John‐Sebastian Eden

The paper analyzes 5,163 mosquito meta-transcriptomes to characterize microbial diversity and interactions, identifying pathogens and cross-kingdom associations.

The paper analyzes the infectome of bat kidneys from Yunnan, China, identifying novel viruses, a protozoan parasite, and bacterial species, including henipaviruses related to Hendra and Nipah viruses.

The paper analyzes the virome of 2,438 individual mosquitoes across China to reveal viral diversity, geographic hotspots, and the impact of host phylogeny on viral composition.

A novel Hendra virus variant was identified in Australian horses, showing 83% nucleotide identity to the prototype strain and suggesting potential effectiveness of existing antibodies and vaccines.

The paper identifies viral sequences in laboratory reagents using metagenomic sequencing and reports their presence in negative control libraries.

This study evaluates the analytical validity of nanopore sequencing for SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis, finding high accuracy for SNVs but limitations in detecting short indels and low-frequency variants.

This study evaluates metatranscriptomics for identifying fungal species and subspecies in mixed communities using a mock community of 17 fungal isolates, showing high accuracy at species and strain levels when low-abundance taxa are excluded.

The paper identifies a novel RNA virus, MaRNAV-1, associated with Plasmodium vivax in humans and mosquitoes, and a related virus in birds infected with Leucocytozoon parasites.

The paper identifies a novel HDV-like agent in ducks, showing genetic divergence but structural and functional similarities to HDV, challenging current understanding of HDV origins.