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Joyce Sakamoto broadly studies arthropods, primarily ectoparasites, and their microbial inhabitants. Current research interests are:
- Investigation of tick community composition over time using passive surveillance data and museum specimens.
- Investigation of tick and other arthropod microbial communities, particularly the transmission of and interactions between endosymbiotic bacteria
- Behavior/natural history of ticks off-host
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Recent Publications
Microbiomes of Two Pest Fly Species of Pennsylvania Mushroom Houses
Sakamoto, J. M., Shikano, I. & Rasgon, J. L., Jul 2024, In: Insects. 15, 7, 525.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Function and evolution of the aquaporin IsAQP1 in the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis
Tsujimoto, H., Metz, H. C., Smith, A. A., Sakamoto, J. M., Pal, U. & Rasgon, J. L., Aug 2023, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 32, 4, p. 329-339 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tick Control in a Connected World: Challenges, Solutions, and Public Policy from a United States Border Perspective
Tiffin, H. S., Rajotte, E. G., Sakamoto, J. M. & Machtinger, E. T., Nov 2022, In: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 7, 11, 388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Bacterial communities of ixodes scapularis from central Pennsylvania, USA
Sakamoto, J. M., Diaz, G. E. S. & Wagner, E. A., Oct 2020, In: Insects. 11, 10, p. 1-24 24 p., 718.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A 117-year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics
Pak, D., Jacobs, S. B. & Sakamoto, J. M., Apr 29 2019, In: Parasites and Vectors. 12, 1, 189.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics
Galbraith, D. A., Fuller, Z. L., Ray, A. M., Brockmann, A., Frazier, M., Gikungu, M. W., Martinez, J. F. I., Kapheim, K. M., Kerby, J. T., Kocher, S. D., Losyev, O., Muli, E., Patch, H. M., Rosa, C., Sakamoto, J. M., Stanley, S., Vaudo, A. D. & Grozinger, C. M., Dec 1 2018, In: Scientific reports. 8, 1, 8879.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Potential biological control of Erwinia tracheiphila by internal alimentary canal interactions in Acalymma vittatum with Pseudomonas fluorescens
Roberts, D. C., Fleischer, S. J., Sakamoto, J. M. & Rasgon, J. L., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 125, 4, p. 1137-1146 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Progress, challenges, and the role of public engagement to improve tick-borne disease literacy
Sakamoto, J. M., Aug 2018, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 28, p. 81-89 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Functional characterization of Aquaporin-like genes in the human bed bug Cimex lectularius
Tsujimoto, H., Sakamoto, J. M. & Rasgon, J. L., Dec 1 2017, In: Scientific reports. 7, 1, 3214.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
Gulia-Nuss, M., Nuss, A. B., Meyer, J. M., Sonenshine, D. E., Roe, R. M., Waterhouse, R. M., Sattelle, D. B., De La Fuente, J., Ribeiro, J. M., Megy, K., Thimmapuram, J., Miller, J. R., Walenz, B. P., Koren, S., Hostetler, J. B., Thiagarajan, M., Joardar, V. S., Hannick, L. I., Bidwell, S. & Hammond, M. P. & 73 others, , Feb 9 2016, In: Nature communications. 7, 10507.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania
Sakamoto, J. M., Ng, T. F. F., Suzuki, Y., Tsujimoto, H., Deng, X., Delwart, E. & Rasgon, J. L., 2016, In: PeerJ. 2016, 8, e2324.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes
Hughes, G. L., Dodson, B. L., Johnson, R. M., Murdock, C. C., Tsujimoto, H., Suzuki, Y., Patt, A. A., Cui, L., Nossa, C. W., Barry, R. M., Sakamoto, J. M., Hornett, E. A. & Rasgon, J. L., Aug 26 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 34, p. 12498-12503 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Population and demographic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the eastern United States
Sakamoto, J. M., Goddard, J. & Rasgon, J. L., Jul 15 2014, In: PloS one. 9, 7, e101389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Daily temporal dynamics of vaginal microbiota before, during and after episodes of bacterial vaginosis
Ravel, J., Brotman, R. M., Gajer, P., Ma, B., Nandy, M., Fadrosh, D. W., Sakamoto, J., Koenig, S. S. K., Fu, L., Zhou, X., Hickey, R. J., Schwebke, J. R. & Forney, L. J., Dec 2 2013, In: Microbiome. 1, 1, 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparison of storage conditions for human vaginal microbiome studies
Bai, G., Gajer, P., Nandy, M., Ma, B., Yang, H., Sakamoto, J., Blanchard, M. H., Ravel, J. & Brotman, R. M., May 24 2012, In: PloS one. 7, 5, e36934.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review