Christine L Sun

This study shows that higher-order interactions and density-dependent feedback stabilize phage-bacteria communities, challenging pairwise model predictions of population collapse.

The paper identifies viral shunt activity as a driver of seasonal subsurface oxygen maxima in the Sargasso Sea by linking elevated cyanophage activity and bacterial catabolism.

The paper samples and analyzes viruses in the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series to reveal population-level dynamics and functional differences, but not community-level changes over short timeframes.

The paper benchmarks Hi-C for virus-host linkage detection using synthetic communities and applies optimized protocols to soil samples, revealing new interactions and establishing performance metrics.

The paper develops a platform using proximity-ligation sequencing to reconstruct viral genomes and assign hosts from metagenomic data, showing high accuracy and efficiency.