R. Keesler

Familial thyroid follicular cell carcinomas in a large number of Dutch German longhaired pointers

This study identifies familial thyroid follicular cell carcinomas in Dutch German longhaired pointers, finding a high heritability and inbreeding contribution to the disease.

Two sides of a coin: a Zika virus mutation selected in pregnant rhesus macaques promotes fetal infection in mice but at a cost of reduced fitness in nonpregnant macaques and diminished transmissibility by vectors

This paper identifies a ZIKV mutation, M1404I, that enhances fetal infection in mice but reduces viral fitness and transmissibility in nonpregnant macaques and mosquitoes.

Genomic insights into the host specific adaptation of the Pneumocystis genus and emergence of the human pathogen Pneumocystis jirovecii

The paper sequenced genomes of Pneumocystis species from different mammals to study host specificity and evolutionary adaptations, revealing insights into the emergence of the human pathogen P. jirovecii.