Claire Duvallet

Microbial Species Abundance Distributions Guide Human Population Size Estimation from Sewage Microbiomes

This paper introduces MicrobiomeCensus, an algorithm to estimate human population size from sewage samples using microbial taxon abundance distributions, showing it outperforms generic algorithms in simulations and field data.

24-hour multi-omics analysis of residential sewage reflects human activity and informs public health

This study analyzes 24-hour residential sewage using untargeted genomics and metabolomics to identify human-derived biomarkers and inform public health.

A practical guide to methods controlling false discoveries in computational biology

This paper benchmarks classic and modern false discovery rate methods in computational biology, finding modern methods with informative covariates offer modest power gains without sacrificing FDR control.

Correcting for batch effects in case-control microbiome studies

This paper compares batch correction methods for microbiome case-control studies, showing percentile-normalization improves sensitivity in meta-analyses.