Douglas W. Yu

MARTi provides real-time metagenomic analysis and visualization using open-source tools, supporting classification methods like BLAST and Kraken2 for taxonomic and AMR gene identification.

This study shows female fruit flies adjust egg clustering based on social cues, increasing clustering with group size and preferring mixed maternity clusters.

The paper uses eDNA surveys to infer metacommunity assembly processes in ponds and finds environmental factors and species interactions shape community composition.

This study investigates how microbial environments influence oviposition decisions in Drosophila melanogaster, finding that microbial cues affect fecundity and egg placement but not antimicrobial activity.

The paper presents a lab workflow and bioinformatic pipeline to improve eDNA metabarcoding accuracy by reducing contamination and taxonomic mis-assignment risks.

The paper tests biodiversity benefits of native forests versus Grain-for-Green plantations using arthropod metabarcoding, finding native forests support highest species richness and mixed plantations show greater biodiversity than monocultures.

The paper demonstrates that screening theory explains how hosts selectively recruit antibiotic-producing microbes by simulating ant microbiome competition in vitro.