Astra S. Bryant

Dopamine signaling drives skin invasion by human-infective nematodes

This study identifies dopamine signaling as critical for skin penetration by nematodes and suggests potential drug targets to prevent infection.

Thermosensory behaviors of the free-living life stages of Strongyloides species support parasitism in tropical environments

This study investigates the thermosensory behaviors of free-living Strongyloides adults, finding they prefer near-tropical temperatures and exhibit temperature-dependent lifespan and reproductive effects.

The neural basis of temperature-driven host seeking in the human threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis

This study identifies parasite-specific neural adaptations in Strongyloides stercoralis that enable temperature-driven host seeking.

The Wild Worm Codon Adapter: a web tool for automated codon adaptation of transgenes for expression in non-Caenorhabditis nematodes

The paper introduces a web tool for codon optimization of transgenes in non-Caenorhabditis nematodes and demonstrates its use in analyzing codon bias in Strongyloides species.

Strongyloides RNA-seq Browser: a web-based software platform for on-demand bioinformatics analyses of Strongyloides species

The paper introduces a web-based tool for analyzing RNA-seq data from Strongyloides species, enabling on-demand gene expression analysis without coding experience.