Lauren J. N. Brent

Enhanced stroke volume and divergence of the human left ventricle

The paper compares left ventricular phenotypes across humans, chimpanzees, and macaques to identify structural and functional traits associated with higher stroke volume in humans.

Early life adversity shapes adult behavior in a free-ranging primate

This study examines how early life adversity affects adult behavior in free-ranging rhesus macaques, finding that ELA correlates with increased aggression, reduced grooming, and submissive behaviors.

Age and early life adversity shape heterogeneity of the epigenome across tissues in macaques

The paper shows that age and early life adversity affect DNA methylation across tissues in macaques, with distinct but overlapping patterns.

The influence of captivity on cardiac structure and function across age, in rhesus macaques

This study compares cardiac structure and function in free-ranging and captive rhesus macaques across age, finding that captive macaques show more pronounced age-related cardiac changes.

Early life adversity shapes life history trade-offs between growth and reproduction in free-ranging rhesus macaques

This study shows that early life adversity in rhesus macaques affects growth, reproductive timing, and lifetime reproductive success, with adversity intensifying trade-offs between growth and reproduction.

Support for the social buffering hypothesis, especially under unpredictable precipitation regimes

The paper tests the social buffering hypothesis across 66 animal species, finding social species have lower demographic sensitivity to environmental variability, especially in unpredictable climates.

Analysis of sparse animal social networks

The paper addresses bias in estimating edge weights in sparse animal social networks by introducing zero-inflation into a Bayesian framework, demonstrating improved performance over frequentist methods in elephant data.

Evolutionary and biomedical implications of sex differences in the primate brain transcriptome

The paper analyzes sex-biased gene expression in rhesus macaque brains to understand its evolutionary and biomedical implications, finding similarities with human patterns and associations with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Social ageing can protect against infectious disease in a group-living primate

The paper examines how reduced social connectedness in older primates can mitigate infection risks from a hypothetical pathogen, showing age-related changes in social behavior affect disease dynamics.

Age-related differences in ocular features of a naturalistic free-ranging population of rhesus macaques

This study examines age-related changes in ocular features of rhesus macaques, finding associations between age and corneal thickness, axial length, refractive error, cataracts, and retinal drusen.

Rhesus macaques as a tractable physiological model of human ageing

This paper reviews rhesus macaques as a model for human ageing, showing shared gene regulatory signatures in immune ageing between macaques and humans.