August 7, 2018 Melissa Manus Scholars and Fellows Tweet Fall 2018 Tess Leuthner (Duke University) Exploring the role of evolution and the environment on mitochondrial DNA mutagenesis Sally Bornbusch (Duke University) Antibiotic resistance as a pollutant and threat to wildlife health Casey Lindberg (Duke University) Adaptation-driven alterations in transcriptional responses to multiple stressors Alejandro Antonia (Duke University) Leishmania Virulence Factor GP63: Positive selection drives differential disease outcome Laura Childers (Duke University) Exploring the adaptation of gut microbial communities to genetic mouse models of Parkinson’s disease Alyssa Grube (UNC Chapel Hill) Lessons from the environmental resistome in Galápagos: A One Health perspective Yue Hao (North Carolina State University) Comparative genomics tools for inferring genes involved in mammalian pregnancy and applications to metastatic cancers Dr. Lauren V. Schnabel (North Carolina State University) and Dr. Vance G. Fowler (Duke University) The genetic determinants of Staphylococcus aureus osteoarticular metastasis Dr. Mark Sorensen, Dr. Richard Bilsborrow, and Dr. Kelly Houck (UNC Chapel Hill), Dr. Robert Furberg (RTI International) Aging, Life history tradeoffs and Inflammation in a a High Physical Activity and High Microbial Burden Environment Dr. William K. Pan (Duke University), Dr. Barbara Qurollo (North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine), and Dr. Roland Kays (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences) Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru: A One Health Working Group Spring 2017 Jordan Anderson (Duke University) The Effects of Early Adversity on t-cell Receptor Diversity in Wild Baboons Jeremy Ash (North Carolina State University) Using Molecular Modeling and Machine Learning to Study Dynamic ERK-ligand Interactions Katie Barrett (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) The Developmental Roles of Leptin and Ghrelin: Mammalian Comparisons Nicholas Brazeau (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) The Evolutionary Origins and Global Dispersal of Plasmodium vivax Temini Ajayi (Duke University) Investigating a Modern Era Role for IRGM in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Quantil Melendez (North Carolina Central University) Epigenetic Regulation of PCSK9 and the Onset of Metabolic Diseases in Diverse Ethnic Groups Kristen Hopperstad (North Carolina State University) A Population Genetic and Genomic Approach to Estimate the Evolutionary Potential of Aedes aegypti Fall 2016 Achsah Dorsey (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) An Exploration of Iron Deficiency and Morbidity in Peru Spring 2016 Matthew T. Biegler (Duke University) Clarifying Promoter and Cell-Type Homologies Across Avian and Mammalian Taxa Joshua K. Hughey (North Carolina Central University) Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis to Yersinia pestis – Evolution of the Deadliest Pathogen in History Kayleigh O’Keeffe (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) How Microbial Interactions Affect Infection & Gene Expression of a Plant Pathogen Cody S. Nelson (Duke University) Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Evolution to Evade Vaccine-Elicited Antibody Responses Kendra Smyth (Duke University) Reversing Evolutionary Mismatch Using Biome Enrichment: The Next Step Fall 2015 Mercy Akinyi (Duke University) Co-Infections in Wild Primate Populations Caroline Amoroso (Duke University) Are Humans Exceptionally Parasitized? Yuantong Ding (Duke University) Cancer Evolutionary Model Shedding Light on Clinical Tumor Sampling Strategies Amanda Lea (Duke University) Social Effects on the Baboon Epigenome: Critical Periods or Lifelong Plasticity? Yuxiang Liu (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Parallel Evolution of Gene Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Evolution of Hippocampal Function Sasha Makohon-Moore (Duke University) Investigation of Genetic and Epigenetic Modifications in Human Adipocytes Jennifer Niemuth (North Carolina State University) An Evolutionary Model of Physiologic Adaptations to Hypothermia and Reperfusion Jaymin Patel (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Understanding the Genetic Diversity and Identification of Pathogenic Variants of Malaria in Pregnancy Laura Sligar (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Evolution of Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy in Drosophila Dustin Wcisel (North Carolina State University) Transcriptional Response of Immunoglobulin Domain-Containing Innate Immune Receptors Qinglong Zeng (Duke University) Ecological and Evolutionary Models of Short Term Microbiome Dynamics