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Plowright RK, Eby P, Becker DJ, Ruiz-Aravena M, Madden W, Justice N, Peel AJ. Hendra virus spillover from bat populations formed during periods of environmental stress.
Lunn T, Streicker DG, Becker DJ, Forbes KM. Interventions to prevent and manage bat-associated pathogens: effectiveness and current research.
Carlson CJ, Albery GA, Becker DJ, Gibb R, Nikc K, Ryan SJ, Wille M. Causal inference and the macroecology of viral diversity.
Vicente-Santos A, Czirják GÁ, Neely BA, Becker DJ. Leveraging proteomics to generate novel insights into immunity and infection in the wild.
Becker DJ, Simonis MC, Vicente-Santos A. Outstanding taxonomic, geographic, and methodological biases in bat immunology.
Simonis MC, Dyer KE, Batista JMN, Lock LR, Power ML, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Micronuclei intensity informs agricultural intensification and physiological stress in bats.
Verrett TB, Becker DJ. Urban affinity and migratory strategy interact to shape the coevolution of haemosporidian parasites and their avian hosts.
Allira M, Dyer KE, Lock LR, Batista JMN, Lei GS, Relich RF, Becker DJ. Identifying seasonality of stress and viral shedding in Mexican free-tailed bats.
Lock LR, Dyer KE, Volokhov DV, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Longitudinal impacts of habitat fragmentation on Bartonella and hemoplasma dynamics in vampire bats.
Dyer KE, Lock LR, Simonis MC, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Cellular immunity and hemoparasitism in a fragmented Neotropical bat community.
Becker DJ, Verrett TV, Allira M, Dyer KE, Heckley AM, Roistacher A, Cummings CA, Simonis MC, Vicente-Santos A, O'Mara MT, Altizer S, Hall RJ, Owen JC. Animal migration and the within-host dynamics of infectious disease: a theory- and data-driven synthesis.
Allira M, Dyer KE, Ballard KM, Lang GA, Lang ML, Becker DJ. Optimizing and validating a flow cytometry protocol to study cellular immunity in wild bats.
Betke BA, Gottdenker NL, Myers LA, Becker DJ. Ecological and evolutionary characteristics of synanthropic roosting ability in bats of the world.
Karim S, Zenzal Jr TJ Beati L, Sen R, Adegoke A, Kumar D, Downs LP, Keko M, Nussbaum A, Becker DJ, Moore FR. Ticks without borders: microbial communities of immature Neotropical tick species parasitizing songbirds during migration along the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Becker DJ, Dyer KE, Pladas SA, Lock LR, Sukhadia AA, Demory B, Batista JMN, Pineda M, Simmons NB, Adams AM, Frick WF, O'Mara MT, Volokhov DV. Geographically widespread and novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and Bartonella spp. in a partially migratory bat, Tadarida brasiliensis.
Tseng KK, Koehler H, Becker DJ, Gibb R, Carlson CJ, Fernandez P, Seifert SN. Inclusion of viral genomic features improves orthopoxvirus–mammal prediction with a machine learning model.
Fenton MB, Becker DJ, Bernardo E, Faure PA, Jackson AC, Kingston T, Lina P, Markotter W, Moore SM, Mubareka S, Racey PA, Rupperecht CE, Worledge L. Bats, biologists, and rabies: vaccination and serology.
Vicente-Santos A, Ledezma-Campos P, Becker DJ, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Corrales-Aguilar E, Civitello DJ, Czirják GÁ, Gillespie TR. Human-induced disturbance affects immunity and multi-pathogen infection risk in ecologically divergent bats.
Lagergren J, Ruiz-Aravena M, Becker DJ, Madden W, Ruytenberg L, Hoegh A, Han BA, Peel AJ, Eby P, Jacobson D, Plowright RK. Environmental- and population-level signals predict periods of nutritional stress for fruit bats.
Albery GF, Sweeny AR, Becker DJ, Webber Q, Firth J ... Bansal S. Most density–contact functions in nature are positive, non-linear, and saturating.
Becker DJ, Austin S, Verrett TB. Predicting bird species susceptible to and competent for virulent haemosporidian lineages.
Becker DJ, Dyer KE, Bisson IA, Holland RA. Migratory behavior filters viral communities in the largest superfamily of bats.
Jahn AE, Koller K, Martin LB, Verrett TB, Ketterson ED, Becker DJ. Seasonal exposure of American robins to West Nile virus in a midwestern suburban area.
Speer KA, Schaer J, Kroft K, Brown A, Verrett TB, Hedgpeth G, Lock LR, Dyer KE, Perkins S, Simmons NB, Fenton MB, Becker DJ. Global occurrences of bat malaria (Haemosporida: Polychromophilus) reveal vector–pathogen specificity and rarity in the Neotropics.
January 2023: The lab receives new seed funding from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to support metagenomic studies of pathogen diversity in migratory bats and songbirds here in Oklahoma. We also have a strong showing of talks and posters at SICB in Austin, Texas, with Kristin Dyer winning a Broadening Participation Professional Development Award and Taylor Verrett winning a Grant-in-Aid of Research!
February 2023: Congrats to Alexis Heckley for publication of her MSc internship on habitat fragmentation and bat flies in Ecology and Evolution!
March 2023: A new commentary piece on linking predictive, field, and in vitro studies of host–virus interactions is out in Lancet Microbe with Arinjay Banerjee at VIDO, as part of a new collaboration on developing relevant cell lines and organoid models for our Neotropical and migratory bat systems. We are also thrilled to be welcoming Alicia Roistacher and Caroline Cummings as incoming PhD students as part of VERENA, both of whom will be working on questions at the interface of bat immunology, data science, environmental change, and predictive modeling. Additionally, we receive collaborative funding from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation with Hayley Lanier to (re)sample bat communities in eastern Oklahoma as part of a long-term community change project and to document baselines for bat immunity as well as SARS-CoV-2 spillback. Last but not least, congratulations to Gracie Hedgpeth for accepting a PhD position at the University of Notre Dame to work with Dr. Jason Rohr and to Kristin Dyer for receiving Honorable Mention for her NSF GRFP application
Lunn T, Streicker DG, Becker DJ, Forbes KM. Interventions to prevent and manage bat-associated pathogens: effectiveness and current research.
Carlson CJ, Albery GA, Becker DJ, Gibb R, Nikc K, Ryan SJ, Wille M. Causal inference and the macroecology of viral diversity.
Vicente-Santos A, Czirják GÁ, Neely BA, Becker DJ. Leveraging proteomics to generate novel insights into immunity and infection in the wild.
Becker DJ, Simonis MC, Vicente-Santos A. Outstanding taxonomic, geographic, and methodological biases in bat immunology.
Simonis MC, Dyer KE, Batista JMN, Lock LR, Power ML, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Micronuclei intensity informs agricultural intensification and physiological stress in bats.
Verrett TB, Becker DJ. Urban affinity and migratory strategy interact to shape the coevolution of haemosporidian parasites and their avian hosts.
Allira M, Dyer KE, Lock LR, Batista JMN, Lei GS, Relich RF, Becker DJ. Identifying seasonality of stress and viral shedding in Mexican free-tailed bats.
Lock LR, Dyer KE, Volokhov DV, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Longitudinal impacts of habitat fragmentation on Bartonella and hemoplasma dynamics in vampire bats.
Dyer KE, Lock LR, Simonis MC, Fenton MB, Simmons NB, Becker DJ. Cellular immunity and hemoparasitism in a fragmented Neotropical bat community.
Becker DJ, Verrett TV, Allira M, Dyer KE, Heckley AM, Roistacher A, Cummings CA, Simonis MC, Vicente-Santos A, O'Mara MT, Altizer S, Hall RJ, Owen JC. Animal migration and the within-host dynamics of infectious disease: a theory- and data-driven synthesis.
Allira M, Dyer KE, Ballard KM, Lang GA, Lang ML, Becker DJ. Optimizing and validating a flow cytometry protocol to study cellular immunity in wild bats.
Betke BA, Gottdenker NL, Myers LA, Becker DJ. Ecological and evolutionary characteristics of synanthropic roosting ability in bats of the world.
Karim S, Zenzal Jr TJ Beati L, Sen R, Adegoke A, Kumar D, Downs LP, Keko M, Nussbaum A, Becker DJ, Moore FR. Ticks without borders: microbial communities of immature Neotropical tick species parasitizing songbirds during migration along the northern Gulf of Mexico.
Becker DJ, Dyer KE, Pladas SA, Lock LR, Sukhadia AA, Demory B, Batista JMN, Pineda M, Simmons NB, Adams AM, Frick WF, O'Mara MT, Volokhov DV. Geographically widespread and novel hemotropic mycoplasmas and Bartonella spp. in a partially migratory bat, Tadarida brasiliensis.
Tseng KK, Koehler H, Becker DJ, Gibb R, Carlson CJ, Fernandez P, Seifert SN. Inclusion of viral genomic features improves orthopoxvirus–mammal prediction with a machine learning model.
Fenton MB, Becker DJ, Bernardo E, Faure PA, Jackson AC, Kingston T, Lina P, Markotter W, Moore SM, Mubareka S, Racey PA, Rupperecht CE, Worledge L. Bats, biologists, and rabies: vaccination and serology.
Vicente-Santos A, Ledezma-Campos P, Becker DJ, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Corrales-Aguilar E, Civitello DJ, Czirják GÁ, Gillespie TR. Human-induced disturbance affects immunity and multi-pathogen infection risk in ecologically divergent bats.
Lagergren J, Ruiz-Aravena M, Becker DJ, Madden W, Ruytenberg L, Hoegh A, Han BA, Peel AJ, Eby P, Jacobson D, Plowright RK. Environmental- and population-level signals predict periods of nutritional stress for fruit bats.
Albery GF, Sweeny AR, Becker DJ, Webber Q, Firth J ... Bansal S. Most density–contact functions in nature are positive, non-linear, and saturating.
Becker DJ, Austin S, Verrett TB. Predicting bird species susceptible to and competent for virulent haemosporidian lineages.
Becker DJ, Dyer KE, Bisson IA, Holland RA. Migratory behavior filters viral communities in the largest superfamily of bats.
Jahn AE, Koller K, Martin LB, Verrett TB, Ketterson ED, Becker DJ. Seasonal exposure of American robins to West Nile virus in a midwestern suburban area.
Speer KA, Schaer J, Kroft K, Brown A, Verrett TB, Hedgpeth G, Lock LR, Dyer KE, Perkins S, Simmons NB, Fenton MB, Becker DJ. Global occurrences of bat malaria (Haemosporida: Polychromophilus) reveal vector–pathogen specificity and rarity in the Neotropics.
January 2023: The lab receives new seed funding from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement to support metagenomic studies of pathogen diversity in migratory bats and songbirds here in Oklahoma. We also have a strong showing of talks and posters at SICB in Austin, Texas, with Kristin Dyer winning a Broadening Participation Professional Development Award and Taylor Verrett winning a Grant-in-Aid of Research!
February 2023: Congrats to Alexis Heckley for publication of her MSc internship on habitat fragmentation and bat flies in Ecology and Evolution!
March 2023: A new commentary piece on linking predictive, field, and in vitro studies of host–virus interactions is out in Lancet Microbe with Arinjay Banerjee at VIDO, as part of a new collaboration on developing relevant cell lines and organoid models for our Neotropical and migratory bat systems. We are also thrilled to be welcoming Alicia Roistacher and Caroline Cummings as incoming PhD students as part of VERENA, both of whom will be working on questions at the interface of bat immunology, data science, environmental change, and predictive modeling. Additionally, we receive collaborative funding from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation with Hayley Lanier to (re)sample bat communities in eastern Oklahoma as part of a long-term community change project and to document baselines for bat immunity as well as SARS-CoV-2 spillback. Last but not least, congratulations to Gracie Hedgpeth for accepting a PhD position at the University of Notre Dame to work with Dr. Jason Rohr and to Kristin Dyer for receiving Honorable Mention for her NSF GRFP application
