A5029802022- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- interferon and immune responses
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Marine animal studies overview
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
Stony Brook University
2019-2023
American Museum of Natural History
2018-2022
Columbia University
2022
Abstract Comprising more than 1,400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity, and extraordinary immunity. Some of the molecular mechanisms underlying these includes DNA repair, metabolism However, analyses have been limited to a few divergent lineages, reducing scope inferences on gene family evolution across Order Chiroptera. We conducted an exhaustive comparative genomic study 37 bat one generated in this study, encompassing...
Most emerging pathogens can infect multiple species, underlining the importance of understanding ecological and evolutionary factors that allow some hosts to harbour greater infection prevalence share with other species. However, our pathogen jumps is based primarily around viruses, despite bacteria accounting for greatest proportion zoonoses. Because bacterial in bats (order Chiroptera) have conservation human health consequences, studies examine drivers barriers sharing are crucially...
1. Contaminants such as mercury are pervasive and can have immunosuppressive effects on wildlife. Impaired immunity could be important for forecasting pathogen spillover, many land-use changes that generate contamination also bring wildlife into close contact with humans domestic animals. However, the interactions among contaminants, infection difficult to study in natural systems, empirical tests of possible directional relationships remain rare. 2. We capitalized extreme variation a...
Horseshoe bats (Family Rhinolophidae) show an impressive array of morphological traits associated with use high duty cycle echolocation calls that they emit via their nostrils (nasophonation). Delicate maxilloturbinal bones inside the nasal fossa horseshoe have a unique elongated strand-like shape unknown in other mammals. Maxilloturbinal strands also vary considerably length and cross-sectional shape. In mammals, maxilloturbinals help direct respired air prevent respiratory heat water loss....
Suitable habitat fragment size, isolation, and distance from a source are important variables influencing community composition of plants animals, but the role these environmental factors in determining variation host-associated microbial communities is poorly known. In parasite-associated communities, it hypothesized that evolution ecology an arthropod parasite will influence its microbiome more than broader factors, this hypothesis has not been extensively tested. To examine environment on...
Abstract Ecological specialization reflects both evolutionary and ecological processes. For parasitic taxa, can be assessed as the degree to which a parasite species will associate with certain host species, property known specificity. Ectoparasitic bat flies have been previously reported highly specific, presumably due history of coevolution their hosts. However, there is conflicting evidence between bats flies. Resource-driven competition individuals may also important in explaining...
High viral tolerance coupled with an extraordinary regulation of the immune response makes bats a great model to study host-pathogen evolution. Although many immune-related gene gains and losses have been previously reported in bats, important families such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) remain understudied. We built exhaustive bioinformatic pipeline targeting major defensins cathelicidins explore AMP diversity analyze their evolution distribution across six bat families. A combination...
Comprising more than 1400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity given small body size, and extraordinary immunity. Some of the molecular mechanisms underlying these includes DNA repair, metabolism However, analyses have been limited to a few divergent lineages, reducing scope inferences on gene family evolution across Order Chiroptera. We conducted an exhaustive comparative genomic study 37 bat species encompassing large number...
Comprising more than 1400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity given small body size, and extraordinary immunity. Some of the molecular mechanisms underlying these includes DNA repair, metabolism However, analyses have been limited to a few divergent lineages, reducing scope inferences on gene family evolution across Order Chiroptera. We conducted an exhaustive comparative genomic study 37 bat species encompassing large number...
Suitable habitat fragment size, isolation, and distance from a source are important variables influencing community composition of plants animals, but the role these environmental factors in determining variation host-associated microbial communities is poorly known. In parasite-associated communities, it hypothesized that evolution ecology an arthropod parasite will influence its microbiome more than broader factors, this hypothesis has not been extensively tested. To examine environment on...
Abstract Most emerging pathogens can infect multiple species, underscoring the importance of understanding ecological and evolutionary factors that allow some hosts to harbor greater infection prevalence share with other species. However, our pathogen jumps is primarily based around viruses, despite bacteria accounting for greatest proportion zoonoses. Because bacterial in bats (Order: Chiroptera) have conservation human health consequences, studies examine drivers barriers sharing are...
Abstract Contaminants such as mercury are pervasive and can have immunosuppressive effects on wildlife. Impaired immunity could be important for forecasting pathogen spillover risks, many land-use changes that generate contamination also bring wildlife into close contact with humans domestic animals. However, the interactions among contaminants, immunity, infection difficult to study in natural systems, empirical tests of possible directional relationships remain rare. We capitalized extreme...
Suitable habitat fragment size, isolation, and distance from a source are important variables influencing community composition of plants animals, but the role these environmental factors in determining variation host-associated microbial communities is poorly known. In parasite-associated communities, it hypothesized that evolution ecology an arthropod parasite will influence its microbiome more than broader factors, this hypothesis has not been extensively tested. To examine environment on...
Comprising more than 1400 species, bats possess adaptations unique among mammals including powered flight, unexpected longevity given small body size, and extraordinary immunity. Some of the molecular mechanisms underlying these includes DNA repair, metabolism However, analyses have been limited to a few divergent lineages, reducing scope inferences on gene family evolution across Order Chiroptera. We conducted an exhaustive comparative genomic study 37 bat species encompassing large number...