M. Elise Lauterbur

Genomic and functional adaptations in guanylate-binding protein 5 (GBP5) highlight specificities of bat antiviral innate immunity

This study identifies GBP5 as a key antiviral gene in bats, showing its evolutionary adaptations and functional specificity in restricting viral infections.

Extensive longevity and DNA virus-driven adaptation in nearctic Myotis bats

This study identifies genetic adaptations in Myotis bats linked to longevity and viral tolerance through genome analysis and functional experiments.

Versatile detection of diverse selective sweeps with Flex-sweep

Flex-sweep, a convolutional neural network over 11 summary statistics (five new), detects weak, soft, incomplete and old selective sweeps up to 0.125 * 4Ne generations using one sequenced population.

Expanding the stdpopsim species catalog, and lessons learned for realistic genome simulations

The paper expands the stdpopsim species catalog and improves genome simulations by adding non-crossover recombination and species-specific annotations, making simulations more realistic for non-model organisms.

Coalescent models at small effective population sizes and population declines are positively misleading

This study shows coalescent models overestimate genetic diversity in small populations with bottlenecks, suggesting forward simulations are better for conservation genetics.

orthoCapture: Facilitating Gene Capture Probe Design for Non-Model Species

orthoCapture enables probe design for non-model species using unannotated genomic data and orthologs from related species, bypassing the need for transcriptomes or reference genomes.