR, Yu Z, Munday SS, Baumann DP, Neaves WB and Baumann P (2016) Widespread failure to complete meiosis does not impair fecundity in parthenogenetic whiptail lizards. Development, 143:4486–4494 Link
2015
Kannan R, Helston RM, Dannebaum RO and Baumann P (2015) Diverse mechanisms for spliceosome-mediated 3’ end processing of telomerase RNA. Nat Commun, 6:6104 Link
Pan L, Hildebrand K, Stutz C, Thomä N and Baumann P (2015) Minishelterins separate telomere length regulation and end protection in fission yeast. Genes Dev, 29:1164–1174 Link
Tseng CK, Wang HF, Burns AM, Schroeder MR, Gaspari M and Baumann P (2015) Human telomerase RNA processing and quality control. Cell Rep, 13:2232–2243 Link
2014
Cole CJ, Taylor HL, Baumann DP and Baumann P (2014) Neaves’ whiptail lizard: The first known tetraploid parthenogenetic tetrapod (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae). Breviora, 539:1–20 Link
2013
Kannan R, Hartnett S, Voelker RB, Andrew Berglund J, Staley JP and Baumann P (2013) Intronic sequence elements impede exon ligation and trigger a discard pathway that yields functional telomerase RNA in fission yeast. Genes Dev, 27:627–638 Link
2012
Tang W, Kannan R, Blanchette M and Baumann P (2012) Telomerase RNA biogenesis involves sequential binding by Sm and Lsm complexes. Nature, 484:260–264 Link
2011
Lutes AA, Baumann DP, Neaves WB and Baumann P (2011) Laboratory synthesis of an independently reproducing vertebrate species. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108:9910–9915 Link
Neaves WB and Baumann P (2011) Unisexual reproduction among vertebrates. Trends Genet, 27:81–88 Link
2010
Helston RM, Box JA, Tang W and Baumann P (2010) Schizosaccharomyces cryophilus sp. nov., a new species of fission yeast. FEMS Yeast Res, 10:779–786 Link
Lutes AA, Neaves WB, Baumann DP, Wiegraebe W and Baumann P (2010) Sister chromosome pairing maintains heterozygosity in parthenogenetic lizards. Nature, 464:283–286 Link
2009
Sarthy J, Bae NS, Scrafford J and Baumann P (2009) Human RAP1 inhibits non-homologous end joining at telomeres. EMBO J, 28:3390–3399 Link
2008
Box JA*, Bunch JT*, Tang W and Baumann P (2008) Spliceosomal cleavage generates the 3′ end of telomerase RNA. Nature, 456:910–914 (*indicates joint contribution) Link
Box JA, Bunch JT, Zappulla DC, Glynn EF and Baumann P (2008) A flexible template boundary element in the RNA subunit of fission yeast telomerase. J Biol Chem, 283:24224–24233 Link
Leonardi J, Box JA, Bunch JT and Baumann P (2008) TER1, the RNA subunit of fission yeast telomerase. Nat Struct Mol Biol, 15:26–33 Link
Wang X and Baumann P (2008) Chromosome fusions following telomere loss are mediated by single-strand annealing. Mol Cell, 31:463–473 Link
2007
Bae NS and Baumann P (2007) A RAP1/TRF2 complex inhibits nonhomologous end-joining at human telomeric DNA ends. Mol Cell, 26:323–334 Link