Joyce Sakamoto
Assistant Research Professor

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W104 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA - jms1198@psu.edu
- 814-863-3662
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Ticks Genes Pathogens Ixodes Ixodes Scapularis Viruses Literacy Orthobunyavirus Genome Ecology Population Microbiota Epidemiology Proteins Population Genetics Metagenomics Tick Borne Diseases Arthropods Infection Eastern United States Bacterial Communities Anopheles Bees Parasitic TickMost Recent Publications
Bacterial communities of ixodes scapularis from central Pennsylvania, USA
Joyce Megumi Sakamoto, Gabriel Enrique Silva Diaz, Elizabeth Anne Wagner, 2020, Insects on p. 1-24
A 117-year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics
Damie Pak, Steven B. Jacobs, Joyce M. Sakamoto, 2019, Parasites and Vectors
Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics
David A. Galbraith, Zachary L. Fuller, Allyson M. Ray, Axel Brockmann, Maryann Frazier, Mary W. Gikungu, J. Francisco Iturralde Martinez, Karen M. Kapheim, Jeffrey T. Kerby, Sarah D. Kocher, Oleksiy Losyev, Elliud Muli, Harland M. Patch, Cristina Rosa, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Scott Stanley, Anthony D. Vaudo, Christina M. Grozinger, 2018, Scientific Reports
Progress, challenges, and the role of public engagement to improve tick-borne disease literacy
Joyce M. Sakamoto, 2018, Current Opinion in Insect Science on p. 81-89
Potential biological control of Erwinia tracheiphila by internal alimentary canal interactions in Acalymma vittatum with Pseudomonas fluorescens
DC Roberts, Shelby Fleischer, J. M. Sakamoto, J. L. Rasgon, 2018, Proceedings of the Society for Applied Bacteriology on p. 1137--1146
Functional characterization of Aquaporin-like genes in the human bed bug Cimex lectularius
Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Jason L. Rasgon, 2017, Scientific Reports
Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
Monika Gulia-Nuss, Andrew B. Nuss, Jason M. Meyer, Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe, Robert M. Waterhouse, David B. Sattelle, José De La Fuente, Jose M. Ribeiro, Karine Megy, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Jason R. Miller, Brian P. Walenz, Sergey Koren, Jessica B. Hostetler, Mathangi Thiagarajan, Vinita S. Joardar, Linda I. Hannick, Shelby Bidwell, Martin P. Hammond, Sarah Young, Qiandong Zeng, Jenica L. Abrudan, Francisca C. Almeida, Nieves Ayllón, Ketaki Bhide, Brooke W. Bissinger, Elena Bonzon-Kulichenko, Steven D. Buckingham, Daniel R. Caffrey, Melissa J. Caimano, Vincent Croset, Timothy Driscoll, Don Gilbert, Joseph J. Gillespie, Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón, Jeffrey M. Grabowski, David Jiang, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Donghun Kim, Katherine M. Kocan, Juraj Koči, Richard J. Kuhn, Timothy J. Kurtti, Kristin Lees, Emma G. Lang, Ryan C. Kennedy, Hyeogsun Kwon, Rushika Perera, Yumin Qi, Justin D. Radolf, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia, Maiara S. Severo, Neal Silverman, Ladislav Šimo, Marta Tojo, Cristian Tornador, Janice P. Van Zee, Jesús Vázquez, Filipe G. Vieira, Margarita Villar, Adam R. Wespiser, Yunlong Yang, Jiwei Zhu, Peter Arensburger, Patricia V. Pietrantonio, Stephen C. Barker, Renfu Shao, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Frank Hauser, Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen, Yoonseong Park, Julio Rozas, Richard Benton, Joao H.F. Pedra, David R. Nelson, Maria F. Unger, Jose M.C. Tubio, Zhijian Tu, Hugh M. Robertson, Martin Shumway, Granger Sutton, Jennifer R. Wortman, Daniel Lawson, Stephen K. Wikel, Vishvanath M. Nene, Claire M. Fraser, Frank H. Collins, Bruce Birren, Karen E. Nelson, Elisabet Caler, Catherine A. Hill, 2016, Nature Communications
Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Terry F.F. Ng, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart, Jason L. Rasgon, 2016, PeerJ
Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes
Grant L. Hughes, Brittany L. Dodson, Rebecca M. Johnson, Courtney C. Murdock, Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Alyssa A. Patt, Long Cui, Carlos W. Nossa, Rhiannon M. Barry, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Emily A. Hornett, Jason L. Rasgon, 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 12498-12503
Population and demographic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the eastern United States
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Jerome Goddard, Jason L. Rasgon, 2014, PLoS One
Most-Cited Papers
Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
Monika Gulia-Nuss, Andrew B. Nuss, Jason M. Meyer, Daniel E. Sonenshine, R. Michael Roe, Robert M. Waterhouse, David B. Sattelle, José De La Fuente, Jose M. Ribeiro, Karine Megy, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Jason R. Miller, Brian P. Walenz, Sergey Koren, Jessica B. Hostetler, Mathangi Thiagarajan, Vinita S. Joardar, Linda I. Hannick, Shelby Bidwell, Martin P. Hammond, Sarah Young, Qiandong Zeng, Jenica L. Abrudan, Francisca C. Almeida, Nieves Ayllón, Ketaki Bhide, Brooke W. Bissinger, Elena Bonzon-Kulichenko, Steven D. Buckingham, Daniel R. Caffrey, Melissa J. Caimano, Vincent Croset, Timothy Driscoll, Don Gilbert, Joseph J. Gillespie, Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón, Jeffrey M. Grabowski, David Jiang, Sayed M.S. Khalil, Donghun Kim, Katherine M. Kocan, Juraj Koči, Richard J. Kuhn, Timothy J. Kurtti, Kristin Lees, Emma G. Lang, Ryan C. Kennedy, Hyeogsun Kwon, Rushika Perera, Yumin Qi, Justin D. Radolf, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Alejandro Sánchez-Gracia, Maiara S. Severo, Neal Silverman, Ladislav Šimo, Marta Tojo, Cristian Tornador, Janice P. Van Zee, Jesús Vázquez, Filipe G. Vieira, Margarita Villar, Adam R. Wespiser, Yunlong Yang, Jiwei Zhu, Peter Arensburger, Patricia V. Pietrantonio, Stephen C. Barker, Renfu Shao, Evgeny M. Zdobnov, Frank Hauser, Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen, Yoonseong Park, Julio Rozas, Richard Benton, Joao H.F. Pedra, David R. Nelson, Maria F. Unger, Jose M.C. Tubio, Zhijian Tu, Hugh M. Robertson, Martin Shumway, Granger Sutton, Jennifer R. Wortman, Daniel Lawson, Stephen K. Wikel, Vishvanath M. Nene, Claire M. Fraser, Frank H. Collins, Bruce Birren, Karen E. Nelson, Elisabet Caler, Catherine A. Hill, 2016, Nature Communications
Daily temporal dynamics of vaginal microbiota before, during and after episodes of bacterial vaginosis
Jacques Ravel, Rebecca M. Brotman, Pawel Gajer, Bing Ma, Melissa Nandy, Douglas W. Fadrosh, Joyce Sakamoto, Sara S.K. Koenig, Li Fu, Xia Zhou, Roxana J. Hickey, Jane R. Schwebke, Larry J. Forney, 2013, Microbiome
Native microbiome impedes vertical transmission of Wolbachia in Anopheles mosquitoes
Grant L. Hughes, Brittany L. Dodson, Rebecca M. Johnson, Courtney C. Murdock, Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Alyssa A. Patt, Long Cui, Carlos W. Nossa, Rhiannon M. Barry, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Emily A. Hornett, Jason L. Rasgon, 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 12498-12503
Investigating the viral ecology of global bee communities with high-throughput metagenomics
David A. Galbraith, Zachary L. Fuller, Allyson M. Ray, Axel Brockmann, Maryann Frazier, Mary W. Gikungu, J. Francisco Iturralde Martinez, Karen M. Kapheim, Jeffrey T. Kerby, Sarah D. Kocher, Oleksiy Losyev, Elliud Muli, Harland M. Patch, Cristina Rosa, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Scott Stanley, Anthony D. Vaudo, Christina M. Grozinger, 2018, Scientific Reports
Population and demographic structure of Ixodes scapularis Say in the eastern United States
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Jerome Goddard, Jason L. Rasgon, 2014, PLoS One
Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Terry F.F. Ng, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart, Jason L. Rasgon, 2016, PeerJ
A 117-year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics
Damie Pak, Steven B. Jacobs, Joyce M. Sakamoto, 2019, Parasites and Vectors
Functional characterization of Aquaporin-like genes in the human bed bug Cimex lectularius
Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Joyce M. Sakamoto, Jason L. Rasgon, 2017, Scientific Reports
Progress, challenges, and the role of public engagement to improve tick-borne disease literacy
Joyce M. Sakamoto, 2018, Current Opinion in Insect Science on p. 81-89
Bacterial communities of ixodes scapularis from central Pennsylvania, USA
Joyce Megumi Sakamoto, Gabriel Enrique Silva Diaz, Elizabeth Anne Wagner, 2020, Insects on p. 1-24
News Articles Featuring Joyce Sakamoto
May 08, 2019
Yes, there are a lot more Lyme disease-carrying ticks in Pa. today: Penn State study
The tick responsible for most cases of Lyme diseases has boomed from nearly non-existence in Pennsylvania in the 1960s to the most commonly found tick across the state today, according to Penn State researchers.
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May 03, 2019
More Than 100 Years of Data show Pennsylvania Tick Population Shift
The prevalence of the most abundant species of ticks found in Pennsylvania has shifted over the last century, according to Penn State scientists, who analyzed 117 years' worth of specimens and data submitted primarily by residents from around the state.
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