Research Summary
My research investigates how the human microbiome is influenced by environmental pressures, including pollution, food sources, water, etc. My team also investigates the history of environmental soil microbiomes and how anthropogenic forces have shaped them over time.
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Recent Publications
Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul
Bradshaw, C. J. A., Norman, K., Ulm, S., Williams, A. N., Clarkson, C., Chadœuf, J., Lin, S. C., Jacobs, Z., Roberts, R. G., Bird, M. I., Weyrich, L. S., Haberle, S. G., O’Connor, S., Llamas, B., Cohen, T. J., Friedrich, T., Veth, P., Leavesley, M. & Saltré, F., Dec 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 2440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effectiveness of decontamination protocols when analyzing ancient DNA preserved in dental calculus
Farrer, A. G., Wright, S. L., Skelly, E., Eisenhofer, R., Dobney, K. & Weyrich, L. S., Dec 2021, In: Scientific reports. 11, 1, 7456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Researchers using environmental DNA must engage ethically with Indigenous communities
Handsley-Davis, M., Kowal, E., Russell, L. & Weyrich, L. S., Feb 2021, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, 2, p. 146-148 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Early markers of periodontal disease and altered oral microbiota are associated with glycemic control in children with type 1 diabetes
Jensen, E. D., Selway, C. A., Allen, G., Bednarz, J., Weyrich, L. S., Gue, S., Peña, A. S. & Couper, J., May 2021, In: Pediatric Diabetes. 22, 3, p. 474-481 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dead or alive: microbial viability treatment reveals both active and inactive bacterial constituents in the fish gut microbiota
Legrand, T. P. R. A., Wos-Oxley, M. L., Wynne, J. W., Weyrich, L. S. & Oxley, A. P. A., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Applied Microbiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The evolutionary history of the human oral microbiota and its implications for modern health
Weyrich, L. S., Feb 2021, In: Periodontology 2000. 85, 1, p. 90-100 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Advancing and refining archaeological dental calculus research using multiomic frameworks
Wright, S. L., Dobney, K. & Weyrich, L. S., 2021, In: Science and Technology of Archaeological Research. 7, 1, p. 13-30 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Palaeomicrobiology: Application of Ancient DNA Sequencing to Better Understand Bacterial Genome Evolution and Adaptation
Arriola, L. A., Cooper, A. & Weyrich, L. S., Jun 16 2020, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Mainstreaming microbes across biomes
Clarke, L. J., Jones, P. J., Ammitzboll, H., Barmuta, L. A., Breed, M. F., Chariton, A., Charleston, M., Dakwa, V., Dewi, F., Eri, R., Fountain-Jones, N. M., Freeman, J., Kendal, D., McDougal, R., Raes, E. J., San Sow, S. L., Staples, T., Sutcliffe, B., Vemuri, R., Weyrich, L. S. & 1 others, , Jul 1 2020, In: BioScience. 70, 7, p. 589-596 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Investigating the demographic history of Japan using ancient oral microbiota: Ancient Japanese Dental Calculus
Eisenhofer, R., Kanzawa-Kiriyama, H., Shinoda, K. I. & Weyrich, L. S., Nov 23 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375, 1812, 20190578.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review