1) BioDIGS Collaboration
2) USDA collboration, Poultry Sciences
3) Smithsonian Environmental Reserach Center (SERC) Collaboration
4) Microbiome projects (frogs, mussels, waste water)
We develop computational methods to understand microbial communities and host–microbe interactions. Our work spans metagenomics, amplicon sequencing, transcriptomics, and integrative multi‑omics.
We partner closely with students across all levels to build open, reproducible pipelines and to validate discoveries through rigorous benchmarking.
2026 — BioDIGS Consortium, Alberts, T., Albritton, C. F., Alcazar, R., Aljabri, Z., … Zirkle, L. (2026). Unearthing soil biodiversity through collaborative genomic research and education. Nature genetics, 58(1), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02442-5
2025 —Ekalle, G., York, S., Gerard, M., & Kerr, J. (2025). Association Between Vaginal Community States and Preeclampsia Status in Pregnant Individuals. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology,
2025.09.18.677097. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.18.677097
2024 — Pomeroy AE, Bixler A, Chen SH, Kerr JE, Levine TD and Ryder EF (2024) “R” U ready?: a case study using R to analyze changes in gene expression during evolution. Front. Educ. 9:1379910. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1379910
More publications coming soon.