Stefanie E. Kandels-Lewis

This study analyzes diatom diversity and abundance in the global ocean using Tara Oceans data, identifying key environmental drivers and community patterns.

This study shows that fecal microbial load, not disease, is the main driver of gut microbiome changes and identifies it as a major confounder in microbiome studies.

The paper refines enterotypes in global fecal metagenomes using fuzzy clustering and introduces an Enterotype Dysbiosis Score to assess disease associations.