Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 9592
- nathan.kenny@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean (Māori – Research), Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
- Department
- Department of Biochemistry
- Iwi affiliations
- Te Ātiawa, Ngāi Tahu
- Qualifications
- BSc(Hons) (Otago), BA, DPhil (Oxon)
- Research summary
- Evolutionary genomics
Research
Dr Kenny’s research is centred on a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, looking at the molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to climate change in the kuku (the green-lipped mussel, Perna canaliculus, also known as the kūtai). He has worked on a number of questions at the intersection of comparative genomics, phylogenetics and evolutionary developmental biology in a range of invertebrate species. He uses genomic sequencing, single cell approaches (scRNA and scATACseq), and both bioinformatic and embryological assays to understand how species diversify, develop and adapt to extreme environmental conditions.
For more information, please see his lab website.
Dr Kenny whakapapas to Te Ātiawa and Ngāi Tahu
Publications
Rossi, M. E., Keating, J. N., Kenny, N. J., Glacomelli, M., Álvarez-Carretero, S., Schuster, A., … Pisani, D. (2026). Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history. Science Advances, 12(2), eadx1754. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx1754 Journal - Research Article
Pérez-Posada, A., García-Castro, H., Emili, E., Guixeras-Fontana, A., Vanni, V., Salamanca-Diaz, D., … Kenny, N., & Solana, J. (2025). Multimodal single cell analyses reveal gene networks of planarian stem cell differentiation. Nature Communications, 16, 10683. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65712-0 Journal - Research Article
Greenhough, H., Smith, K. F., Vignier, J., Miller, M. R., Passfield, E., Kenny, N. J., & Rolton, A. (2025). Impacts of marine heatwave stress and harmful algal (Alexandrium spp.) exposure on subadult green-lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus). Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety, 304, 119112. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.119112 Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N (2025, September). Tracing the genomic basis for climate resilience in the kuku, Perna canaliculus. Research Theme Seminar Series, Natural History Museum, London, UK. [Research Presentation]. Other Research Output
Kenny, N. (2025, September). Embedding principles of partnership and data sovereignty in genomic research. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Satellite Meeting of Indigenous Genomics, Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
2026
Journal - Research Article
Rossi, M. E., Keating, J. N., Kenny, N. J., Glacomelli, M., Álvarez-Carretero, S., Schuster, A., … Pisani, D. (2026). Independent origins of spicules reconcile paleontological and molecular evidence of sponge evolutionary history. Science Advances, 12(2), eadx1754. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adx1754
2025
Journal - Research Article
Pérez-Posada, A., García-Castro, H., Emili, E., Guixeras-Fontana, A., Vanni, V., Salamanca-Diaz, D., … Kenny, N., & Solana, J. (2025). Multimodal single cell analyses reveal gene networks of planarian stem cell differentiation. Nature Communications, 16, 10683. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65712-0
Greenhough, H., Smith, K. F., Vignier, J., Miller, M. R., Passfield, E., Kenny, N. J., & Rolton, A. (2025). Impacts of marine heatwave stress and harmful algal (Alexandrium spp.) exposure on subadult green-lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus). Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety, 304, 119112. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.119112
Salamanca-Díaz, D. A., Horkan, H. R., García-Castro, H., Emili, E., Salinas-Saavedra, M., Pérez-Posada, A., … Kenny, N. J., … Solana, J. (2025). The Hydractinia cell atlas reveals cellular and molecular principles of cnidarian coloniality. Nature Communications, 16, 2121. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57168-z
Greenhough, H., Vignier, J., Smith, K. F., Brown, C. M., Kenny, N. J., & Rolton, A. (2025). Multi-stressor dynamics: Effects of marine heatwave stress and harmful algal blooms on juvenile mussel (Perna canaliculus) survival and physiology. Science of the Total Environment, 964, 178590. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178590
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Zúñiga-Soto, N., Schwaha, T., Kenny, N., & Aguilera, F. (2025). Comparative analysis of larval myogenesis in the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger and the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. Proceedings of the International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM-6). Retrieved from https://icim6.com
Kenny, N., Hawkes, M., Power, D., Chalmers, A., Haviernik, J., Chyou, D., & Downer, E. (2025). Tracing the genomic basis for climate resilience in the kuku, Perna canaliculus [Keynote]. Proceedings of the International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM-6). Retrieved from https://icim6.com
Leiva, C., Li, R., Fauvelot, C., Lin, M., Keat, L., Reimer, J., Kenny, N., … Lemer, S. (2025). A giant step for giant clams: A high-quality reference genome for Tridacna maxima. Bulletin of Marine Science, 101(1), (pp. 536). doi: 10.5343/bms.2024.0122
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Kenny, N. (2025, September). Embedding principles of partnership and data sovereignty in genomic research. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Satellite Meeting of Indigenous Genomics, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Kenny, N (2025, September). Tracing the genomic basis for climate resilience in the kuku, Perna canaliculus. Research Theme Seminar Series, Natural History Museum, London, UK. [Research Presentation].
Kenny, N (2025, June). Advancing aquaculture and conservation through genomics. Excellence Exemplified: The 2024 University of Otago Distinguished Professors and Early Career Awardees, University of the Third Age (U3A), Dunedin, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2024
Journal - Research Article
Santodomingo, N., Díez-Vives, C., Kenny, N. J., Cárdenas, P., Balcells, L., Moles, J., … Riesgo, A. (2024). Integrative taxonomy of Tethya: Description of four new species based on morphology, phylogeny and microbiome diversity. Systematics & Biodiversity, 22(1), 2383341. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2024.2383341
Greenhough, H., Smith, K. F., Kenny, N. J., & Rolton, A. (2024). Effects of the toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium pacificum, on the marine diatom, Chaetoceros muelleri, and mussel (Perna canaliculus) sperm and hemocytes. Marine Environmental Research, 199, 106630. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106630
Achilleos, K., Smith, A. M., Kenny, N. J., & Brown, C. M. (2024). A new transcriptome resource for Cellaria immersa (Phylum: Bryozoa) reveals candidate genes and proteins related to biomineralization. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1389708. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1389708
Leite, D. J., Schönauer, A., Blakeley, G., Harper, A., Garcia‑Castro, H., Baudouin‑Gonzalez, L., … Kenny, N. J., … McGregor, A. P. (2024). An atlas of spider development at single-cell resolution provides new insights into arthropod embryogenesis. EvoDevo, 15, 5. doi: 10.1186/s13227-024-00224-4
Álvarez-Campos, P., García-Castro, H., Emili, E., Pérez-Posada, A., del Olmo, I., Peron, S., … Kenny, N. J., … Solana, J. (2024). Annelid adult cell type diversity and their pluripotent cellular origins. Nature Communications, 15, 3194. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47401-6
Journal - Research Other
Kenny, N. J., & Aguilera, F. (2024). Spiralian genomics in a changing world. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1501345. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1501345
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Greenhough, H., Vignier, J., Smith, K. F., Brown, C., Rolton, A., & Kenny, N. J. (2024, August). The effects of harmful algal blooms and marine heatwaves on the early life stages of green-lipped mussels. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Dewar, E., Jeunen, G.-J., & Kenny, N. (2024, August). Under-appreciated and overlooked: Mapping the identity, molecular diversity and eDNA context of New Zealand's freshwater sponge species. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Kenny, N. (2024, November). Embedding principles of partnership and data sovereignty in genomic research. Verbal presentation at the International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC), Auckland, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Kenny, N. (2024, October). Plenty more fish in the ACTG: Advancing aquacultural aspirations through genomics. Zoology Department Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2023
Journal - Research Article
Greenhough, H., Vignier, J., Peychers, C., Smith, K. F., Kenny, N. J., & Rolton, A. (2023). Exposure to Alexandrium spp. impairs the development of green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) embryos and larvae. Harmful Algae, 127, 102465. doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102465
Truchado-García, M., Perry, K. J., Cavodeassi, F., Kenny, N. J., Henry, J. Q., & Grande, C. (2023). A small change with a twist ending: A single residue in EGF-CFC drives bilaterian asymmetry. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 40(2), msac270. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac270
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hawkes, M. K. N., Dearden, P. K., Gemmell, N. J., & Kenny, N. J. (2023). Evaluating the impacts of climate change at a cellular resolution through comparative single cell sequencing of kuku (green-lipped mussels). Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
Kenny, N. (2023). Molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to climate change in the green lipped mussel (kuku) [Invited]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
Null, R., Metzger, B., Álvarez-Campos, P., García-Castro, H., Salamanca-Diaz, D., Emill, E., … Kenny, N., … Özpolat, B. D. (2023). Automating the design of fluorescent in situ probes for big data sets. Proceedings of the Society for Developmental Biology 82nd Annual Meeting. (pp. 37). Retrieved from https://www.sdbonline.org
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Kenny, N. (2023, September). Tracing green-lipped mussel climate change resilience from genome to embryo. Poster session presented at the Company of Biologists Development Journal Meeting: Unconventional and emerging experimental organisms in cell and developmental biology, Dorking, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Kenny, N. J., Gamlen-Greene, R., Stephens, J., Eason, C., & Foster, M. (2023, August). Tracing the diversity and phylogenetic inter-relationships of Kawakawa (Piper excelsum) using a transcriptome-based approach. Verbal presentation at the Kai mō Aotearoa Food Science Meeting [Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Satellite], Queenstown, New Zealand.
Bailie, M., Elliot, A., Stephens, J., Eason, C., & Kenny, N. J. (2023, August). Advancing aquacultural aspirations through genomic sequencing. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Genomics Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kenny, N. (2023, September). Stretched mussels: Tracing the genetic basis of resilience to climate change and ocean acidification in cultured green-lipped mussels (kuku) from genome to embryo. Verbal presentation at the Frontiers in Molecular Zoology Symposium, Göttingen, Germany.
Kenny, N. (2023, August). Molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to climate change in kūtai. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Ocean Acidification Conference & Climate Change Resilience in Aquaculture Symposium, Nelson, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Kenny, N. (2023, October). Molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to climate change in the green lipped mussel (kuku). Department of Pathology Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2022
Chapter in Book - Research
Sollitto, M., Kenny, N. J., Greco, S., Tucci, C. F., Calcino, A. D., & Gerdol, M. (2022). Detecting structural variants and associated gene presence-absence variation phenomena in the genomes of marine organisms. In C. Verde & D. Giordano (Eds.), Marine genomics: Methods and protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2498). (pp. 53-76). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2313-8_4
Journal - Research Article
Leiva, C., Riesgo, A., Combosch, D., Arias, M. B., Giribet, G., Downey, R., Kenny, N. J., & Taboada, S. (2022). Guiding marine protected area network design with comparative phylogeography and population genomics: An exemplary case from the Southern Ocean. Diversity & Distributions, 28, 1891-1907. doi: 10.1111/ddi.13590
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Achilleos, K., Smith, A. M., Kenny, N., & Brown, C. M. (2022). Transcriptome analysis of Cellaria immersa (Phylum: Bryozoa) provides insights into marine invertebrate biomineralizations and consequences of climatic changes. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
Hawkes, M., Kenny, N. J., & Itskovich, V. B. (2022). What's your poison? Differential transcriptomic responses to diverse stressors in the Lake Baikal sponge Lubomirskia baikalensis. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go
Kenny, N. J. (2022). Stretched mussels: Tracing the genetic basis of resilience to climate change and ocean acidification in green-lipped mussels (kuku) from genome to embryo. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of Australasia (MSA) Molluscs Conference. Retrieved from http://www.malsocaus.org/
Kenny, N. J. (2022). Stretched mussels: Tracing the genetic basis of resilience to climate change and ocean acidification in green-lipped mussels (kuku) from genome to embryo [Invited]. Proceedings of the ComBio Conference. (pp. 80). Retrieved from https://combio.org.au/combio2022/
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Walker, L. A., Kenny, N. J., & Itskovich, V. B. (2022, August-September). To haline back: Investigating freshwater sponge hologenomes and mitgenomics using draft genomic sequencing. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kenny, N. J., Arias-Baldrich, C., García-Castro, H., Emili, E., Mason, V., & Solana, J. (2022, August-September). Single cell RNAseq and ATACseq analysis uncovers the transcriptional landscape underpinning cell type specification in the flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kenny, N. J. (2022, August-September). Stretched mussels: Tracing the genetic basis of resilience to climate change and ocean acidification in cultured green-lipped mussels (kuku) from genome to embryo. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Hawkes, M., Kenny, N. J., & Itskovich, V. B. (2022, August-September). What's your poison? Differential transcriptomic responses to diverse stressors in the Lake Baikal sponge Lubomirskia baikalensis. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Greenhough, H. E., Smith, K. F., Vignier, J., Peychers, C., Rolton, A., & Kenny, N. J. (2022, August-September). Effect of Alexandrium spp. on the early life stages of Perna canaliculus. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Achilleos, K., Smith, A. M., Kenny, N., & Brown, C. M. (2022, August-September). Transcriptome analysis of Cellaria immersa (Phylum: Bryozoa) provides insights into marine invertebrate biomineralization and consequences of climatic changes. Poster session presented at the 31st Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Kenny, N. (2022, October). Uncovering the transcriptional landscape underpinning cell type specification in whole animals using single cell RNAseq and ATACseq analysis. Department of Pathology Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Kenny, N. (2022, June). Genome evolution in the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri (and the symbionts it has picked up along the way). Department of Microbiology and Immunology Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Kenny, N. (2022, May). The freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri: A multifaceted tool for tracing genome evolution across the Metazoa. College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China [Online]. [Research Presentation].
2021
Journal - Research Article
Pechmann, M., Kenny, N. J., Pott, L., Heger, P., Chen, Y.-T., Buchta, T., … Roth, S. (2021). Striking parallels between dorsoventral patterning in Drosophila and Gryllus reveal a complex evolutionary history behind a model gene regulatory network. eLIFE, 10, e68287. doi: 10.7554/eLife.68287
Calcino, A. D., Kenny, N. J., & Gerdol, M. (2021). Single individual structural variant detection uncovers widespread hemizygosity in molluscs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376, 20200153. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0153
Riesgo, A., Taboada, S., Kenny, N. J., Santodomingo, N., Moles, J., Leiva, C., … Maldonado, M. (2021). Recycling resources: Silica of diatom frustules as a source for spicule building in Antarctic siliceous demosponges. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 192(2), 259-276. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa058
Kenny, N. J., & Itskovich, V. B. (2021). Phylogenomic inference of the interrelationships of Lake Baikal sponges. Systematics & Biodiversity, 19(2), 209-217. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1827077
Plese, B., Kenny, N. J., Rossi, M. E., Cárdenas, P., Schuster, A., Taboada, S., … Riesgo, A. (2021). Mitochondrial evolution in the Demospongiae (Porifera): Phylogeny, divergence time, and genome biology. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 155, 107011. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107011
Journal - Research Other
García-Castro, H., Kenny, N. J., Iglesias, M., Álvarez-Campos, P., Mason, V., Elek, A., … Solana, J. (2021). ACME dissociation: A versatile cell fixation-dissociation method for single-cell transcriptomics. Genome Biology, 22, 89. doi: 10.1186/s13059-021-02302-5
Other Research Output
Kenny, N. (2021, August). Polar porifera: Selection and novelty in Antarctic sponge gene complements. Department of Marine Science Seminar Series, University of Otago [Online]. [Department Seminar].
2020
Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N. J., Francis, W. R., Rivera-Vicéns, R. E., Juravel, K., de Mendoza, A., Díez-Vives, C., … Leys, S. P. (2020). Tracing animal genomic evolution with the chromosomal-level assembly of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia muelleri. Nature Communications, 11, 3676. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17397-w
Britstein, M., Cerrano, C., Burgsdorf, I., Zoccarato, L., Kenny, N. J., Riesgo, A., … Steindler, L. (2020). Sponge microbiome stability during environmental acquisition of highly specific photosymbionts. Environmental Microbiology, 22(8), 3593-3607. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15165
Journal - Research Other
Kenny, N. J., McCarthy, S. A., Dudchenko, O., James, K., Betteridge, E., Corton, C., … Williams, S. T. (2020). The gene-rich genome of the scallop Pecten maximus [Data Note]. GigaScience, 9(5), giaa037. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa037
2019
Journal - Research Article
Sumner-Rooney, L., Kenny, N. J., Ahmed, F., & Williams, S. T. (2019). The utility of micro-computed tomography for the non-destructive study of eye microstructure in snails. Scientific Reports, 9, 15411. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51909-z
Kenny, N. J., Plese, B., Riesgo, A., & Itskovich, V. B. (2019). Symbiosis, selection, and novelty: Freshwater adaptation in the unique sponges of Lake Baikal. Molecular Biology & Evolution, 36(11), 2462-2480. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msz151
Kenny, N. J., Noreña, C., Damborenea, C., & Grande, C. (2019). Probing recalcitrant problems in polyclad evolution and systematics with novel mitochondrial genome resources. Genomics, 111(3), 343-355. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.02.009
Leiva, C., Taboada, S., Kenny, N. J., Combosch, D., Giribet, G., Jombart, T., & Riesgo, A. (2019). Population substructure and signals of divergent adaptive selection despite admixture in the sponge Dendrilla antarctica from shallow waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula. Molecular Ecology, 28(13), 3151-3170. doi: 10.1111/mec.15135
Álvarez-Campos, P., Kenny, N. J., Verdes, A., Fernández, R., Novo, M., Giribet, G., & Riesgo, A. (2019). Delegating sex: Differential gene expression in stolonizing syllids uncovers the hormonal control of reproduction. Genome Biology & Evolution, 11(1), 295-318. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evy265
González-Aravena, M., Kenny, N. J., Osorio, M., Font, A., Riesgo, A., & Cárdenas, C. A. (2019). Warm temperatures, cool sponges: The effect of increased temperatures on the Antarctic sponge Isodycta sp. PeerJ, 7, e8088. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8088
Journal - Research Other
Plese, B., Rossi, M. E., Kenny, N. J., Taboada, S., Koutsouveli, V., & Riesgo, A. (2019). Trimitomics: An efficient pipeline for mitochondrial assembly from transcriptomic reads in nonmodel species. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(5), 1230-1239. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13033
2018
Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N. J., de Goeij, J. M., de Bakker, D. M., Whalen, C. G., Berezikov, E., & Riesgo, A. (2018). Towards the identification of ancestrally shared regenerative mechanisms across the metazoa: A transcriptomic case study in the demosponge Halisarca caerulea. Marine Genomics, 37, 135-147. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2017.11.001
Taboada, S., Kenny, N. J., Riesgo, A., Wiklund, H., Paterson, G. L. J., Dahlgren, T. G., & Glover, A. G. (2018). Mitochondrial genome and polymorphic microsatellite markers from the abyssal sponge Plenaster craigi Lim & Wiklund, 2017: Tools for understanding the impact of deep-sea mining. Marine Biodiversity, 48, 621-630. doi: 10.1007/s12526-017-0786-0
Riesgo, A., Cavalcanti, F. F., Kenny, N. J., Ríos, P., Cristobo, J., & Lanna, E. (2018). Integrative systematics of clathrinid sponges: Morphological, reproductive and phylogenetic characterisation of a new species of Leucetta from Antarctica (Porifera, Calcarea, Calcinea) with notes on the occurrence of flagellated sperm. Invertebrate Systematics, 32(4), 827-841. doi: 10.1071/is17033
Schumann, I., Kenny, N., Hui, J., Hering, L., & Mayer, G. (2018). Halloween genes in panarthropods and the evolution of the early moulting pathway in Ecdysozoa. Royal Society Open Science, 5(9), 180888. doi: 10.1098/rsos.180888
2017
Journal - Research Article
Pechmann, M., Benton, M. A., Kenny, N. J., Posnien, N., & Roth, S. (2017). A novel role for Ets4 in axis specification and cell migration in the spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum. eLIFE, 6, e27590. doi: 10.7554/eLife.27590
2016
Journal - Research Article
Benton, M. A., Kenny, N. J., Conrads, K. H., Roth, S., & Lynch, J. A. (2016). Deep, staged transcriptomic resources for the novel coleopteran models Atrachya menetriesi and Callosobruchus maculatus. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0167431. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167431
Kenny, N. J., Truchado-García, M., & Grande, C. (2016). Deep, multi-stage transcriptome of the schistosomiasis vector Biomphalaria glabrata provides platform for understanding molluscan disease-related pathways. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, 618. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1944-x
Kenny, N. J., Chan, K. W., Nong, W., Qu, Z., Maeso, I., Yip, H. Y., … Hui, J. H. L. (2016). Ancestral whole-genome duplication in the marine chelicerate horseshoe crabs. Heredity, 116, 190-199. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2015.89
2015
Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N. J., Sin, Y. W., Hayward, A., Paps, J., Chu, K. H., & Hui, J. H. L. (2015). The phylogenetic utility and functional constraint of microRNA flanking sequences. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1803), 20142983. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2983
Sin, Y. W., Kenny, N. J., Qu, Z., Chan, K. W., Chan, K. W. S., Cheong, S. P. S., … Hui, J. H. L. (2015). Identification of putative ecdysteroid and juvenile hormone pathway genes in the shrimp Neocaridina denticulata. General & Comparative Endocrinology, 214, 167-176. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.07.018
Qu, Z., Kenny, N. J., Lam, H. M., Chan, T. F., Chu, K. H., Bendena, W. G., … Hui, J. H. L. (2015). How did arthropod sesquiterpenoids and ecdysteroids arise? Comparison of hormonal pathway genes in noninsect arthropod genomes. Genome Biology & Evolution, 7(7), 1951-1959. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evv120
Kenny, N. J., Shen, X., Chan, T. T. H., Wong, N. W. Y., Chan, T. F., Chu, K. H., … Hui, J. H. L. (2015). Genome of the rusty millipede, Trigoniulus corallinus, illuminates diplopod, myriapod, and arthropod evolution. Genome Biology & Evolution, 7(5), 1280-1295. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evv070
Kenny, N. J., Namigai, E. K. O., Marlétaz, F., Hui, J. H. L., & Shimeld, S. M. (2015). Draft genome assemblies and predicted microRNA complements of the intertidal lophotrochozoans Patella vulgata (Mollusca, Patellogastropoda) and Spirobranchus (Pomatoceros) lamarcki (Annelida, Serpulida). Marine Genomics, 24, 139-146. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.07.004
2014
Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N. J., Sin, Y. W., Shen, X., Zhe, Q., Wang, W., Chan, T. F., … Hui, J. H. L. (2014). Genomic sequence and experimental tractability of a new decapod shrimp model, Neocaridina denticulata. Marine Drugs, 12(3), 1419-1437. doi: 10.3390/md12031419
Grande, C., Martín-Durán, J. M., Kenny, N. J., Truchado-García, M., & Hejnol, A. (2014). Evolution, divergence and loss of the nodal signalling pathway: New data and a synthesis across the Bilateria. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 58, 521-532. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.140133cg
Kenny, N. J., Namigai, E. K. O., Dearden, P. K., Hui, J. H. L., Grande, C., & Shimeld, S. M. (2014). The lophotrochozoan TGF-β signalling cassette: Diversification and conservation in a key signalling pathway. International Journal of Developmental Biology, 58, 533-549. doi: 10.1387/ijdb.140080nk
Chipman, A. D., Ferrier, D. E. K., Brena, C., Qu, J., Hughes, D. S. T., Schröder, R., … Dearden, P. K., … Duncan, E. J., … Kenny, N. J., … Richards, S. (2014). The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. PLoS Biology, 12(11), e1002005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002005
Wilson, M. J., Kenny, N. J., & Dearden, P. K. (2014). Components of the dorsal-ventral pathway also contribute to anterior-posterior patterning in honeybee embryos (Apis mellifera). EvoDevo, 5, 11. doi: 10.1186/2041-9139-5-11
Journal - Research Other
Namigai, E. K. O., Kenny, N. J., & Shimeld, S. M. (2014). Right across the tree of life: The evolution of left-right asymmetry in the Bilateria. Genesis, 52(6), 458-470. doi: 10.1002/dvg.22748
2013
Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N. J., & Dearden, P. K. (2013). NMDA receptor expression and C terminus structure in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis and long-term potentiation across the Metazoa. Invertebrate Neuroscience, 13, 125-134. doi: 10.1007/s10158-013-0154-0
Journal - Research Other
Kenny, N. J., Quah, S., Holland, P. W. H., Tobe, S. S., & Hui, J. H. L. (2013). How are comparative genomics and the study of microRNAs changing our views on arthropod endocrinology and adaptations to the environment? General & Comparative Endocrinology, 188, 16-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.013
2012
Journal - Research Article
Kenny, N. J., & Shimeld, S. M. (2012). Additive multiple k-mer transcriptome of the keelworm Pomatoceros lamarckii (Annelida; Serpulidae) reveals annelid trochophore transcription factor cassette. Development Genes & Evolution, 222, 325-339. doi: 10.1007/s00427-012-0416-6
2009
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Kenny, N. (2009, November). Getting nervous? The neural architecture of the Rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Verbal presentation at the Genetics Otago Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.