L. Barrett

Regulation of coronavirus nsp15 cleavage specificity by RNA structure

This study investigates how RNA secondary structure influences SARS-CoV-2 nsp15 endonuclease cleavage specificity, showing that stable structures protect RNA from cleavage and that uridine positioning within a pentaloop affects cleavage efficiency.

Sick and Tired: Polyparasitism, Food Stress and Sickness Behaviour in a Gregarious Mammal

This study examines how food stress and co-infection with parasites affect sickness behaviour in wild vervet monkeys, finding that food availability is the main driver of behavioural changes.

SARS-CoV-2 proteins and anti-COVID-19 drugs induce lytic reactivation of an oncogenic virus

This study shows that SARS-CoV-2 proteins and anti-COVID-19 drugs can reactivate KSHV, increasing cancer risk in infected patients.

Infrared thermography cannot be used to approximate core body temperature in wild primates

This study shows that infrared thermography cannot reliably approximate core body temperature in wild vervet monkeys when local climate effects are controlled.

Determining Temporal Stability in Dominance Hierarchies

This paper evaluates 13 methods for inferring dominance hierarchies using a training-testing approach, finding that all performed well but accuracy decreased with longer testing periods.

Network reaction norms: taking into account network position and network plasticity in response to environmental change.

The paper introduces the network reaction norm (NRN) approach to analyze how individual differences in social network position and plasticity vary with environmental conditions in chacma baboons.

Functional Social Structure in Baboons: Modelling Interactions Between Social and Environmental Structure in Group-Level Foraging

This study uses agent-based modeling to show that centralized social structures in baboon groups affect foraging outcomes by altering resource detection and exploitation.