Emily Davenport

Assistant Professor of Biology

Emily Davenport

Research Summary

Understanding the complex relationship humans have with our microbiomes, using high-throughput sequencing technologies and novel computational and statistical techniques.

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Microbiota Gastrointestinal Microbiome Genes Microbiome Digestive System Population Diet Animals Genome Wide Association Study Software Chemical Analysis Phenotype Bacteria Obesity Genome Genetic Variation Sampling Computational Biology Cattle Programming Languages Caenorhabditis Elegans Adiposity Health Body Mass Index Intestinal Microorganisms

Most Recent Publications

Cohort-based learning for microbiome research community standards

Julia M. Kelliher, Marisa Rudolph, Pajau Vangay, Arwa Abbas, Mikayla A. Borton, Emily R. Davenport, Karen W. Davenport, Natalia G. Erazo, Chloe Herman, Lisa Karstens, Brandon Kocurek, Holly L. Lutz, Kevin S. Myers, Ingrid Ockert, Francisca E. Rodriguez, Camille Santistevan, Jaclyn K. Saunders, Montana L. Smith, Emily Vogtmann, Amanda Windsor, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Lou Woodley, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, 2023, Nature Microbiology on p. 751-753

Host Genetic Determinants of the Microbiome Across Animals: From Caenorhabditis elegans to Cattle

Erica P. Ryu, Emily R. Davenport, 2022, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences on p. 203-226

The human gut microbiome and health inequities

Katherine R. Amato, Marie Claire Arrieta, Meghan B. Azad, Michael T. Bailey, Josiane L. Broussard, Carlijn E. Bruggeling, Erika C. Claud, Elizabeth K. Costello, Emily R. Davenport, Bas E. Dutilh, Holly A. Swain Ewald, Paul Ewald, Erin C. Hanlon, Wrenetha Julion, Ali Keshavarzian, Corinne F. Maurice, Gregory E. Miller, Geoffrey A. Preidis, Laure Segurel, Burton Singer, Sathish Subramanian, Liping Zhao, Christopher W. Kuzawa, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Leveraging phenotypic variability to identify genetic interactions in human phenotypes

Andrew R. Marderstein, Emily R. Davenport, Scott Kulm, Cristopher V. Van Hout, Olivier Elemento, Andrew G. Clark, 2021, American Journal of Human Genetics on p. 49-67

The microbiome of diverticulitis

Nimlan Arjun Jeganathan, Emily R. Davenport, Gregory S. Yochum, Walter A. Koltun, 2021, Current Opinion in Physiology

Taming the beasts inside

Erica P. Ryu, Emily R. Davenport, 2021, eLife

The relationship between the gut microbiome and host gene expression: a review

Robert G. Nichols, Emily R. Davenport, 2020, Human Genetics

Genetic Variation Shapes Murine Gut Microbiota via Immunity

Emily R. Davenport, 2020, Trends in Immunology on p. 1-3

Lack of spatial and temporal genetic structure of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) populations

Xiaoling Gong, Emily R. Davenport, Dehai Wang, Andrew G. Clark, 2019, Conservation Genetics on p. 467-475

Integrated analysis of population genomics, transcriptomics and virulence provides novel insights into Streptococcus pyogenes pathogenesis

Priyanka Kachroo, Jesus M. Eraso, Stephen B. Beres, Randall J. Olsen, Luchang Zhu, Waleed Nasser, Paul E. Bernard, Concepcion C. Cantu, Matthew Ojeda Saavedra, María José Arredondo, Benjamin Strope, Hackwon Do, Muthiah Kumaraswami, Jaana Vuopio, Kirsi Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Karl G. Kristinsson, Magnus Gottfredsson, Maiju Pesonen, Johan Pensar, Emily R. Davenport, Andrew G. Clark, Jukka Corander, Dominique A. Caugant, Shahin Gaini, Marita Debess Magnussen, Samantha L. Kubiak, Hoang A.T. Nguyen, S. Wesley Long, Adeline R. Porter, Frank R. DeLeo, James M. Musser, 2019, Nature Genetics on p. 548-559

Most-Cited Papers

Genetic Determinants of the Gut Microbiome in UK Twins

Julia K. Goodrich, Emily R. Davenport, Michelle Beaumont, Matthew A. Jackson, Rob Knight, Carole Ober, Tim D. Spector, Jordana T. Bell, Andrew G. Clark, Ruth E. Ley, 2016, Cell Host and Microbe on p. 731-743

Taxonomic Classification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes Using Short Sequencing Reads: Evaluation of Effective Study Designs

Orna Mizrahi-Man, Emily R. Davenport, Yoav Gilad, 2013, PLoS One on p. e53608

Seasonal variation in human gut microbiome composition

Emily R. Davenport, Orna Mizrahi-Man, Katelyn Michelini, Luis B. Barreiro, Carole Ober, Yoav Gilad, 2014, PLoS One on p. e90731

Cross-species comparisons of host genetic associations with the microbiome

Julia K. Goodrich, Emily R. Davenport, Jillian L. Waters, Andrew G. Clark, Ruth E. Ley, 2016, Science on p. 532-535

The Relationship between the Human Genome and Microbiome Comes into View

Julia K. Goodrich, Emily R. Davenport, Andrew G. Clark, Ruth E. Ley, 2017, Annual Review of Genetics on p. 413-433

The human microbiome in evolution

Emily R. Davenport, Jon G. Sanders, Se Jin Song, Katherine R. Amato, Andrew G. Clark, Rob Knight, 2017, BMC Biology

Genome-wide association studies of the human gut microbiota

Emily R. Davenport, Darren A. Cusanovich, Katelyn Michelini, Luis B. Barreiro, Carole Ober, Yoav Gilad, 2015, PLoS One on p. e0140301

Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat

Michelle Beaumont, Julia K. Goodrich, Matthew A. Jackson, Idil Yet, Emily R. Davenport, Sara Vieira-Silva, Justine Debelius, Tess Pallister, Massimo Mangino, Jeroen Raes, Rob Knight, Andrew G. Clark, Ruth E. Ley, Tim D. Spector, Jordana T. Bell, 2016, Genome Biology on p. 189

A Quick Introduction to Version Control with Git and GitHub

John D. Blischak, Emily R. Davenport, Greg Wilson, 2016, PLoS Computational Biology on p. e1004668

Gut microbiome transition across a lifestyle gradient in Himalaya

Aashish R. Jha, Emily R. Davenport, Yoshina Gautam, Dinesh Bhandari, Sarmila Tandukar, Katharine M. Ng, Gabriela K. Fragiadakis, Susan Holmes, Guru Prasad Gautam, Jeff Leach, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Carlos D. Bustamante, Justin L. Sonnenburg, 2018, PLoS Biology on p. e2005396