Maya Weinberg

The paper reports an unusual bat mortality event in Cyprus, linking Staphylococcus aureus infections to observed clinical signs but noting uncertainty about population-level causes.

This study uses spatial and single-cell transcriptomics to compare bat, mouse, and human tissues, revealing immune pathway divergence and unique gene expression patterns in bat gut and lung.

The study shows that colony-level dynamics, not individual-level changes, drive fur microbiome variation in Egyptian fruit bats, suggesting the colony as a biological unit for studying host-microbiome interactions.