Publications and Preprints
Preprints
2025
Colonization, translocation, and evolution of opportunistic pathogens during hospital-associated infections. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
High-accuracy SNV calling for bacterial isolates using deep learning with AccuSNV. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
Probing the zooarchaeological record across time and space for ancient pathogens. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology (2025)
Publications
2025
Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage. Cell (2025)
2024
An 8000 years old genome reveals the Neolithic origin of the zoonosis Brucella melitensis. Nature Communications 15 (1), 6132 (2024)
2023
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during treatment for atopic dermatitis. Cell Host & Microbe 31 (4) (2023)
2022
Stone Age Yersinia pestis genomes shed light on the early evolution, diversity, and ecology of plague. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119 (17), e2116722119 (2022)
2021
Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution. Science 374 (6564) (2021)
The Skin Microbiome of Patients With Atopic Dermatitis Normalizes Gradually During Treatment. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11, 720674 (2021)
A 3,000-year-old, basal S. enterica lineage from Bronze Age Xinjiang suggests spread along the Proto-Silk Road. PLoS Pathogens 17 (9) (2021)
Analysis of genomic DNA from medieval plague victims suggests long-term effect of Yersinia pestis on human immunity genes. Molecular Biology and Evolution (2021)
On-person adaptive evolution of Staphylococcus aureus during atopic dermatitis increases disease severity. bioRxiv (2021)
2020
Emergence of human-adapted Salmonella enterica is linked to the Neolithization process. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (3), pp. 324 - 333 (2020)
2019
HOPS: automated detection and authentication of pathogen DNA in archaeological remains. Genome Biology 20 (1), 280 (2019)
Phylogeography of the second plague pandemic revealed through analysis of historical Yersinia pestis genomes. Nature Communications 10 (1), 4470 (2019)
Immune Gene Diversity in Archaic and Present-day Humans. Genome Biology and Evolution 11 (1), pp. 232 - 241 (2019)
2018
Neolithic and medieval virus genomes reveal complex evolution of hepatitis B. eLife 7, e36666 (2018)
Human local adaptation of the TRPM8 cold receptor along a latitudinal cline. PLoS Genetics 14 (5), e1007298 (2018)
2017
The Stone Age Plague and Its Persistence in Eurasia. Current Biology 27 (23), e8, pp. 3683 - 3691 (2017)
A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia. Science 358 (6363), pp. 655 - 658 (2017)
Mining Metagenomic Data Sets for Ancient DNA: Recommended Protocols for Authentication. Trends in Genetics 33 (8), pp. 508 - 520 (2017)
2016
Recent Selection Changes in Human Genes under Long-Term Balancing Selection. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33 (6), pp. 1435 - 1447 (2016)
Human adaptation and population differentiation in the light of ancient genomes. Nature Communications 7, e10775 (2016)
2014
Advantageous diversity maintained by balancing selection in humans. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development 29, pp. 45 - 51 (2014)
Selection on a Variant Associated with Improved Viral Clearance Drives Local, Adaptive Pseudogenization of Interferon Lambda 4 (IFNL4). PLoS Genetics 10 (10), e1004681 (2014)
2011
p53-Dependent Transcription and Tumor Suppression Are Not Affected in Set7/9-Deficient Mice. Molecular Cell 43 (4), pp. 673 - 680 (2011)
2010
The microRNA miR-182 is induced by IL-2 and promotes clonal expansion of activated helper T lymphocytes. Nature Immunology 11 (11), pp. 1057 - 1062 (2010)