A5070645340- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Plant and animal studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
University of Maryland, Baltimore
2022-2024
Michigan State University
2018-2023
Human Genome Sciences (United States)
2022
Michigan United
2020
Millersville University
2018
Maintaining water balance is a universal challenge for organisms living in terrestrial environments, especially insects, which have essential roles our ecosystem. Although the high surface area to volume ratio insects makes them vulnerable loss, evolved different levels of desiccation resistance adapt diverse environments. To withstand desiccation, use lipid layer called cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) reduce evaporation from body surface. It has long been hypothesized that water-proofing...
Characterizing cellular diversity at different levels of biological organization and across data modalities is a prerequisite to understanding the function cell types in brain. Classification neurons also essential manipulate controlled ways understand their variation vulnerability brain disorders. The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) an integrated network data-generating centers, archives, standards developers, with goal systematic multimodal type profiling characterization....
Estimation of the postmortem interval in advanced stages is a challenging task. Although there are several approaches available for addressing changes (human) body or its environment (ecologically and/or biochemically), most restricted to specific timeframes individual and environmental conditions. It well known, instance, that buried bodies decompose remarkably different manner than on ground surface. However, data how established methods PMI estimation perform under these conditions...
Resource subsidies affect nutrient cycling, species interactions and food webs in ways that influence ecosystem structure function, but their effects depend on the history, magnitude, recurrence frequency of subsidies. In aquatic ecosystems, plant detritus has been considered predominant form such subsidies; however, while less abundant many carrion represents with relatively rapid turnover highly concentrated energy release can have strong lasting ecosystems. Carrion be both autochthonous...
Substance use disorders (SUD) and drug addiction are major threats to public health, impacting not only the millions of individuals struggling with SUD, but also surrounding families communities. One seminal challenges in treating studying human populations is high prevalence co-morbid conditions, including an increased risk contracting a immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Of ~15 million people who inject drugs globally, 17% persons HIV. Conversely, HIV factor for SUD because chronic...
Scalable technologies to sequence the transcriptomes and epigenomes of single cells are transforming our understanding cell types states. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) is applying these at unprecedented scale map in mammalian brain. In an effort increase data FAIRness (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), NIH has established repositories make generated by BICCN related BRAIN projects accessible...
Research on decomposer communities has traditionally focused plant litter or deadwood. Even though carrion forms highly nutrient-rich necromass that enhance ecosystem heterogeneity, the factors influencing saprophytic remain largely unknown. For deadwood, experiments have shown different drivers determine beetles (i.e., decay stage, microclimate, and space), fungi stage tree species) bacteria (decay only) assemblages. To test hypothesis similar also structure communities, we sampled 29...
After death, microbes (including bacteria and fungi) colonize carrion from a variety of sources during the decomposition process. The predictable succession could be useful for forensics, such as postmortem submersion interval estimation (PMSI) aquatic deaths. However, gaps exist in our understanding microbial on submerged bone, particularly regarding longer-term (>1 year), fungal composition, differences between internal external communities. To further explore this potential forensic tool,...
Abstract Microbial community assembly (MCA) of both human and nonhuman animal carcasses provides indicators useful for estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) in terrestrial settings. However, there are fewer studies submersion intervals (PMSIs) aquatic habitats. No to date assessed MCA context a death investigation, with all previous focusing on important basic ecological questions. Within cold case we performed an experiment using replicate adult swine describe variability within...
Abstract Characterizing cellular diversity at different levels of biological organization across data modalities is a prerequisite to understanding the function cell types in brain. Classification neurons also required manipulate controlled ways, and understand their variation vulnerability brain disorders. The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) an integrated network generating centers, archives standards developers, with goal systematic multimodal type profiling characterization....
Abstract Death investigations in aquatic ecosystems are challenging due to abiotic and biotic factors that may influence the estimation of a postmortem submersion interval (PMSI). In this study, we examined bacterial changes throughout decomposition process on porcine carcasses submerged tidal‐influenced river identified predictors epinecrotic community succession. Fetal ( Sus scrofa ) (N = 6) were with samples collected every 3 days (6 collections) over period 19 (~7415 accumulated degree...
Abstract The frequency of flow intermittency and drying events in Alpine rivers is expected to increase due climate change. These can have significant consequences for stream ecological communities, though the effects reduced conditions on microbial communities decomposing allochthonous leaf material require additional research. In this study, we investigated bacterial fungal associated with decomposition two common species litter, chestnut ( Castanea sativa ), oak Quercus robur ). A...
Abstract Benthic macroinvertebrates are important for stream ecosystem function and considerable food resources vertebrate consumers such as fish. The diversity, composition, distribution of macroinvertebrate taxa affected by factors that act at different spatial scales, from microhabitat to watershed‐level effects. While comparative studies between influences on benthic diversity common, the effects scale less investigated within individual river segments. were systematically sampled across...
Louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) are obligate ectoparasites that often cause behavioral, pathogenic, and evolutionary effects on their hosts. Interactions between avian hosts, especially migrating taxa, may influence pathogen spread in tropical temperate ecosystems affect long-term survival, fitness reproductive success. The purpose of this study was to characterize the vector-associated microbiome ectoparasitic louse feeding raptors over fall migration period. Surveys for occurred...
The advent of high-throughput sequencing technologies, such as 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, has enabled the characterization microbial communities across diverse ecosystems including animal carrion. Although most studies on postmortem focus its application to human death scene analysis, this technique holds great potential for wildlife crime investigations. We conducted a pilot study characterize spatial heterogeneity and temporal shifts between perimortem (i.e., at time death) after...
Abstract Maintaining water balance is a universal challenge for organisms living in terrestrial environments, especially insects, which have essential roles our ecosystem. Although the high surface area to volume ratio insects makes them vulnerable loss, evolved different levels of desiccation resistance adapt diverse environments. To withstand desiccation, use lipid layer called cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) reduce evaporation from body surface. It has long been hypothesized that...
ABSTRACT Scalable technologies to sequence the transcriptomes and epigenomes of single cells are transforming our understanding cell types states. The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) is applying these at unprecedented scale map in mammalian brain. In an effort increase data FAIRness (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), NIH has established repositories make generated by BICCN related BRAIN projects...