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Research in the Allen Laboratory focuses on the microbiology of vector-borne diseases and microbiome-host studies of human, plant, and animal systems. The former includes testing of all ticks submitted to the state of Texas for the presence of specific bacterial pathogens in cooperation with the Texas Department of State Health Services; research into factors influencing disease transmission from ticks and other arthropods; and mechanisms of immune avoidance by tick-borne pathogens. The microbiome research includes investigation of complex bacterial communities and their interactions with a wide variety of hosts; defining factors that disrupt or support microbial community assembly and structure; exploring community dynamics in polymicrobial diseases of different organ systems (e.g. gut, lung); development of genetically engineered probiotics for the treatment of disease; and applications of microbiome research to problems in forensic science.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BS in Biology, University of Texas at Arlington
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Projects
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Testing and Optimization of Microbiome Analysis Techniques in Forensically Relevant Samples
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Humanization of a Genetically Engineered Probiotic to treat Phenylkeonuria (PKU)
1/03/18 → 28/02/19
Project: Research
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Phylogenetic relationship of serovar C-1 isolates of avibacterium paragallinarum
García-Sánchez, A., Morales-Erasto, V., Talavera-Rojas, M., Robles-González, F., Allen, M. S., Blackall, P. J. & Soriano-Vargas, E., Mar 2014, In: Avian Diseases. 58, 1, p. 143-146 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of temperature on bacterial microbiome composition in Ixodes scapularis ticks
Thapa, S., Zhang, Y. & Allen, M. S., May 2019, In: MicrobiologyOpen. 8, 5, e00719.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of Noise in Quorum Sensing
Cox, C. D., Peterson, G. D., Allen, M. S., Lancaster, J. M., McCollum, J. M., Austin, D., Yan, L., Sayler, G. S. & Simpson, M. L., 2003, In: OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology. 7, 3, p. 317-334 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Noise in biological circuits
Simpson, M. L., Cox, C. D., Allen, M. S., Mccollum, J. M., Dar, R. D., Karig, D. K. & Cooke, J. F., 1 Dec 2009, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. 1, 2, p. 214-225 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Genetically engineered probiotic for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU); Assessment of a novel treatment in vitro and in the PAHenu2 mouse model of PKU
Durrer, K. E., Allen, M. S. & Von Herbing, I. H., May 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 5, e0176286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review