Annie J. Forster

COSMOS integrates vector-pathogen metagenomics to monitor mosquito-borne diseases, detecting pathogens and mosquito communities in field samples with high accuracy.

This study evaluates how k-mer based tools affect abundance estimation in metagenomic data with closely related references, showing differential performance based on sample-reference distance and reference similarity.

The paper identifies a new P. falciparum locus associated with sickle haemoglobin in mild malaria cases from Ghana, replicating previous findings and suggesting further research is needed.

The paper investigates how geographical variation influences the adaptive evolution of Plasmodium falciparum mutations that counteract sickle cell trait protection.

The paper identifies ultra-conserved sequences in Anopheles mosquito genomes and suggests their potential use as targets for gene drive-based malaria control.