Aura Raulo

This study shows that social interactions between different rodent species can spread gut microbiota, with stronger transmission from wood mice to yellow-necked mice.

This study examines age-related gut microbiota changes in Atlantic puffins, finding population-level structuring in chicks that disappears in adults, with contrasting patterns compared to mammals.

The paper examines indirect environmental effects on the gut-brain axis in Siberian flying squirrels, finding age-dependent impacts on gut microbiota via glucocorticoids.

The paper introduces an open-source ecosystem for microbiome data science using Bioconductor, supporting modular workflows for analyzing complex, multi-modal datasets.

This study examines gut microbiota variation in two rodent species across Wytham Woods, finding that local environmental factors have minimal influence compared to biotic factors.

The paper shows density increases network connectedness in wild animal populations, but effects saturate, with stronger spatial than social impacts.

This study shows that territorial intrusions in red squirrels facilitate microbial transmission, increasing gut microbial diversity and similarity among socially associated individuals.

This paper develops an epigenetic clock using faecal DNA from lab mice to estimate age in wild mice, finding higher methylation and epigenetic age in wild mice compared to lab mice.