I have broad interests in the diversity, metabolism, and evolution of eukaryotic cells. In my research, I use a wide phylogenetic scope – typically using single-celled eukaryotes (protists) – to infer large-scale evolutionary patterns. I employ a wide range of approaches, including biochemistry, molecular biology, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and in silico evolutionary analyses.
Okamoto, N., Gawryluk, R., del Campo, J., Strassert, J., Lukeš, J., Richards, T., Worden, A., Santoro, A., and Keeling, P. (2018). Eupelagonema oceanica n. gen. and sp. and a revised diplonemid taxonomy. J Eukaryot Microbiol.
Gawryluk, R.M. (2018). Evolutionary Biology: A New Home for the Powerhouse? Curr Biol 28, R798-R800.
Gawryluk, R.M., del Campo, J., Okamoto, N., Strassert, J.F., Lukeš, J., Richards, T.A., Worden, A.Z., Santoro, A.E., and Keeling, P.J. (2016). Morphological identification and single-cell genomics of marine diplonemids. Curr Biol 26, 3053-3059.
Gawryluk, R.M., Kamikawa, R., Stairs, C.W., Silberman, J.D., Brown, M.W., and Roger, A.J. (2016). The earliest stages of mitochondrial adaptation to low oxygen revealed in a novel rhizarian. Curr Biol 26, 2729-2738.
Gawryluk, R.M.R., Eme, L., and Roger, A.J. (2015). Gene fusion, fission, lateral transfer, and loss: not-so-rare events in the evolution of eukaryotic ATP citrate lyase. Mol Phylogenet Evol 91, 12-16.
Gawryluk, R.M.R., Chisholm, K.A., Pinto, D.M., and Gray, M.W. (2014). Compositional complexity of the mitochondrial proteome of a unicellular eukaryote (Acanthamoeba castellanii, supergroup Amoebozoa) rivals that of animals, fungi, and plants. J Proteomics 109, 400-416.
Wideman, J.G., Gawryluk, R.M.R., Gray, M.W., and Dacks, J.B. (2013). The ancient and widespread nature of the ER-Mitochondria Encounter Structure. Mol Biol Evol 30, 2044-2049.
Leger, M.M., Gawryluk, R.M.R., Gray, M.W., and Roger, A.J. (2013). Evidence for a Hydrogenosomal-Type Anaerobic ATP Generation Pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii. PloS one 8, e69532.
