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L. B. Martin

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 8 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Organism:multiple species· 5 Approach:statistical model· 5 Assay:proteomics· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Organism:mouse· 2

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C. J. Downs· 3 shared E. Cornelius Ruhs· 3 shared M. E. Kernbach· 3 shared R. H. Jiang· 3 shared H. E. Hanson· 2 shared N. D. Burkett-Cadena· 2 shared R. J. Hall· 2 shared S. J. Oakey· 2 shared

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Movement-related drivers of exposure to West Nile virus by American robins (Turdus migratorius)

A. E. Jahn, K. K. Koller, L. B. Martin, T. M. Smiley, T. B. Verrett, E. D. Ketterson, E. J. Williams, D. Becker

This study examines how movement patterns of American robins influence their exposure to West Nile virus, finding higher exposure rates but no link to migration distance or season.

bioRxiv · Oct 27, 2023 · PreprintEcology

Bacterial sepsis triggers stronger transcriptomic immune responses in larger primates

R. McMinds, R. H. Jiang, S. R. Adapa, E. Cornelius Ruhs, R. A. Munds, J. W. Leiding, C. Downs, L. B. Martin

This study finds that larger primates exhibit stronger transcriptomic immune responses to bacterial sepsis, supporting the Safety Factor hypothesis over the Metabolic Theory of Ecology.

bioRxiv · Jul 11, 2023Evolutionary Biology

Host stress hormones affect host, but not vector, infectiousness for West Nile virus

L. B. Martin, M. E. Kernbach, K. Koller, N. D. Burkett-Cadena, T. Unnasch

This study investigates whether corticosterone affects the extrinsic incubation period of West Nile virus in mosquitoes feeding on corticosterone-treated birds, finding no effect on EIP or post-feeding mortality.

bioRxiv · May 20, 2021 · PreprintEcology

FKBP5 expression is related to HPA flexibility and the capacity to cope with stressors in the house sparrow

C. Zimmer, H. E. Hanson, L. B. Martin

The paper examines FKBP5 expression in house sparrows and finds it correlates with HPA flexibility and stress coping abilities.

bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2021Physiology

Body size affects immune cell proportions in birds and non-volant mammals, but not bats

E. Cornelius Ruhs, D. J. Becker, S. J. Oakey, O. Ogunsina, M. B. Fenton, N. B. Simmons, L. B. Martin, C. J. Downs

The paper examines how body size affects immune cell proportions in bats, birds, and non-volant mammals, finding no scaling relationship in bats but strong scaling in birds and non-volant mammals.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2020Physiology

Large Mammals Have More Powerful Antibacterial Defenses Than Expected from Their Metabolic Rates

C. J. Downs, L. A. Schoenle, E. W. Goolsby, S. J. Oakey, R. Ball, R. H. Jiang, K. C. Klasing, L. B. Martin

The paper compares antibacterial capacity across >160 mammalian species and finds that large mammals have less hospitable serum for bacteria than expected based on their metabolic rates.

bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2020Ecology

Light pollution affects West Nile virus exposure risk across Florida.

M. E. Kernbach, L. B. Martin, T. R. Unnasch, R. J. Hall, R. H. Jiang, C. D. Francis

This study finds light pollution, specifically artificial light at night, is a stronger predictor of West Nile virus exposure risk in Florida than urbanization or temperature.

bioRxiv · May 8, 2020Ecology

The impacts of body mass on immune cell concentrations in birds

E. Cornelius Ruhs, L. B. Martin, C. J. Downs

This study examines how body mass influences immune cell concentrations in birds, finding that heterophils scale hypermetrically with body mass, unlike lymphocytes and eosinophils.

bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2020Ecology

Epigenetic Potential and DNA Methylation in an Ongoing House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Range Expansion

H. E. Hanson, C. Wang, A. W. Schrey, A. L. Liebl, R. H. Y. Jiang, L. B. Martin

The paper investigates how CpG site number and DNA methylation vary across a Kenyan house sparrow range expansion, finding increased CpG sites at the invasion front and altered methylation patterns linked to phenotypic plasticity.

bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2020Evolutionary Biology

Light Pollution Increases West Nile Virus Competence in a Ubiquitous Passerine Reservoir Species

M. E. Kernbach, J. M. Miller, R. J. Hall, T. R. Unnasch, N. D. Burkett-Cadena, L. B. Martin

This study shows that dim light at night increases the infectiousness of house sparrows to West Nile virus, potentially raising outbreak risk by 41%.

bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2018Pathology