Janelle R. Wierenga

This study identifies 217 viruses in New Zealand passerines, finding that social behavior significantly influences virome diversity.

The paper characterizes viral communities in urban waterfowl across New Zealand, finding widespread viral diversity and connectivity despite geographic distance.

The paper uses population genomics to identify three yellow-eyed penguin subspecies and links candidate genes to respiratory distress syndrome.

The paper identifies extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, and Streptococcus gallolyticus as potential causative agents of exudative cloacitis in kakapos through metatranscriptomic analysis of lesions and cloacal swabs.

The study sampled wild birds in New Zealand and its territories, finding no HPAI H5N1 but detecting H1N9 in red knots during 2023-2024 migration.

The paper analyzes viromes of Antarctic fish to compare viral diversity with lower latitude fish, finding comparable complexity and evidence of host-switching and viral adaptation.