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Overview

Luke J. Tallon is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans multiple scientific fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in medicine and agricultural and biological sciences.

Their main areas of study include molecular biology, insect science, genetics, infectious diseases, and parasitology. These fields support their broader research topics, which cover genomics and phylogenetic studies, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, vector-borne infectious diseases, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, parasitic diseases research and treatment, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Luke J. Tallon has contributed to several recent papers in scientific journals. Notable publications include:

  • Haplotype-resolved diverse human genomes and integrated analysis of structural variation, 2021, published in Science
  • Strains used in whole organism Plasmodium falciparum vaccine trials differ in genome structure, sequence, and immunogenic potential, 2020, published in Genome Medicine
  • Profiling variable-number tandem repeat variation across populations using repeat-pangenome graphs, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Comparative Metagenome-Assembled Genome Analysis of "Candidatus Lachnocurva vaginae", Formerly Known As Bacterial Vaginosis-Associated Bacterium−1 (BVAB1), 2020, published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Comparison of long-read sequencing technologies in interrogating bacteria and fly genomes, 2021, published in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Microbiology Resource Announcements, Nature Communications, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Science. Their publication record includes seven papers in bioRxiv and three in Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Collaborative work is an important aspect of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lisa Sadzewicz
  • Julie C. Dunning Hotopp
  • Benjamin C. Sparklin
  • Robin E. Bromley
  • Matthew Chung

Best Publications

  • An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes

    Goncalo R Abecasis;Adam Auton;Lisa D Brooks

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

    Matthew Berriman;Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Christiane Hertz-Fowler;Gaelle Blandin

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 1 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    Athanasios Theologis;Joseph R. Ecker;Joseph R. Ecker;Curtis J. Palm;Nancy A. Federspiel;Nancy A. Federspiel

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 2 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xiaoying Lin;Samir Kaul;Steve Rounsley;Terrance P. Shea

  • Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

    Jonathan A. Eisen;Robert S Coyne;Martin Wu;Dongying Wu

  • Haplotype-resolved diverse human genomes and integrated analysis of structural variation.

    Peter Ebert;Peter A. Audano;Qihui Zhu;Bernardo Rodriguez-Martin

  • Draft Genome of the Filarial Nematode Parasite Brugia malayi

    Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Shiliang Wang;David Spiro;Elisabet Caler

  • Metabolic complementarity and genomics of the dual bacterial symbiosis of sharpshooters

    Dongying Wu;Sean C Daugherty;Susan E Van Aken;Grace H Pai

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Oral Pathogenic Bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis Strain W83

    Karen E. Nelson;Robert D. Fleischmann;Robert T. DeBoy;Ian T. Paulsen

  • Comparative Genomics of Brassica oleracea and Arabidopsis thaliana Reveal Gene Loss, Fragmentation, and Dispersal after Polyploidy

    Christopher D. Town;Foo Cheung;Rama Maiti;Jonathan Crabtree

  • Genome Sequence of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966T: Jack of All Trades

    Rekha Seshadri;Sam W. Joseph;Ashok K. Chopra;Jian Sha

  • A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes

    Susanne M. D. Goldberg;Justin Johnson;Dana Busam;Tamara Feldblyum

  • Identification of protective and broadly conserved vaccine antigens from the genome of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli

    Danilo Gomes Moriel;Isabella Bertoldi;Angela Spagnuolo;Sara Marchi

  • Life in Hot Carbon Monoxide: The Complete Genome Sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901

    Martin Wu;Qinghu Ren;A. Scott Durkin;Sean C Daugherty

  • FDA-ARGOS is a database with public quality-controlled reference genomes for diagnostic use and regulatory science

    Heike Sichtig;Timothy Minogue;Yi Yan;Christopher Stefan

  • Cassava Genome From a Wild Ancestor to Cultivated Varieties

    Wenquan Wang;Binxiao Feng;Jingfa Xiao;Zhiqiang Xia

  • Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14

    Malcolm J. Gardner;Shamira J. Shallom;Jane M. Carlton;Steven L. Salzberg

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 3 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

    M Salanoubat;K Lemcke;M Rieger;W Ansorge

  • Genomic diversity of 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak strains

    Nur A. Hasan;Seon Young Choi;Mark Eppinger;Philip W. Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sean C. Daugherty
Sean C. Daugherty University of Maryland, Baltimore
Brian J. Haas
Brian J. Haas Broad Institute
Hervé Tettelin
Hervé Tettelin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University
David A. Rasko
David A. Rasko University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Owen White
Owen White University of Maryland, Baltimore
Christopher D. Town
Christopher D. Town J. Craig Venter Institute

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