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Meena Khan

University of California, Los Angeles

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Aydin Loid KaratasiD· 2 shared Ben KnowlesiD· 2 shared Eleanor Gorham· 2 shared Isha TripathiiD· 2 shared Jacob Kelman· 2 shared Natalia Shahwan· 2 shared Natalie A Falta· 2 shared Amit Rand· 1 shared

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Central carbon metabolism switching in lytic versus temperate coral reef viral communities

Jacob Kelman, Meena Khan, Chibundu Umunna, Russell E. Brainard, Grace Donohue, Robert Alan Edwards, Natalie A Falta, Emma E. George, Eleanor Gorham, Juris A. Grasis, Kevin Green, Andreas Florian Haas, Kimberly H. Halsey, Eric R. Hester, S Higgins Jacob, , Ben Knowles

The paper examines viral metabolism in coral reefs, finding that lytic viruses consume central carbon intermediates for virion production, while temperate viruses build them, leading to distinct ecosystem states.

bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Transitions in human gut viral communities from ancient to modern societies

Aydin Loid Karatas, Michael Iter, Jacob Kelman, Natalia Shahwan, Sarah Bonver, Natalie A Falta, Molly M. Fox, Cali Fujimoto, Eleanor Gorham, Yewon Jang, Meena Khan, Madelaine Leitman, Natalie Martin, Robert Morris, Bobbie Patton, , Ben Knowles

This study compares gut virome composition across ancient and modern human populations, finding increased similarity and shifts toward temperate lifestyles and bacterial pathogenicity with industrialization.

bioRxiv · Sep 16, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology