Eric Laderman

The paper shows that deep sequencing increases artificial diversity estimates in microbial studies and suggests using no-diversity amplicons to optimize sequencing parameters.

The paper examines how seasonality, land use, and host diversity influence microbiome-pathogen interactions in wild Arabidopsis thaliana populations across different habitats.

The paper uses a computational model to show that negative frequency-dependent selection contributes to the modular structure of effector repertoires in Pseudomonas syringae.

The paper identifies two highly conserved core defense hotspots in Pseudomonas aeruginosa containing numerous anti-phage systems, including a newly discovered system called Shango.