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Michelle McCulley

Ministry for Primary Industries

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Meagan DewariD· 2 shared Michelle WilleiD· 2 shared Xiaomin DongiD· 2 shared Amanda KuepferiD· 1 shared Amandine GambleiD· 1 shared Ana I. Moraga-Quintanilla· 1 shared Andrew J. Stanworth· 1 shared Andrew RambautiD· 1 shared

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Skuas as sentinels of high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 on the Antarctic Peninsula in the 2024/2025 austral summer

Michelle Wille, Will Abbott, Darrel Day, Yi‐Mo Deng, Xiaomin Dong, Ted Gibson, Ryan Hope-Inglis, Michelle McCulley, Ida Olsson, Arvind Varsani, Teri Visentin, Matthew Walters, Meagan Dewar

The study sampled skuas on the Antarctic Peninsula and found HPAI H5N1 in all but one carcass, indicating the virus is established in Antarctica despite low prevalence.

Microbial Genomics · Aug 14, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Dispersal, adaptation and persistence of H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctica

Augustin Clessin, Marius Brusselmans, Samuel Leandro Hong, J Tornos, Mathilde Lejeune, Yucai Shao, François‐Xavier Briand, Célia Abolnik, Benjamin Kaza, Marc A. Suchard, Begoña Aguado, Antonio Alcamı́, Christophe Barbraud, Martin Beer, Ashley Bennison, , Guy Baele

This study tracks the spread and evolution of H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctica, revealing long-distance dispersal and mammalian-adaptive mutations.

bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology