C. Keating

Balancing the scales: Impact of irrigation and pathogen burden on potato blackleg disease and soil microbial communities

This study examines how irrigation and Pectobacterium pathogen load in seed potatoes affect blackleg disease and soil microbial communities.

Cross-sectional study of antimicrobial resistance and ecology in gastrointestinal and oral microbial communities of urban Pakistani adults

This study links microbial assembly and covariates to gut microbiome structure in urban Pakistani adults, finding tap water as a major contributor to antimicrobial resistance.

Engineering SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies for increased potency and reduced viral escape

This study engineers SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies through directed evolution to enhance their potency and reduce viral escape.

Key Drivers of Ecological Assembly in the Hindgut of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) when Fed with a Macroalgal Supplemented diet - How Robust Is the Gut to Taxonomic Perturbation?

This study examines ecological assembly processes in the gut microbiome of Atlantic cod fed macroalgae-supplemented diets, finding that dispersal limitation drives community structure in some groups while robustness increases over time.

Broadening a SARS-CoV-1 neutralizing antibody for potent SARS-CoV-2 neutralization through directed evolution

This paper describes engineering a SARS-CoV-1 neutralizing antibody to effectively neutralize SARS-CoV-2 through directed evolution and affinity maturation.

Circular Economy of Anaerobic Biofilm Microbiomes: A Meta-Analysis Framework for Re-exploration of Amplicon Sequencing Data

This study develops a meta-analysis framework to collate and analyze amplicon sequencing data from anaerobic digestion studies, demonstrating methods to improve data integration and diversity analysis.

Temporal changes in the gut microbiota in farmed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) outweigh the response to diet supplementation with macroalgae.

This study supplements Atlantic cod diets with macroalgae and finds no significant impact on gut microbiota from sea lettuce, but notable effects from egg wrack, with temporal changes outweighing dietary effects.

Indigenous Bacillus paramycoides and Alcaligenes faecalis: potential solution for the bioremediation of wastewaters

The paper isolates and tests bacterial strains from Pakistani wastewaters to bioremediate contaminants, finding three strains effective in degrading pharmaceutical pollutants.