J. P. White

Shifting effects of host physiological condition following pathogen establishment

The paper examines how host body condition affects survival during and after pathogen invasion, finding initial benefits that diminish over time.

Host infection dynamics and disease induced mortality modify species contributions to the environmental reservoir

The paper examines how host infection dynamics and disease-induced mortality affect species contributions to an environmental pathogen reservoir over time.

Sex-biased infections scale to population impacts for an emerging wildlife disease

The paper examines sex-biased infections in bats with white-nose syndrome, finding females are more infected and have lower survival, leading to skewed sex ratios and potential population impacts.

Reducing environmentally mediated transmission to moderate impacts of an emerging wildlife disease

The paper tests the effectiveness of chlorine dioxide in reducing environmental transmission of white-nose syndrome in bats, finding it lowers fungal loads and improves bat survival.

Phosphoproteomic mapping reveals distinct signaling actions and activation of protein synthesis and muscle hypertrophy by Isthmin-1

This study identifies distinct phosphoproteomic effects of Ism1 compared to insulin, revealing novel pathways in muscle hypertrophy and protein synthesis.

Multi-omic rejuvenation and lifespan extension upon exposure to youthful circulation

This study shows that prolonged heterochronic parabiosis reduces biological age and extends lifespan in mice through long-term epigenetic and transcriptomic changes.

Environmental transmission of Pseudogymnoascus destructans to hibernating little brown bats

This study shows that Pseudogymnoascus destructans can infect and kill naive bats in contaminated hibernacula, demonstrating environmental transmission of WNS.

Mobility and infectiousness in the spatial spread of an emerging fungal pathogen

This study investigates how the timing of fungal pathogen arrival affects disease spread in bat populations, finding that midwinter arrival correlates with higher infectiousness and severe declines in some species.

Field trial of a probiotic bacteria and a chemical, chitosan, to protect bats from white-nose syndrome

This study tests two treatments, a probiotic bacteria and chitosan, to reduce white-nose syndrome impacts in bats, finding that P. fluorescens increased survival while chitosan had mixed results.