This study analyzes the respiratory mycobiome of critically ill COVID-19 patients to identify fungal signatures linked to mortality and antifungal drug use.

bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2023Microbiology

Disruption of the Aspergillus fumigatus RNA interference machinery alters the conidial transcriptome.

A. A. Kelani, A. Bruch, F. Rivieccio, C. Visser, T. Krueger, D. Weaver, X. Pan, S. Schaeuble, G. Panagiotou, O. Kniemeyer, M. J. Bromley, P. Bowyer, A. E. Barber, A. A. Brakhage, M. G. Blango

This study investigates the role of RNA interference in Aspergillus fumigatus by analyzing genetic variation and functional outcomes of RNAi component knockouts.

bioRxiv · Jul 28, 2022Microbiology

The wild life of ticks: using passive surveillance to determine the distribution and wildlife host range of ticks and the exotic Haemaphysalis longicornis, 2010-2021

A. Thompson, S. White, E. Doub, P. Sharma, K. Frierson, K. Dominguez, D. Shaw, D. Weaver, S. Vigil, M. Ruder, M. Yabsley

This study used passive wildlife surveillance to collect tick data across the eastern U.S., identifying the distribution of exotic H. longicornis and other tick species, and generating new county reports for several important tick species.

bioRxiv · May 12, 2022Ecology

Dynamic evolution in the key honey bee pathogen Deformed wing virus

E. V. Ryabov, A. K. Childers, D. Lopez, K. Grubbs, F. Posada-Florez, D. Weaver, W. Girten, D. vanEngelsdorp, Y. Chen, J. D. Evans

This study investigates the population dynamics of Deformed wing virus (DWV) in honey bees, finding high genetic diversity in US colonies and proposing a model of diversification driven by negative frequency-dependent selection.

PLOS Biology · Oct 10, 2019Peer-reviewedMicrobiology