Curriculum Vitae

Publications

2025

Tarandek A, Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Bonassin L, Schardt L, Jusilla J, Kokko H, Schwenk K, Hudina S, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Characterization of the noble crayfish immune response to oomycete-derived immunostimulants.
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2025.110666

2024

Boštjančić LL, Dragičević P, Bonassin L, Francesconi C, Tarandek A, Schardt L, Rutz C, Hudina S, Schwenk K, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Expression of C/EBP and Kr-h1 transcription factors under immune stimulation in the noble crayfish.
Gene, doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148813

Peona V, Martelossi J, Almojil D, Bocharkina J, Brännström I, Brown M, Cang A, Carrasco-Valenzuela T, DeVries Jon, Doellman M, Elsner D, Espíndola-Hernández P, Friis Montoya G, Gaspar B, Zagorski D, Hałakuc P, Ivanovska B, Laumer C, Lehmann R, Boštjančić LL, Mashoodh R, Mazzoleni S, Mouton A, Nilsson MA, Pei Y, Potente G, Provataris P, Pardos-Blas JR, Raut R, Sbaffi T, Schwarz F, Stapley J, Stevens L, Sultana N, Symonova R, Tahami MS, Urzì A, Yang H, Yusuf A, Pecoraro C & Suh A
Teaching transposon classification as a means to crowd source the curation of repeat annotation - a tardigrade perspective.
Mobile DNA, doi:10.1186/s13100-024-00319-8

Thielsch A, Francesconi C, Boštjančić LL, Leeb C & Theissinger K
The functional role of Daphnia in the host-pathogen interaction of crayfish and the crayfish plague disease agent(Aphanomyces astaci).
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108069

Bonassin L, Pârvulescu L, Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Paetsh J, Rutz C, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Genomic insights into the conservation status of Austropotamobius bihariensis: low genetic diversity in the endemic crayfish species of the Apuseni Mountains.
BMC Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1186/s12862-024-02268-5

Francesconi C, Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Schardt L, Rutz C, Makkonen J, Schwenk K, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
High variation of virulence in Aphanomyces astaci strains lacks association with pathogenic traits and mtDNA haplogroups.
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108174

2023

Collins G, Schneider C, Boštjančić LL, Burkhardt U, Christian A, Decker P, Ebersberger I, Hohberg K, Lecompte O, Merges D, Muelbaier H, Romahn J, Römbke J, Rutz C, Schmelz R, Schmidt A, Theissinger K, Veres R, Lehmitz R, Pfenninger M & Bálint M
The MetaInvert soil invertebrate genome resource provides insights into below-ground biodiversity and evolution.
Communications Biology, doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-0562

Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Bonassin L, Hudina S, Gračan R, Maguire I, Rutz C, Beck A, Dobrović A, Lecompte O, Theissinger K
Temporal dynamics of the immune response in Astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758) challenged with Aphanomyces astaci (Schikora, 1906).
Fish & Shellfish Immunology, doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.109185

Rutz C, Bonassin L, Kress A, Francesconi C, Boštjančić LL, Merlat D, Theissinger K, Lecompte O
Abundance and Diversification of Repetitive Elements in Decapoda Genomes
Genes, doi: 10.3390/genes14081627

2022

Dobrović A, Geček S, Klanjšček T, Haberle I, Dragičević P, Pavić D, Petelinec A, Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Theissinger K & Hudina S
Recurring infection by crayfish plague pathogen only marginally affects survival and growth of marbled crayfish.
NeoBiota, doi: 10.3897/neobiota.77.87474

Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Rutz C, Hoffbeck L, Poidevin L, Kress A, Jussila J, Makkonen J, Feldmeyer B, Bálint M, Schwenk K, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Host-pathogen coevolution drives innate immune response to Aphanomyces astaci infection in freshwater crayfish: transcriptomic evidence.
BMC Genomics, doi: 10.1186/s12864-022-08571-z

Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Rutz C, Hoffbeck L, Poidevin L, Kress A, Jussila J, Makkonen J, Feldmeyer B, Bálint M, Schwenk K, Lecompte O & Theissinger K
Dataset of the de novo assembly and annotation of the marbled crayfish and the noble crayfish hepatopancreas transcriptomes.
BMC Research Notes, doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06137-6

Mlinarec J, Boštjančić LL, Malenica N, Jurkovic A, Boland T, Yakovlev SS & Besendorfer V
Structure and methylation of 35S rDNA in allopolyploids Anemone multifida (2n = 4x = 32, BBDD) and Anemone baldensis (2n = 6x = 48, AABBDD) and their parental species show evidence of nucleolar dominance.
Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.908218

2020

Boštjančić LL, Bonassin L, Anušić L, Lovrenčić L, Besendorfer V, Maguire I, Grandjean F, Austin CM, Greve C, Hamadou AB & Mlinarec J
The Pontastacus leptodactylus (Astacidae) Repeatome provides insight into genome evolution and reveals a remarkable diversity of satellite DNA
Frontiers in Genetics, doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.611745

Lovrenčić L, Bonassin L, Boštjančić LL, Podnar M, Jelić M, Klobučar G, Jaklič M, Slavevska-Stamenković V, Hinić J & Maguire I
New insights into the genetic diversity of the stone crayfish: taxonomic and conservation implications
BMC Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1186/s12862-020-01709-1

Contributions to manuscripts as a part of the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) consortium:

Theissinger K, Fernandes C, Formenti G, Bista I, Berg PR, Bleidorn C, Bombarely A, Crottini A, Gallo GR, Godoy JA, Jentoft S, Malukiewicz J, Mouton A, Oomen RA, Paez S, Palsbøll PJ, Pampoulie C, Ruiz-López MJ, Secomandi S, Svardal H, Theofanopoulou C, de Vries J, Waldvogel AM, Zhang G, Jarvis ED, Bálint M, Ciofi C, Waterhouse RM, Mazzoni CJ, Höglund J & ERGA
How genomics can help biodiversity conservation.
Trends in Genetics, doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.01.005

Formenti G, Theissinger K, Fernandes C, Bista I, Bombarely A, Bleidorn C, Ciofi C, Crottini A, Godoy JA, Höglund J, Malukiewicz J, Mouton A, Oomen RA, Paez S, Palsbøll PJ, Pampoulie C, Ruiz-López MJ, Svardal H, Theofanopoulou C, de Vries J, Waldvogel AM, Zhang G, Mazzoni CJ, Jarvis ED, Bálint M & ERGA
The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008