@OU_LMAMR

The Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research at the University of Oklahoma. (Tweets by LMAMR members)

 Norman, OK
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Joined October 2015
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If you are interested in oral microbiomes, come check out @OU_LMAMR PhD student @sarahjane0060's poster today at #SMBE2024! Poster # 49: The influence of subsistence strategies on oral microbiome composition and function in ancient populations.
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Wrapping up a great visit by @the_carter_show! So happy he can join us before heading off to his faculty position at @NCState. Tapping into some metagenomes with @tanvihonap @sarahjane0060 at @OU_LMAMR!
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Erica Palmer, Marie Capps and Brian Kemp, researchers from @OU_LMAMR, contributed to a study of Alaska archaeological sites 7,000 years old and older. This study found that ancient Alaskans were freshwater fishers. 🎣 bit.ly/3NLYIrp
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Congratulations to (now former) @OU_LMAMR PhD students - @anthro_justino, Kristen Rayfield, and @thehaffner! 🥳
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Fun times at the @OU_LMAMR Annual Spring Gathering! We also celebrated our new PhDs - Dr. Haffner and Dr. Rayfield!
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Congratulations to @OU_LMAMR's newly minted Dr. Kristen Rayfield on an excellent Ph.D. defense! 🥳Her dissertation is titled "Anthropogenic Impacts: Bringing Multi-Omic Approaches to Niche Construction Theory".
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Congratulations to @OU_LMAMR's newly-minted Dr. Jacob Haffner @thehaffner on a fantastic Ph.D. defense! 🥳
Cecil Merlin Lewis@CecilMLewis28 Apr 2023
Dr, Haffner!!
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Congratulations to @OU_LMAMR and @CourtneyHofman Group undergraduate student, Kaylee Tatum, on winning the Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Research Day Grand Prize! 👏
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Congratulations to @OU_LMAMR and Sankaranarayanan Group undergraduates, Ahmed Hussan and Saadia Nazir, on their Honorable Mentions for their presentations! They presented their UROP-funded projects at OU Undergraduate Research Day.
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Interested in antimicrobial resistance in the human gut microbiome? Come and see our poster (#18-1) today from 5-6 PM. #AABA2023
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Our open-access paper on ancient oral metagenomes from pre-contact era Wichita Ancestors is out in AJBA! doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24735 Congratulations @tanvihonap, @CecilMLewisJr, @monroecara14, @sarahjane0060, Marc Levine, Krithi Sankaranarayanan, and all co-authors!

Oral metagenomes from Native American Ancestors reveal distinct microbial lineages in the pre‐con...

Objectives Limited studies have focused on how European contact and colonialism impacted Native American oral microbiomes, specifically, the diversity of commensal or opportunistically pathogenic...

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In this paper, we present one of the largest oral metagenome datasets from a pre-contact era Native American population. We also demonstrate the presence of distinct lineages of oral microbes specific to the pre-contact Americas.
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Many thanks to the @SamNobleMuseum and The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes for their partnership in this project.
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Wrapped up this year's in-person aspect of our immersion experiences in ancient metagenomics. We loved it! Now looking forward to the virtual training. Thanks @NSF and thank you @sankofadna @GracielaCabana @JenniferRaff @kgbeaty, Lateefa Abul, and Katie McCormack for joining us!
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New perspective piece entitled, "Ancient pathogens provide a window into health and well-being" thanks to a great team effort with @StoneLab_ASU, @SharonDeWitte and Mercy Akinyi! Read it here: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22… #AncientDNA, #Anthropology, #Pathogens

Ancient pathogens provide a window into health and well-being | PNAS

This perspective draws on the record of ancient pathogen genomes and microbiomes illuminating patterns of infectious disease over the course of the...

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Check out our new paper on the shared human fecal metabolome! Congratulations to lead author @thehaffner as well as @LabMccall, @CecilMLewisJr, & all co-authors.
Cecil Merlin Lewis@CecilMLewis2 Dec 2022
We have an exciting new paper: the first publication estimating the shared chemistry of the human gut across a range of industrial and non-industrial lifestyles! Great collaborators, including co-lead @LabMccall journals.asm.org/doi/full/10… #metabolome #Anthropology #microbiome

Untargeted Fecal Metabolomic Analyses across an Industrialization Gradient Reveal Shared Metaboli...

As the world becomes increasingly industrialized, understanding the biological consequences of these lifestyle shifts and what it means for past, present, and future human health is critical. Indeed,...

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🚨Postdoc research position @OU_LMAMR! 🚨 Interested in comparative genomics, mammals, human-animal interactions? Come join our team! NSF-funded interdisciplinary project on the fur trade in North America! pls share :) ou.taleo.net/careersection/2…
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Come and work with us @OU_LMAMR as a Project Coordinator for the YES Oklahoma training program.
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@OU_LMAMR researchers @CecilMLewisJr & @monroecara14 and others were awarded a $2M grant from the @NIH @theNCI for the YES Oklahoma project, which will improve representation of Oklahoma American Indian students in biomedical & cancer research. ou.edu/research-norman/news-…

‘YES Oklahoma’ Project to Improve American Indian Representation in Cancer Research

The University of Oklahoma

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Congratulations to @OU_LMAMR's newly minted Dr. @anthro_justino who successfully defended his dissertation "Pathways to Elevating Indigenous Voices in Anthropology"🥳
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