Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Microbiology
Research interest
Research interests include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Gut microbiota and health, and Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Connecting habitats, boosting disease resistance: Spatial connectivity enhances amphibian microbiome defenses against fungal pathogen.
Dermal glucocorticoids are uncoupled from stress physiology and infection
Fungal pathogen transmission dynamics in North American salamanders: Mathematical insights for disease management
Modelling
<i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i>
Presence and Intensity Using High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Weather Data
Mosquito Microbiomes of Rwanda: Characterizing Mosquito Host and Microbial Communities in the Land of a Thousand Hills.
The adaptive microbiome hypothesis and immune interactions in amphibian mucus.
Habitat split as a driver of disease in amphibians
Selection of an anti-pathogen skin microbiome following prophylaxis treatment in an amphibian model system
Linking microbiome and stress hormone responses in wild tropical treefrogs across continuous and fragmented forests
Towards the generation of gnotobiotic larvae as a tool to investigate the influence of the microbiome on the development of the amphibian immune system
Shotgun metagenomics captures more microbial diversity than targeted 16S rRNA gene sequencing for field specimens and preserved museum specimens.
Towards the generation of gnotobiotic larvae as a tool to investigate the influence of the microbiome on the development of the amphibian immune system.
Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss
Inhibitory Bacterial Diversity and Mucosome Function Differentiate Susceptibility of Appalachian Salamanders to Chytrid Fungal Infection.
Low microbiome diversity in threatened amphibians from two biodiversity hotspots
Winter is coming-Temperature affects immune defenses and susceptibility to Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans.
Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate
Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate.
Probiotics Modulate a Novel Amphibian Skin Defense Peptide That Is Antifungal and Facilitates Growth of Antifungal Bacteria.
Widespread Pig Farming Practice Linked to Shifts in Skin Microbiomes and Disease in Pond-Breeding Amphibians
Publisher Correction: Host-associated microbiomes are predicted by immune system complexity and climate
<i>Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans</i> ELICITS ACUTE STRESS RESPONSE IN SPOTTED SALAMANDERS BUT NOT INFECTION OR MORTALITY.
Engineering the microbiome for animal health and conservation
Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale
Probiotics Modulate a Novel Amphibian Skin Defense Peptide That Is Antifungal and Facilitates Growth of Antifungal Bacteria
Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale.
Arthropod–bacteria interactions influence assembly of aquatic host microbiome and pathogen defense
Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation
Mosquito Microbiome Dynamics, a Background for Prevalence and Seasonality of West Nile Virus
Using decision analysis to support proactive management of emerging infectious wildlife diseases