M. R. Smith

Functionally competent CD4+ T cells express high levels of T-bet in Plasmodium chabaudi infected young mice

The paper shows that Plasmodium chabaudi infection in young mice leads to increased T-bet expression in CD4+ T cells, suggesting enhanced Th1 commitment and potential cerebral symptoms.

TreeSearch: morphological phylogenetic analysis in R

TreeSearch is an R package for morphological phylogenetic analysis that supports profile parsimony and optimality criteria, with tools for data quality improvement and result exploration.

Microengineered 3D pulmonary interstitial mimetics highlight a critical role for matrix degradation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

This study uses 3D hydrogels to show that matrix degradation, not stiffness, drives myofibroblast differentiation in IPF, contrasting with 2D findings.

Low-dose cadmium potentiates lung inflammatory response to 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in mice

This study shows that low-dose cadmium exposure in mice increases lung inflammation and genetic responses to H1N1 influenza virus infection.

Quantifying and visualising divergence between pairs of phylogenetic trees: implications for phylogenetic reconstruction

The paper introduces a divergence metric for phylogenetic trees based on quartet statements and applies it to evaluate Bayesian vs. parsimony methods in morphological phylogenetics.

Morphological phylogenetic analysis with inapplicable data

The paper introduces an algorithm for ancestral states reconstruction in morphological phylogenetic datasets with inapplicable data, showing it identifies different optimal trees compared to traditional methods.