Sarah P. Esser

This study compares the metatranscriptomes of two Candidatus Altiarchaeum populations in different subsurface ecosystems, identifying gene expression differences related to metabolism and defense mechanisms.

The paper investigates Gracilibacteria activity in a high-CO2 aquifer using metaproteogenomics, suggesting they may function as microbial predators.

The paper expands the global RNA virome by five-fold, identifying new clades of RNA bacteriophages and revealing novel virus-host interactions.

uBin is a manual bin refinement tool for metagenomics designed for education, improving bin quality by reducing contamination in public datasets.