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Eric J. Alm

Eric J. Alm

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Biology and Biochemistry

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99
Citations
80395
World Ranking
1552
National Ranking
872

Overview

Eric J. Alm is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, and Gastroenterology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Eric J. Alm's recent papers include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases," 2020, published in mSystems
  • "An omics-based framework for assessing the health risk of antimicrobial resistance genes," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Small and mighty: adaptation of superphylum Patescibacteria to groundwater environment drives their genome simplicity," 2020, Microbiome
  • "Elevated rates of horizontal gene transfer in the industrialized human microbiome," 2021, Cell

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Water Research
  • Gastroenterology
  • Microbiome
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborations are a significant part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Xiaoqiong Gu, Wei Lin Lee, Janelle R. Thompson, Federica Armas, and Fuqing Wu. These collaborations highlight active engagement in cooperative scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

    Evan Bolyen;Jai Ram Rideout;Matthew R. Dillon;Nicholas A. Bokulich

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • Author Correction: Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2.

    Evan Bolyen;Jai Ram Rideout;Matthew R. Dillon;Nicholas A. Bokulich

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Inferring Correlation Networks from Genomic Survey Data

    Jonathan Friedman;Eric J. Alm;Eric J. Alm

  • Salt-responsive gut commensal modulates TH17 axis and disease

    Nicola Wilck;Mariana G. Matus;Sean M. Kearney;Scott W. Olesen

  • QIIME 2: Reproducible, interactive, scalable, and extensible microbiome data science

    Evan Bolyen;Jai Ram Rideout;Matthew R Dillon;Nicholas A Bokulich

  • Host lifestyle affects human microbiota on daily timescales.

    Lawrence A David;Lawrence A David;Arne C Materna;Jonathan Friedman;Maria I Campos-Baptista

  • Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

    Chris S. Smillie;Mark B. Smith;Jonathan Friedman;Otto X. Cordero

  • Meta-analysis of gut microbiome studies identifies disease-specific and shared responses.

    Claire Duvallet;Sean M. Gibbons;Sean M. Gibbons;Thomas Gurry;Thomas Gurry;Rafael A. Irizarry

  • Correlation detection strategies in microbial data sets vary widely in sensitivity and precision

    Sophie Weiss;Will Van Treuren;Catherine Lozupone;Karoline Faust;Karoline Faust

  • SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases

    Fuqing Wu;Jianbo Zhang;Amy Xiao;Xiaoqiong Gu

  • MicrobesOnline: an integrated portal for comparative and functional genomics

    Paramvir S. Dehal;Marcin P. Joachimiak;Morgan N. Price;John T. Bates

  • Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth.

    Dylan Chivian;Eoin L. Brodie;Eric J. Alm;David E. Culley

  • Fecal microbiota transplant from a rational stool donor improves hepatic encephalopathy: A randomized clinical trial

    Jasmohan S. Bajaj;Zain Kassam;Andrew Fagan;Edith A. Gavis

  • Resource partitioning and sympatric differentiation among closely related bacterioplankton.

    Dana E. Hunt;Lawrence A. David;Dirk Gevers;Dirk Gevers;Sarah P. Preheim

  • Population genomics of early events in the ecological differentiation of bacteria.

    B. Jesse Shapiro;B. Jesse Shapiro;Jonathan Friedman;Otto X. Cordero;Sarah P. Preheim

  • Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Relapsing Clostridium difficile Infection Using a Frozen Inoculum From Unrelated Donors: A Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Pilot Study

    Ilan Youngster;Jenny Sauk;Christina Pindar;Robin G. Wilson

  • The Bacterial Species Challenge: Making Sense of Genetic and Ecological Diversity

    Christophe Fraser;Eric J. Alm;Eric J. Alm;Martin F. Polz;Brian G. Spratt

  • Critical role of β-hairpin formation in protein G folding

    Erika L. McCallister;Eric Alm;David Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam P. Arkin
Adam P. Arkin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Sean M. Gibbons
Sean M. Gibbons University of Washington
Ramnik J. Xavier
Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute
Zhili He
Zhili He Sun Yat-sen University
Matthew W. Fields
Matthew W. Fields Montana State University
Qiang He
Qiang He Swinburne University of Technology
Dirk Gevers
Dirk Gevers Johnson & Johnson (United States)

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