Laura Wegener Parfrey
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Canadian ecologist, microbiologist
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Laura Wegener Parfrey's Degrees
- PhD Microbiology University of British Columbia
- Masters Microbiology University of British Columbia
- Bachelors Microbiology University of British Columbia
Why Is Laura Wegener Parfrey Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Laura Wegener Parfrey is a Canadian bioscientist, focusing on microbial ecology. , she is a Canada Research Chair in Protist Ecology at the University of British Columbia. Her work has two distinct strands: the microbial ecology of the mammalian gut and coastal microbial ecosystems.
Laura Wegener Parfrey's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Impact of the Gut Microbiota on Human Health: An Integrative View (2012) (2776)
- The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks (2013) (1989)
- The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes (2012) (1421)
- Decoupling function and taxonomy in the global ocean microbiome (2016) (1288)
- Defining the human microbiome. (2012) (729)
- Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks (2011) (723)
- Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems (2018) (648)
- Experimental and analytical tools for studying the human microbiome (2011) (627)
- Global biogeography of highly diverse protistan communities in soil (2012) (362)
- High taxonomic variability despite stable functional structure across microbial communities (2016) (299)
- The amphibian skin‐associated microbiome across species, space and life history stages (2014) (284)
- Correcting for 16S rRNA gene copy numbers in microbiome surveys remains an unsolved problem (2018) (276)
- A microbial clock provides an accurate estimate of the postmortem interval in a mouse model system (2013) (263)
- Microbial community dynamics and effect of environmental microbial reservoirs on red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) (2013) (243)
- Broadly sampled multigene analyses yield a well-resolved eukaryotic tree of life. (2010) (236)
- Convergence of gut microbiomes in myrmecophagous mammals (2014) (229)
- Microbial Eukaryotes in the Human Microbiome: Ecology, Evolution, and Future Directions (2011) (191)
- Evaluating Support for the Current Classification of Eukaryotic Diversity (2006) (188)
- A Modular Organization of the Human Intestinal Mucosal Microbiota and Its Association with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2013) (156)
- Associations between infant fungal and bacterial dysbiosis and childhood atopic wheeze in a nonindustrialized setting (2017) (146)
- Are Human Intestinal Eukaryotes Beneficial or Commensals? (2015) (145)
- The dynamic nature of eukaryotic genomes. (2008) (141)
- Communities of microbial eukaryotes in the mammalian gut within the context of environmental eukaryotic diversity (2014) (138)
- Human-associated microbial signatures: examining their predictive value. (2011) (133)
- The chastity of amoebae: re-evaluating evidence for sex in amoeboid organisms (2011) (115)
- A census-based estimate of Earth's bacterial and archaeal diversity (2019) (112)
- Stunted childhood growth is associated with decompartmentalization of the gastrointestinal tract and overgrowth of oropharyngeal taxa (2018) (100)
- Is Host Filtering the Main Driver of Phylosymbiosis across the Tree of Life? (2018) (96)
- Turning the crown upside down: gene tree parsimony roots the eukaryotic tree of life. (2012) (87)
- Genome-wide analysis of transcriptional dependence and probable target sites for Abf1 and Rap1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2006) (86)
- Asymptomatic Intestinal Colonization with Protist Blastocystis Is Strongly Associated with Distinct Microbiome Ecological Patterns (2018) (86)
- EukRef: Phylogenetic curation of ribosomal RNA to enhance understanding of eukaryotic diversity and distribution (2018) (79)
- Spatial and temporal variability of the human microbiota. (2012) (79)
- Deconstructing the Bat Skin Microbiome: Influences of the Host and the Environment (2016) (78)
- Bacterial diversification through geological time (2018) (68)
- Vertebrate Hosts as Islands: Dynamics of Selection, Immigration, Loss, Persistence, and Potential Function of Bacteria on Salamander Skin (2016) (58)
- UniEuk: Time to Speak a Common Language in Protistology! (2017) (54)
- Multicellularity arose several times in the evolution of eukaryotes (Response to DOI 10.1002/bies.201100187) (2013) (50)
- Changes in bacterial and eukaryotic communities during sewage decomposition in Mississippi river water. (2015) (49)
- Sympatric kelp species share a large portion of their surface bacterial communities (2018) (40)
- A benign helminth alters the host immune system and the gut microbiota in a rat model system (2017) (37)
- Molecular Data are Transforming Hypotheses on the Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes (2009) (35)
- Meeting Report: Fungal ITS Workshop (October 2012) (2013) (32)
- Introduction: The host‐associated microbiome: Pattern, process and function (2018) (31)
- Subulatomonas tetraspora nov. gen. nov. sp. is a member of a previously unrecognized major clade of eukaryotes. (2011) (29)
- Diverse Bacteria Utilize Alginate Within the Microbiome of the Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera (2018) (25)
- Alternate life history phases of a common seaweed have distinct microbial surface communities (2018) (24)
- Biodiversity of protists and nematodes in the wild nonhuman primate gut (2019) (24)
- Combined phylogenetic and genomic approaches for the high-throughput study of microbial habitat adaptation. (2011) (24)
- Blastocystis Colonization Alters the Gut Microbiome and, in Some Cases, Promotes Faster Recovery From Induced Colitis (2021) (23)
- Phylogeny and Ultrastructure of Miliammina fusca: Evidence for Secondary Loss of Calcification in a Miliolid Foraminifer (2006) (23)
- Incubation with macroalgae induces large shifts in water column microbiota, but minor changes to the epibiota of co‐occurring macroalgae (2018) (22)
- Dynamic Genomes of Eukaryotes and the Maintenance of Genomic Integrity Eukaryotes specify a genome to be inherited stably, enabling dynamic rearrangements and amplifications of other genomic elements (2010) (19)
- Genome Dynamics Are Influenced by Food Source in Allogromia laticollaris Strain CSH (Foraminifera) (2010) (17)
- Correcting for 16S rRNA gene copy numbers in microbiome surveys remains an unsolved problem (2018) (17)
- Kelp‐associated Microbiota are Structured by Host Anatomy1 (2021) (13)
- Morphological complexity affects the diversity of marine microbiomes (2020) (12)
- The benign helminth Hymenolepis diminuta ameliorates chemically induced colitis in a rat model system (2018) (11)
- Microeukaryotic Communities Associated With the Seagrass Zostera marina Are Spatially Structured (2020) (10)
- RIBOSOMAL DNA IS DIFFERENTIALLY AMPLIFIED ACROSS LIFE-CYCLE STAGES IN THE FORAMINIFER ALLOGROMIA LATICOLLARIS STRAIN CSH (2012) (9)
- Evaluating rodent experimental models for studies of Blastocystis ST1. (2018) (9)
- Host-Specificity and Core Taxa of Seagrass Leaf Microbiome Identified Across Tissue Age and Geographical Regions (2020) (8)
- Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) have characteristic skin microbiota that may be shaped by cutaneous skin peptides and the environment. (2020) (7)
- Effects of captivity and rewilding on amphibian skin microbiomes (2022) (6)
- Exposure to Parasitic Protists and Helminths Changes the Intestinal Community Structure of Bacterial Communities in a Cohort of Mother-Child Binomials from a Semirural Setting in Mexico (2021) (5)
- Evidence for long-lasting alterations in the fecal microbiota following prenatal alcohol exposure. (2022) (5)
- The microbiota of intertidal macroalgae Fucus distichus is site-specific and resistant to change following transplant. (2021) (5)
- Mock communities highlight the diversity of host‐associated eukaryotes (2015) (4)
- Stunted children display ectopic small intestinal colonization by oral bacteria, which cause lipid malabsorption in experimental models (2022) (4)
- A reciprocal transplant experiment sheds new light on a classic marine seagrass-algal symbiosis and suggests influence of epiphytic symbiont on seagrass microbiota (2022) (3)
- Effects of forced taxonomic transitions on metabolic composition and function in microbial microcosms. (2020) (3)
- Beyond specialization: re-examining routes of host influence on symbiont evolution. (2022) (3)
- Mock communities highlight the diversity of host-associated eukaryotes. (2015) (3)
- Response to “Vast (but avoidable) underestimation of global biodiversity” (2021) (2)
- Defining the diversity of microbial eukaryotic communities in the mammalian gut within the context of environmental eukaryotic diversity (2014) (2)
- Wildcards in climate change biology (2021) (1)
- Transmission mode and dispersal traits correlate with host specificity in mammalian gut microbes. (2023) (1)
- Exposure to parasitic protists and helminths changes the intestinal community structure of bacterial microbiota but not of eukaryotes in a cohort of mother-child binomial from a semi-rural setting in Mexico (2019) (1)
- UniEuk A Universal taxonomic framework and integrated reference gene databases for Eukaryotic (2016) (0)
- Molecular evolution of foraminiferal tubulins (2006) (0)
- Alternative approaches to identify core bacteria in Fucus distichus microbiome and assess their distribution and host-specificity (2022) (0)
- Biodiversity of protists and nematodes in the wild nonhuman primate gut (2019) (0)
- Identifying the core microbiome of the sea star Pisaster ochraceus in the context of sea star wasting disease. (2023) (0)
- Seagrass (Zostera marina) transplant experiment reveals core microbiota and resistance to environmental change (2022) (0)
- Bacterial diversification through geological time (2018) (0)
- Stunted Child Growth Is Associated With Small Intestinal Colonization by Oral Bacteria Driving Lipid Malabsorption and Inflammation in vitro (2022) (0)
- Successional dynamics of the cultivated kelp microbiome. (2023) (0)
- Maternal and child nutrition. (2012) (0)
- Su1926 Defining a Mosaic of Functional Microbial Communities at the Human Mucosal Surface, and Their Association With IBD (2012) (0)
- Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems-Supplementary Material - (0)
- II.12. Origin and Diversification of Eukaryotes (2013) (0)
- A letter to Denis Lynn (2020) (0)
- Function and functional redundancy in microbial systems (2018) (0)
- Putting Animals in their Place Within a Context of Eukaryotic Innovations (2010) (0)
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