M. McCarthy

The dispersal of domestic cats from Northern Africa and their introduction to Europe over the last two millennia

This study uses ancient and modern cat genomes to show domestic cats reached Europe within the last 2,000 years from North Africa, not with Neolithic farmers, and identifies an earlier wildcat introduction to Sardinia.

Chikungunya virus infection disrupts lymph node lymphatic endothelial cell composition and function via MARCO

This study shows CHIKV infection disrupts lymph node lymphatic endothelial cell composition and function through MARCO interactions, leading to impaired antigen acquisition and increased inflammation.

Understanding the heterogeneity of alloreactive natural killer cell function inkidney transplantation

This study identifies NK cell subpopulations and their functional responses in kidney transplant patients, linking pre-transplant NK cell characteristics to long-term graft function.

A Theory for High-Throughput Genetic Interaction Screening

This paper introduces a theory for high-throughput genetic interaction screening using spectrally unique barcodes from fluorescent proteins, enabling genome-scale genetic perturbation studies.

Fluorescent Antibody Multiplexing with Oligo-Based Combinatorial Labeling

The paper introduces a method to label antibodies with MuSIC probes for fluorescent multiplexing, validated through spectral flow cytometry.