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Overview

Scot E. Dowd is affiliated with MR DNA (Molecular Research LP) in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. They have contributed to 25 publications in these disciplines, addressing topics that intersect molecular biology, ecology, pharmacology, immunology and allergy, and physiology.

Their scientific work covers a variety of subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Pharmacology
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Physiology

Dowd's research topics include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Some of their recent papers illustrate the range of these interests:

  • Characterization of hospital airborne SARS-CoV-2, 2021, published in Respiratory Research
  • Mucosal metabolites fuel the growth and virulence of E. coli linked to Crohn's disease, 2022, JCI Insight
  • Trait Energy and Fatigue May Be Connected to Gut Bacteria among Young Physically Active Adults: An Exploratory Study, 2022, Nutrients
  • Concordance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Aerosols From a Nurses Station and in Nurses and Patients During a Hospital Ward Outbreak, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Sex-Dependent Effects of Inhaled Nicotine on the Gut Microbiome, 2022, Nicotine & Tobacco Research

Frequent venues for Dowd's publications include:

  • Nutrients
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Respiratory Research
  • JCI Insight

Collaboration plays a significant role in Dowd's research activities. Frequent coauthors they have worked with include:

  • Christopher M. Taylor
  • Meng Luo
  • Lauri O. Byerley
  • D. Cole Stevens
  • Jan Hubert

Best Publications

  • Exposure to a Social Stressor Alters the Structure of the Intestinal Microbiota: Implications for Stressor-Induced Immunomodulation

    Michael T. Bailey;Scot E. Dowd;Jeffrey D. Galley;Amy R. Hufnagle

  • Evaluation of the bacterial diversity in the feces of cattle using 16S rDNA bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP)

    Scot E. Dowd;Todd R. Callaway;Randall D Wolcott;Yan-Yan Sun

  • Pyrosequencing study of fecal microflora of autistic and control children

    Sydney M. Finegold;Scot E. Dowd;Viktoria Gontcharova;Chengxu Liu

  • Survey of bacterial diversity in chronic wounds using Pyrosequencing, DGGE, and full ribosome shotgun sequencing

    Scot E. Dowd;Yan-Yan Sun;Patrick R Secor;Daniel D. Rhoads

  • Polymicrobial Nature of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcer Biofilm Infections Determined Using Bacterial Tag Encoded FLX Amplicon Pyrosequencing (bTEFAP)

    Scot E. Dowd;Randall D. Wolcott;Yan Sun;Trevor McKeehan

  • Diversity of the human skin microbiome early in life

    Kimberly A. Capone;Scot E. Dowd;Georgios N. Stamatas;Janeta Nikolovski

  • Tag-encoded pyrosequencing analysis of bacterial diversity in a single soil type as affected by management and land use

    V. Acosta-Martínez;S. Dowd;Y. Sun;V. Allen

  • Soil bacteria confer plant salt tolerance by tissue-specific regulation of the sodium transporter HKT1.

    Huiming Zhang;Mi-Seong Kim;Yan Sun;Scot E. Dowd

  • Inherent bacterial DNA contamination of extraction and sequencing reagents may affect interpretation of microbiota in low bacterial biomass samples

    Angela Glassing;Scot E. Dowd;Susan Galandiuk;Brian Davis

  • The Fecal Microbiome in Dogs with Acute Diarrhea and Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Jan S. Suchodolski;Melissa E. Markel;Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro;Stefan Unterer

  • Biofilm maturity studies indicate sharp debridement opens a time- dependent therapeutic window.

    Randall D. Wolcott;Kendra P. Rumbaugh;Garth A. James;Gregory Schultz

  • Biofilms and chronic wound inflammation.

    R D Wolcott;D D Rhoads;S E Dowd

  • Massive parallel 16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse fecal bacterial and fungal communities in healthy dogs and cats

    Stefanie Handl;Stefanie Handl;Scot E. Dowd;Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro;Jörg M. Steiner

  • Bacterial tag-encoded FLX amplicon pyrosequencing (bTEFAP) for microbiome studies: bacterial diversity in the ileum of newly weaned Salmonella-infected pigs.

    Scot E. Dowd;Yan Sun;Randy D. Wolcott;Alexander Domingo

  • Phylogenetic and gene-centric metagenomics of the canine intestinal microbiome reveals similarities with humans and mice

    Kelly S Swanson;Scot E Dowd;Jan S Suchodolski;Ingmar S Middelbos

  • Exposure to a social stressor disrupts the community structure of the colonic mucosa-associated microbiota

    Jeffrey D Galley;Michael C Nelson;Zhongtang Yu;Scot E Dowd

  • Stressor Exposure Disrupts Commensal Microbial Populations in the Intestines and Leads to Increased Colonization by Citrobacter rodentium

    Michael T. Bailey;Scot E. Dowd;Nicola M. A. Parry;Jeffrey D. Galley

  • An In Vivo Polymicrobial Biofilm Wound Infection Model to Study Interspecies Interactions

    Trevor Dalton;Scot E. Dowd;Randall D. Wolcott;Yan Sun

  • A soil bacterium regulates plant acquisition of iron via deficiency-inducible mechanisms.

    Huiming Zhang;Yan Sun;Xitao Xie;Mi Seong Kim

  • Chronic wounds and the medical biofilm paradigm.

    R D Wolcott;D D Rhoads;M E Bennett;B M Wolcott

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan S. Suchodolski
Jan S. Suchodolski Texas A&M University
Kelly S. Swanson
Kelly S. Swanson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Felix D. Guerrero
Felix D. Guerrero United States Department of Agriculture
Todd R. Callaway
Todd R. Callaway University of Georgia
Michael T. Bailey
Michael T. Bailey The Ohio State University
Ian L. Pepper
Ian L. Pepper University of Arizona
George C. Fahey
George C. Fahey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David J. Nisbet
David J. Nisbet United States Department of Agriculture
Mark Lyte
Mark Lyte Iowa State University
Tom S. Edrington
Tom S. Edrington Diamond V (United States)

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