Virginia Riddle Pearson

The paper identifies multiple EEHV and EGHV species in wild and zoo African elephants through DNA sequencing of tissue and saliva samples.

This paper reports the first derivation of elephant induced pluripotent stem cells (emiPSCs) using a modified reprogramming protocol that inhibits TP53 expansion genes.

This study identifies neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) as a contributor to EEHV-HD pathogenesis and demonstrates their inhibition as a potential therapeutic strategy.

The paper detects persistent low-level infections of EEHV and EGHV in African elephants using PCR and sequencing across multiple tissues and populations over seven years.

The paper provides genomic resources for Asian and African savannah elephants to aid conservation and health research through genome sequencing, mutation rate estimation, demographic reconstruction, and a capture assay for genotyping.