MacKenzie Bryant

A three-country analysis of the gut microbiome indicates taxon associations with diet vary by location and strain

The paper analyzes gut microbiome data from three countries to show diet-microbiota associations vary by location and strain.

Empirically establishing drug exposure records directly from untargeted metabolomics data

The paper develops a drug exposure resource from untargeted metabolomics data to identify medications without clinical records.

Pathogenic Bacteroides fragilis strains can emerge from gut-resident commensals

This study identifies genetic factors enabling Bacteroides fragilis to transition from commensal to pathogenic by analyzing 813 strains and their genomic diversity.

Pangenome comparison of Bacteroides fragilis genomospecies unveil genetic diversity and ecological insights

This study compares the pangenome of Bacteroides fragilis genomospecies to reveal genetic diversity and ecological roles, finding division I and II strains represent distinct species with different functional adaptations.

Reference data based insights expand understanding of human metabolomes

This paper expands the interpretability of human metabolomes by using food-based annotations, increasing the fraction of molecular features understood 7-fold.