Laura Dudley Plimpton

The paper identifies diverse viruses in wild deer across the U.S., including known pathogens and new putative viruses, highlighting potential for pathogen spillover.

The paper sequences Betacoronavirus gravedinis from white-footed mice in NYC, identifies positively selected sites in the spike protein, and predicts its geographic distribution using phylogenetic and biodiversity data.

This paper develops a hybrid capture sequencing platform for tick-borne disease detection, identifying emerging pathogens and ecological transmission networks in New York.