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Megan A. M. Kutzer

University of EdinburghORCID 0000-0002-8696-6978Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Ecology· 1 Immunology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1

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Pedro F. ValeiD· 2 shared Alejandro V. CanoiD· 1 shared Andrew John MillariD· 1 shared Arun PrakashiD· 1 shared Diego Lucini de UgarteiD· 1 shared Emma WilsoniD· 1 shared George Strevens· 1 shared Haya DeebiD· 1 shared

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2024-2025 · peak 2/yr

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The Rise of Open Data Practices Among Bioscientists at the University of Edinburgh

Haya Deeb, Suzanna Creasey, Diego Lucini de Ugarte, George Strevens, Trisha Usman, Hwee Yun Wong, Megan A. M. Kutzer, Emma Wilson, T. Zieliński, Andrew John Millar

This study tracks the increase in open data practices in biosciences at the University of Edinburgh from 2014 to 2023, showing a rise in data-sharing completeness and FAIRness.

PLoS ONE · Jul 23, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Activity dynamics allow early discrimination of infection-related survival outcomes

Megan A. M. Kutzer, Shima Abdullateef, Alejandro V. Cano, Iris L. Soare, Katy Monteith, Javier Escudero, Vasilis Dakos, Pedro F. Vale

The paper uses dynamical statistical indicators of locomotor activity in Drosophila to predict infection-related mortality with high accuracy using a Random Forest model.

bioRxiv · Apr 21, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Mitochondrial genome variation affects humoral and cell-mediated innate immune responses and infection outcomes

Tiina Susanna Salminen, Laura Vesala, Yuliya Basikhina, Megan A. M. Kutzer, Tea Tuomela, Ryan Lucas, Katy M. Monteith, Arun Prakash, Tilman Tietz, Pedro F. Vale

This study shows that mitochondrial DNA variation influences innate immune responses and infection outcomes in Drosophila by affecting gene expression and immune cell function.

PLoS Genetics · Nov 11, 2024Peer-reviewedImmunology