Rebecca J. Rockett

COSMOS integrates vector-pathogen metagenomics to monitor mosquito-borne diseases, detecting pathogens and mosquito communities in field samples with high accuracy.

This study evaluates how k-mer based tools affect abundance estimation in metagenomic data with closely related references, showing differential performance based on sample-reference distance and reference similarity.

This study develops a framework to optimize sequencing efficiency for genomic surveillance by adjusting primer pooling and sets based on evolving viral populations.

The paper presents complete microbial genomes for public health in Australia and the Southwest Pacific to enhance global genomic resources and support regional surveillance.

Genome sequencing of Legionella pneumophila isolates from a Sydney outbreak identified an emerging ST211 clone linked to environmental sources and a unique T4ASS element.