Studying activities of complex microbial communities has shown me the importance of data visualization in forming conclusions and planning future projects. High-throughput sequencing of 16S, metagenome, and metatranscriptome datasets creates massive amounts of data that I process, transform, and use to create meaningful figures that tell a story.
View graphics from my publications in my portfolio section on graphical abstracts and figures.
Listed below are my peer-reviewed academic publications. My graduate work in microbial ecology uses the American cockroach as a model to study gut microbiome stability and inter-species interactions. I work with Dr. Elizabeth Ottesen in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia. See my resume and CV for a more exhaustive list of projects and accomplishments.
- Dukes HE, Dyer JE, Ottesen EA. 2021. Establishment and Maintenance of Gnotobiotic American Cockroaches (Periplaneta americana). JoVE. doi:10.3791/61316.
- Dukes HE, Tinker KA, Ottesen EA. In prep. Disentangling hindgut metabolism in the American cockroach through single-cell genomics and metatranscriptomics.