Noah D. Simons

Adaptive immune responses to vaccination reflect social status at first exposure in female rhesus macaques

This study shows that social status at first exposure, but not secondary exposure, influences antibody responses and gene expression in vaccinated female rhesus macaques.

Agonism and grooming behavior explain social status effects on physiology and gene regulation in rhesus macaques

The paper investigates how social status in rhesus macaques affects gene regulation, glucocorticoid physiology, and mitochondrial DNA phenotypes through specific behavioral interactions.

Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for descent from Plasmodium and loss of blood schizogony in Hepatocystis parasites from naturally infected red colobus monkeys

The paper presents genomic and transcriptomic evidence showing Hepatocystis parasites are closely related to Plasmodium but lack blood replication and have lost genes involved in red blood cell invasion.

Social history and exposure to pathogen signals modulate social status effects on gene regulation in rhesus macaques

This study shows that social status affects gene expression in immune cells of rhesus macaques, with effects modulated by pathogen exposure, type, and social history.

Genome-wide patterns of gene expression in a wild primate indicate species-specific mechanisms associated with tolerance to natural simian immunodeficiency virus infection

The paper analyzes gene expression in wild Ugandan red colobus to show SIV infection does not cause chronic immune activation and identifies upregulation of CD101 as a potential tolerance mechanism.