Vanessa L. Hale

The paper constructs a urinary microbiome catalog and identifies antimicrobial peptides from it that inhibit uropathogenic E. coli.

The paper links skin microbiome structure to weight class and tank location in juvenile Eastern hellbenders, finding Parcubacteria is more abundant in low-weight individuals.

The paper compares gut microbiota of African, European, and Africanized honey bees, finding that despite genetic dominance of African genes in Africanized bees, their gut microbiota is more similar to European bees due to social and environmental transmission.

The paper detects SARS-CoV-2 infection in a significant proportion of free-ranging white-tailed deer, suggesting a potential new natural reservoir for the virus.