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Robert G. Beiko

Robert G. Beiko

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
28954
World Ranking
16413
National Ranking
571

Overview

Robert G. Beiko is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant contribution to Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work covers subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Molecular Medicine, Periodontics, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Robert G. Beiko has published extensively, with recent papers demonstrating a focus on antibiotic resistance, microbial genomics, and environmental monitoring. Select recent publications include:

  • "CARD 2023: expanded curation, support for machine learning, and resistome prediction at the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database" (2022), published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Machine Learning for Antimicrobial Resistance Prediction: Current Practice, Limitations, and Clinical Perspective" (2022), published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • "Metagenome-assembled genome binning methods with short reads disproportionately fail for plasmids and genomic Islands" (2020), published in Microbial Genomics
  • "Compact and automated eDNA sampler for in situ monitoring of marine environments" (2023), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Exploring the mobilome and resistome of Enterococcus faecium in a One Health context across two continents" (2022), published in Microbial Genomics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert G. Beiko include Finlay Maguire, Julie LaRoche, Michael Hall, Kristen L. Gray, and Fiona S. L. Brinkman. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work published in various venues.

The scientist's frequent publication venues are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbial Genomics
  • ISME Communications
  • Bioinformatics
  • Nucleic Acids Research

In addition to articles, Robert G. Beiko has contributed to book publications, including a volume published by Frontiers Media titled "11th international meeting on visualizing biological data (VIZBI 2021)" in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

    Morgan G I Langille;Jesse Zaneveld;J Gregory Caporaso;J Gregory Caporaso;Daniel McDonald

  • STAMP: statistical analysis of taxonomic and functional profiles

    Donovan H. Parks;Gene W. Tyson;Philip Hugenholtz;Robert G. Beiko

  • CARD 2020: antibiotic resistome surveillance with the comprehensive antibiotic resistance database

    Brian P. Alcock;Amogelang R. Raphenya;Tammy T. Y. Lau;Kara K. Tsang

  • Identifying biologically relevant differences between metagenomic communities

    Donovan H. Parks;Robert G. Beiko

  • A Phylogenomic View of Ecological Specialization in the Lachnospiraceae, a Family of Digestive Tract-Associated Bacteria

    Conor J. Meehan;Robert G. Beiko

  • Highways of gene sharing in prokaryotes

    Robert G. Beiko;Timothy J. Harlow;Mark A. Ragan

  • 16S rRNA Gene Analysis with QIIME2.

    Michael Hall;Robert G Beiko

  • Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs.

    Bruce A. Curtis;Goro Tanifuji;Goro Tanifuji;Fabien Burki;Ansgar Gruber;Ansgar Gruber

  • Microbial shifts in the aging mouse gut

    Morgan Gi Langille;Conor J Meehan;Conor J Meehan;Jeremy E Koenig;Akhilesh S Dhanani

  • Prokaryotic evolution and the tree of life are two different things

    Eric Bapteste;Maureen A O'Malley;Robert G Beiko;Marc Ereshefsky

  • Genome and low-iron response of an oceanic diatom adapted to chronic iron limitation

    Markus Lommer;Michael Specht;Alexandra-Sophie Roy;Lars Kraemer

  • Interactions in the microbiome: communities of organisms and communities of genes

    E Eva Boon;CJ Conor Meehan;Chr Chris Whidden;Dennis H J Wong

  • Predicting the Functional Potential of the Microbiome from Marker Genes Using PICRUSt.

    Gavin M. Douglas;Robert G. Beiko;Morgan G. I. Langille

  • Phylogenetic identification of lateral genetic transfer events.

    Robert G Beiko;Nicholas Hamilton

  • Inter-personal diversity and temporal dynamics of dental, tongue, and salivary microbiota in the healthy oral cavity

    Michael W. Hall;Natasha Singh;Kester F. Ng;David K. Lam

  • Inferring Genome Trees by Using a Filter To Eliminate Phylogenetically Discordant Sequences and a Distance Matrix Based on Mean Normalized BLASTP Scores

    G. D. Paul Clarke;Robert G. Beiko;Mark A. Ragan;Mark A. Ragan;Robert L. Charlebois;Robert L. Charlebois

  • GenGIS: A geospatial information system for genomic data

    Donovan H. Parks;Michael Porter;Sylvia Churcher;Suwen Wang

  • Comparative metagenomics of three Dehalococcoides -containing enrichment cultures: the role of the non-dechlorinating community

    Laura A Hug;Robert G Beiko;Annette R Rowe;Ruth E Richardson

  • Lateral genetic transfer: open issues

    Mark A. Ragan;Robert G. Beiko;Robert G. Beiko

  • Prokaryotic evolution and the tree of life are two different things

    William Martin;Tal Dagan;John Dupre;François-Joseph Lapointe

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Ragan
Mark A. Ragan University of Queensland
Fiona S. L. Brinkman
Fiona S. L. Brinkman Simon Fraser University
Paul Bentzen
Paul Bentzen Dalhousie University
Gary Van Domselaar
Gary Van Domselaar Public Health Agency of Canada
John M. Archibald
John M. Archibald Dalhousie University
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Stan Matwin
Stan Matwin Dalhousie University
Philip L. Bond
Philip L. Bond University of Queensland
Andrew G. McArthur
Andrew G. McArthur McMaster University
Craig R. Johnson
Craig R. Johnson University of Tasmania

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