Papers

Here are all of the papers generated by the MIDGE Center along with PDF copies of the papers and links to preprint versions of the papers, the papers' Google Scholar page, GitHub repositories, and underlying data. If you click on the "Science" tab above, you will find a listing of the papers that have been published for each project within the Center.

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Zhao G, Lyu J, Veniaminova NA, Zarnowski R, Mattos E, Johnson CJ, Quintanilla D, Hautau H, Hold LA, Xu B, Anku JAE, Steltzer S, Dasgupta K, Santana DJ, Ibrahim A, Andes D, Nett JE, Singh S, Abraham AC, Killian ML, Kahlenberg JM, Wong SY, O'Meara TR. 2025. Preprint: Candida auris skin colonization is mediated by Als4112 and interactions with host extracellular matrix proteins.
Simonich CAL, McMahon TE, Ju X, Yu TC, Brunette N, Stevens-Ayers T, Boeckh MJ, King NP, Greninger AL, Bloom JD. 2025. Preprint: RSV F evolution escapes some monoclonal antibodies but does not strongly erode neutralization by human polyclonal sera.
Bendall EE, Dimcheff D, Papalambros L, Fitzsimmons WJ, Zhu Y, Schmitz J, Halasa N, Chappell JD, Martin ET, Biddle JE, Smith-Jeffcoat SE, Rolfes MA, Mellis A, Talbot HK, Grijalva C, Lauring AS. 2025. In depth sequencing of a serially sampled household cohort reveals the within host dynamics of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 and rare selection of novel spike variants. PLoS Pathogens. 21: e1013434. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013134.
Lauring AS, Edson C, Surie D, Dawood F, Self W, Lucero-Obusan C, Holodniy M. 2025. Genomic surveillance of RSV in the United States by vaccination status, 2023-2024. JAMA. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.1225.