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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
- 20 Finished
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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
Research output
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The adult phenylketonuria (Pku) gut microbiome
Mancilla, V. J., Mann, A. E., Zhang, Y. & Allen, M. S., Mar 2021, In: Microorganisms. 9, 3, p. 1-13 13 p., 530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparative analysis of racial differences in breast tumor microbiome
Thyagarajan, S., Zhang, Y., Thapa, S., Allen, M. S., Phillips, N., Chaudhary, P., Kashyap, M. V. & Vishwanatha, J. K., 1 Dec 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 14116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Comparison of the Bacterial Gut Microbiome of North American Triatoma spp. With and Without Trypanosoma cruzi
Mann, A. E., Mitchell, E. A., Zhang, Y., Curtis-Robles, R., Thapa, S., Hamer, S. A. & Allen, M. S., 13 Mar 2020, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Effects of inhaled air pollution on markers of integrity, inflammation, and microbiota profiles of the intestines in Apolipoprotein E knockout mice
Fitch, M. N., Phillippi, D., Zhang, Y., Lucero, J. A., Pandey, R. S., Liu, J., Brower, J., Allen, M. S., Campen, M. J., McDonald, J. D. & Lund, A. K., Feb 2020, In: Environmental Research. 181, 108913.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
14 Scopus citations -
Bacterial microbiomes of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from Massachusetts and Texas, USA
Thapa, S., Zhang, Y. & Allen, M. S., 24 Jun 2019, In: BMC Microbiology. 19, 1, 138.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access18 Scopus citations