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Overview

Jeffrey T. Foster is affiliated with Northern Arizona University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Within these broader fields, they specialize in ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, infectious diseases, genetics, and small animal studies.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Bat biology and ecology studies
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites research
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant and animal studies

Foster's recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research. The following papers represent some of their work:

  • RESCRIPt: Reproducible sequence taxonomy reference database management, 2021, PLoS Computational Biology
  • Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Emerging diversity and ongoing expansion of the genus Brucella, 2021, Infection Genetics and Evolution
  • A total crapshoot? Evaluating bioinformatic decisions in animal diet metabarcoding analyses, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecological correlates of species' roles in highly invaded seed dispersal networks, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

They have published multiple papers in well-known scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Biological Invasions
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Foster's research. Frequent coauthors include Katy L. Parise, Joseph R. Hoyt, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Kate E. Langwig, and J. Paul White, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock

    Lance B. Price;Marc Stegger;Henrik Hasman;Maliha Aziz

  • RESCRIPt: Reproducible sequence taxonomy reference database management.

    Michael S. Robeson;Devon R. O’Rourke;Benjamin D. Kaehler;Michal Ziemski

  • Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats

    Winifred F. Frick;Sébastien J. Puechmaille;Joseph R. Hoyt;Barry A. Nickel

  • Host and pathogen ecology drive the seasonal dynamics of a fungal disease, white-nose syndrome

    Kate E. Langwig;Winifred F. Frick;Rick Reynolds;Katy L. Parise

  • Phylogeographic reconstruction of a bacterial species with high levels of lateral gene transfer

    Talima Pearson;Philip Giffard;Philip Giffard;Stephen Beckstrom-Sternberg;Stephen Beckstrom-Sternberg;Raymond Auerbach;Raymond Auerbach

  • Whole-Genome-Based Phylogeny and Divergence of the Genus Brucella

    Jeffrey T. Foster;Stephen M Beckstrom-Sternberg;Stephen M Beckstrom-Sternberg;Talima Ross Pearson;James S Beckstrom-Sternberg

  • Genomics in Conservation: Case Studies and Bridging the Gap between Data and Application

    Brittany A Garner;Brian K Hand;Stephen J Amish;Louis Bernatchez

  • Single nucleotide polymorphisms for assessing genetic diversity in castor bean (Ricinus communis)

    Jeffrey T Foster;Gerard J Allan;Agnes P Chan;Pablo D Rabinowicz;Pablo D Rabinowicz

  • Genomics reveals historic and contemporary transmission dynamics of a bacterial disease among wildlife and livestock

    Pauline L. Kamath;Jeffrey T. Foster;Kevin P. Drees;Gordon Luikart

  • Worldwide Phylogenetic Relationship of Avian Poxviruses

    Miklós Gyuranecz;Jeffrey T. Foster;Ádám Dán;Hon S. Ip

  • Phylogenetic understanding of clonal populations in an era of whole genome sequencing

    Talima Pearson;Richard T. Okinaka;Jeffrey T. Foster;Paul Keim;Paul Keim

  • Introduced birds and the fate of hawaiian rainforests.

    Jeffrey T. Foster;Scott K. Robinson

  • Comparative Phylogenomics and Evolution of the Brucellae Reveal a Path to Virulence

    Alice R. Wattam;Jeffrey T. Foster;Shrinivasrao P. Mane;Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg;Stephen M. Beckstrom-Sternberg

  • Resistance in persisting bat populations after white-nose syndrome invasion

    Kate E. Langwig;Joseph R. Hoyt;Katy L. Parise;Katy L. Parise;Winifred F. Frick;Winifred F. Frick

  • Changing climate and the altitudinal range of avian malaria in the Hawaiian Islands - an ongoing conservation crisis on the island of Kaua'i.

    Carter T. Atkinson;Ruth B. Utzurrum;Dennis A. Lapointe;Richard J. Camp

  • Development and validation of Burkholderia pseudomallei-specific real-time PCR assays for clinical, environmental or forensic detection applications.

    Erin P. Price;Julia L. Dale;James M. Cook;Derek S. Sarovich

  • Pathogen dynamics during invasion and establishment of white-nose syndrome explain mechanisms of host persistence

    Winifred F. Frick;Winifred F. Frick;Tina L. Cheng;Kate E. Langwig;Kate E. Langwig;Joseph R. Hoyt

  • Drivers of variation in species impacts for a multi-host fungal disease of bats.

    Kate E. Langwig;Winifred F. Frick;Joseph R. Hoyt;Katy L. Parise;Katy L. Parise

  • Genetic structure and evolved malaria resistance in Hawaiian honeycreepers.

    Jeffrey T. Foster;Bethany L. Woodworth;Lori E. Eggert;Patrick J. Hart

  • Structure, spatial dynamics, and stability of novel seed dispersal mutualistic networks in Hawaiʻi

    Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni;Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni;Corey E. Tarwater;Jeffrey T. Foster;Donald R. Drake

  • Deconstructing the Bat Skin Microbiome: Influences of the Host and the Environment

    Christine V. Avena;Laura Wegener Parfrey;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff;Holly M. Archer

  • Castor bean organelle genome sequencing and worldwide genetic diversity analysis.

    Maximo Rivarola;Jeffrey T. Foster;Agnes P. Chan;Amber L. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Keim
Paul Keim Northern Arizona University
Winifred F. Frick
Winifred F. Frick Bat Conservation International
A. Marm Kilpatrick
A. Marm Kilpatrick University of California, Santa Cruz
Talima Pearson
Talima Pearson Northern Arizona University
David M. Wagner
David M. Wagner Northern Arizona University
Mark Mayo
Mark Mayo Charles Darwin University
Bart J. Currie
Bart J. Currie Charles Darwin University
Leonard A. Smith
Leonard A. Smith United States Department of the Army
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Gary Xie
Gary Xie Los Alamos National Laboratory

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