Arthur Wickenhagen

The paper designs a synthetic consensus IFN-β for bats that induces IFN-I signaling across diverse bat species, enabling study of antiviral immunity.

This study shows Jamaican fruit bats are susceptible to henipaviruses but rapidly control infection following oral exposure.

The paper shows that alternative splicing of the OAS2 gene generates two antiviral proteins with distinct target specificities and mechanisms.

The study compares contact transmissibility of human, bovine, and mountain lion H5N1 isolates in Syrian hamsters, finding human isolate has higher contact transmissibility despite limited overall transmission.

This study shows Jamaican fruit bats can support EBOV replication and shedding but not MARV, due to differences in viral entry and IFN-I signaling suppression.

The paper assesses the environmental stability of H5N1 influenza virus in raw milk, wastewater, and on surfaces, finding slow decay in milk suggests transmission risks.

This study evaluates the fitness and pathogenesis of Omicron variants in the upper and lower respiratory tracts, finding increased URT fitness with reduced lung pathology.

V3 primer pools with 22 extra alternates improve coverage; revised library preps raise double-barcode demultiplexing from 42.15% to 74.5%, cut misassignment 35x and bring reagent cost near £10 per sample.