G. Shirsekar

This study shows how a transposon influences chromatin structure to regulate immune response genes in Arabidopsis, providing insights for crop improvement.

This study identifies geography-dependent microbiome differences in Arabidopsis thaliana populations and links them to drought-associated host genetics.

This study identifies multiple introduction sources of North American Arabidopsis thaliana from Eurasia using genomic data and finds evidence of admixture increasing haplotype diversity and immune-related selection.

The paper introduces hamPCR, a method to measure microbial load and community composition from amplicon sequencing, demonstrating its accuracy and scalability across different host-microbe systems.

The paper assesses microbial load and composition in Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere using shotgun metagenomics, finding high microbial loads correlate with pathogen proliferation and reduced diversity.