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Jacob West-Roberts

Innovative Genomics Institute

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Establishment of microbial strains from the river, groundwater, and soil in the hyporheic zone is limited despite connectivity

Susan Mullen, Jacob West-Roberts, Lin-Xing Chen, Michelle Newcomer, Jordan Hoff, Eoin Brodie, Kenneth H. Williams, Shufei Lei, Jillian F. Banfield

The paper examines strain-level microbial overlap across river, groundwater, and hyporheic zone environments, finding limited establishment of transported strains despite connectivity.

bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

A distinct class of conjugative megaplasmids includes potential vehicles for prophage dissemination

Ling Yuan, Yiting Qin, Jacob West-Roberts, Karthik Anantharaman, Haoyu Wang, Yuanqiang Zou, Yi Duan, Antoni Pedro Camargo, Eugene V. Koonin, L. J. Chen

The paper identifies conjugative megaplasmids in the human gut microbiome that can disseminate prophage genomes across bacterial lineages, explaining their wide distribution.

bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology