Recent Publications

Structural basis for oligoclonal T cell recognition of a shared NRAS cancer neoantigen

| Structure
Author(s): Vijay Kumar Sharma, D. Travis Gallagher, Shayana Saravanakumar, et. al
UMD Author(s): Shayana Saravanakumar


SpiR is a gut microbial enzyme that drives cholesterol conversion

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Gabriela Arp, Sophia Levy, Angela K. Jiang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Maggie Grant, Xiaofang Jiang, Gabriela Arp, Angela Jiang


Mucins and Respiratory Virus Infection.

| Annual Review of Virology
Author(s): Mathur S, Corkran M, Scull MA
UMD Author(s): Maria Corkran


Shaping the Tumor Microenvironment: Insights from Host–Microbiota Interactions

| Cancer Discovery
Author(s): Khiem C. Lam, Romina S. Goldszmid
UMD Author(s): Khiem Lam


Functional divergence of MdpS and MdpS2 reveals mucin-targeting strategies in Streptococcus oralis

| Journal of oral microbiology
Author(s): Fredrik Leo, Jonas Nilsson, Liisa Arike, et. al
UMD Author(s): Gregg Duncan, Sahana Kumar


Structural insights into clonal restriction and diversity in T cell recognition of two immunodominant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid epitopes

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Ping Yuan, Guodong Chen, Yukun Li, et. al
UMD Author(s): Shayana Saravanakumar


Smart underwear: A novel wearable for long-term monitoring of gut microbial gas production via flatus

| Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X
Author(s): Santiago Botasini, David Zhan, Norman Fischer, et. al
UMD Author(s): Maggie Grant


Phosphatidylserine receptors TIM-1 and AXL mediate tick-borne Powassan virus entry

| iScience
Author(s): Maria Daskou, Anne K. Zaiss, Arjit Vijey Jeyachandran, et. al
UMD Author(s): Kari-Ann Takano


Benthoplanidae, a new family of benthic ctenophores (Platyctenida), based on morphological and genetic data

| Journal of Systematics and Evolution
Author(s): Nicholas Bezio, Gustav Paulay, Allen Collins
UMD Author(s): Allen Collins, Nicholas Bezio


Before the East African radiation: sex chromosome systems in basal haplotilapiine cichlids

| Genome Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Kristen A Behrens, Zexuan Zhao, Michael R Kidd, et. al
UMD Author(s): Thomas Kocher, Zexuan Zhao


Wild canids and felids differ in their reliance on reused travel routeways

| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Author(s): William F. Fagan, Ananke G. Krishnan, Christen H. Fleming, et. al
UMD Author(s): Gayatri Anand, William Fagan


AAV-mediated MUC5AC siRNA delivery to prevent mucociliary dysfunction in asthma

| Gene Therapy
Author(s): Sahana Kumar, Maria Corkran, Yahya Cheema, et. al
UMD Author(s): Gregg Duncan, Sahana Kumar


Evolutionary Consequences of Unusually Large Pericentric TE-rich Regions in the Genome of a Neotropical Fig Wasp

| Genome Biology and Evolution
Author(s): Zexuan Zhao, Kevin Quinteros, Carlos A Machado, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zexuan Zhao


From WGS to gels: Development and testing of PCR primers targeting toxic Digitalis in support of food safety

| Applications in Plant Sciences
Author(s): Elizabeth Sage Hunter, Sydnee Fo, Robert Literman, et. al
UMD Author(s): Liz Hunter


Methods for Discerning the Impact of Mucus on Host Defenses Against Viral Infection.

| Current Protocols
Author(s): Corkran M, Boboltz A, Duncan GA, et. al
UMD Author(s): Maria Corkran


AAV-mediated MUC5AC siRNA delivery to prevent mucociliary dysfunction in asthma.

| Gene Therapy
Author(s): Kumar S, Corkran M, Cheema Y, et. al
UMD Author(s): Maria Corkran


A novel aptamer-based dNTP assay reveals that intact HIV virions are highly stable and do not contain enough dNTPs to support DNA synthesis

| Journal of Virology
Author(s): Urja Biswas, Cynthia Bernal, Ruofan Wang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Jeffrey DeStefano, Urja Biswas


ERC2.0 evolutionary rate covariation update improves inference of functional interactions across large phylogenies

| Genome Research
Author(s): Jordan H. Little, Guillermo Hoffmann Meyer, Aakash Grover, et. al
UMD Author(s): Guillermo Hoffmann Meyer


Antimicrobial peptide class that forms discrete β-barrel stable pores anchored by transmembrane helices

| Nature Communications
Author(s): Seth W. Dickey, Dylan J. Burgin, Ama N. Antwi, et. al
UMD Author(s): Seth Dickey, Ama Antwi


Characterizing lineage-specific genes in testate lobose amoebae (Arcellinida)

| Protist
Author(s): Angela K. Jiang, Taylor R. Sehein, Rebecca Gawron, et. al
UMD Author(s): Angela Jiang


Metabolic cross-feeding of a dietary antioxidant enhances anaerobic energy metabolism by human gut bacteria

| Cell Host & Microbe
Author(s): Zhe Zhou, Angela Jiang, Xiaofang Jiang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Angela Jiang, Xiaofang Jiang