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Aidan Foo

Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineORCID 0009-0006-3798-4631Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1

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Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Eva HeinziD· 2 shared Grant L. HughesiD· 2 shared 2022 UW-Madison Capstone in Microbiology Students· 1 shared Adam Paul RobertsiD· 1 shared Alexandra JuhásziD· 1 shared Ananya Ferdous HoqueiD· 1 shared Angus M. O’FerralliD· 1 shared Blaire T. SteveniD· 1 shared

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2023-2025 · peak 1/yr

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MicrobiologyMicrobial GenomicsPeer-reviewedAug 20, 2025

Freshwater snail faecal metagenomes reveal environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across two continents

Angus M. O’Ferrall, Alexandra Juhász, Sam Jones…·Adam Paul Roberts

This study identifies freshwater snail faeces as environmental reservoirs of antimicrobial resistance genes across multiple countries using metagenomic analysis.

1 citation

metagenomicsexperimental assay

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MicrobiologyPLoS BiologyPeer-reviewedNov 15, 2024

Establishment and comparative genomics of a high-quality collection of mosquito-associated bacterial isolates -- MosAIC (Mosquito-Associated Isolate Collection)

Aidan Foo, Laura E. Brettell, Holly L. Nichols…·Eva Heinz

The paper establishes a high-quality bacterial isolate collection (MosAIC) from mosquitoes, providing genomic data and phylogenomic analysis to study mosquito-associated bacteria.

14 citations

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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BioinformaticsWellcome Open ResearchPeer-reviewedMar 23, 2023

Recovery of Metagenomic Data from the Aedes aegypti Microbiome using a Reproducible Snakemake Pipeline: MINUUR

Aidan Foo, Louise Cerdeira, Grant L. Hughes, Eva Heinz

The paper develops a Snakemake pipeline called MINUUR to recover metagenomic data from Aedes aegypti genomic datasets, identifying bacterial MAGs and confirming known microbiome symbionts.

5 citations

Arabidopsismetagenomics

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