Brandon Kocurek

This study examines how high levels of dietary SCars during puberty affect the gut microbiome of mice, finding reduced diversity and changes in metabolic pathways.

This paper compares metagenomic sequencing with traditional culture methods for diagnosing companion animal skin infections, showing that metagenomics identifies pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes as effectively as culture-based methods and provides additional insights into microbiome composition.

The paper uses DNA data and chemical analysis to identify toxic plants in contaminated forage linked to cattle poisoning.

The paper evaluates aflatoxin-contaminated dog kibble using paired metagenomic and chemical data to correlate fungal DNA abundance with toxin levels.

The paper describes the microbiome of channel catfish skin mucosa and aquaria water before and after exposure to chloramine-T.