Shane Anthony Norris

The paper identifies distinct gut microbial and body composition signatures associated with different growth trajectories in South African infants during their first year of life.

This study expands the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa by analyzing 1,803 women from four countries, revealing geographic and lifestyle-associated taxa and novel microbial genomes.

This study investigates genetic substructure and demographic history of South African Bantu speakers using genome-wide data, revealing fine-scale population structure aligned with geography and linguistics.

The paper identifies a West African-associated regulatory variant with a strong female-specific effect on BMI and fat mass in Brazilian admixed populations.

This study uses short- and long-read metagenomics to analyze gut microbiomes in South African populations, revealing intermediate composition and novel taxa not captured by existing reference databases.