Laura Weyrich
Associate Professor of Anthropology
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518 Carpenter
University Park, PA - lsw132@psu.edu
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Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Dna Microbiota Health Dental Calculus Diet Human Health Ancient Dna Food Fish Insects Sampling Interaction Health Professionals Microbiome Methodology Tooth Archaeology Dental Plaque Mouth Neanderthals Sequencing Habitat Conservation Comparison Genetic Test Communicable DiseasesMost Recent Papers
Effectiveness of decontamination protocols when analyzing ancient DNA preserved in dental calculus
Andrew G. Farrer, Sterling L. Wright, Emily Skelly, Raphael Eisenhofer, Keith Dobney, Laura S. Weyrich, 2021, Scientific Reports
Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul
Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Kasih Norman, Sean Ulm, Alan N. Williams, Chris Clarkson, Joël Chadœuf, Sam C. Lin, Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts, Michael I. Bird, Laura S. Weyrich, Simon G. Haberle, Sue O’Connor, Bastien Llamas, Tim J. Cohen, Tobias Friedrich, Peter Veth, Matthew Leavesley, Frédérik Saltré, 2021, Nature Communications
A Standardized Approach for Shotgun Metagenomic Analysis of Ancient Dental Calculus: The Oral Microbiome: Methods and Protocols.
Nicole Moore, Laura Weyrich, 2021,
Researchers using environmental DNA must engage ethically with Indigenous communities
Matilda Handsley-Davis, Emma Kowal, Lynette Russell, Laura S. Weyrich, 2021, Nature Ecology and Evolution on p. 146-148
The evolutionary history of the human oral microbiota and its implications for modern health
Laura S. Weyrich, 2021, Periodontology 2000 on p. 90-100
Advancing and refining archaeological dental calculus research using multiomic frameworks
Sterling L. Wright, Keith Dobney, Laura S. Weyrich, 2021, Science and Technology of Archaeological Research on p. 13-30
Rare genera differentiate urban green space soil bacterial communities in three cities across the world
Jacob Mills, Caitlin Selway, Laura Weyrich, Chris Skelly, Philip Weinstein, Torsten Thomas, Jennifer Young, Emma Marczylo, Sudesh Yadav, Vijay Yadav, others, 2021, bioRxiv
Dead or alive
T. P.R.A. Legrand, M. L. Wos-Oxley, J. W. Wynne, L. S. Weyrich, A. P.A. Oxley, 2021, Proceedings of the Society for Applied Bacteriology
Biocultural drivers of salivary microbiota in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Matilda Handsley-Davis, Emily Skelly, Newell Johnson, Kostas Kappelas, Ratilal Lalloo, Jeroen Kroon, Laura Weyrich, 2021, Frontiers in Oral Health
The role of the oral microbiota in chronic non-communicable disease and its relevance to the Indigenous health gap in Australia
Matilda Handsley-Davis, Lisa Jamieson, Kostas Kapellas, Joanne Hedges, Laura S. Weyrich, 2020, BMC Oral Health
Most-Cited Papers
Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions
Christina J. Adler, Keith Dobney, Laura Weyrich, John Kaidonis, Alan W. Walker, Wolfgang Haak, Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Grant Townsend, Arkadiusz Sołtysiak, Kurt W. Alt, Julian Parkhill, Alan Cooper, 2013, Nature Genetics on p. 450-455
Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus
Laura S. Weyrich, Sebastian Duchene, Julien Soubrier, Luis Arriola, Bastien Llamas, James Breen, Alan G. Morris, Kurt W. Alt, David Caramelli, Veit Dresely, Milly Farrell, Andrew G. Farrer, Michael Francken, Neville Gully, Wolfgang Haak, Karen Hardy, Katerina Harvati, Petra Held, Edward C. Holmes, John Kaidonis, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Marco De La Rasilla, Antonio Rosas, Patrick Semal, Arkadiusz Soltysiak, Grant Townsend, Donatella Usai, Joachim Wahl, Daniel H. Huson, Keith Dobney, Alan Cooper, 2017, Nature on p. 357-361
Contamination in Low Microbial Biomass Microbiome Studies
Raphael Eisenhofer, Jeremiah J. Minich, Clarisse Marotz, Alan Cooper, Rob Knight, Laura S. Weyrich, 2019, Trends in Microbiology on p. 105-117
Environmental metabarcodes for insects
Laurence J. Clarke, Julien Soubrier, Laura Weyrich, Alan Cooper, 2014, Molecular Ecology Notes on p. 1160-1170
Comparison of environmental DNA metabarcoding and conventional fish survey methods in a river system
Jennifer L.A. Shaw, Laurence J. Clarke, Scotte D. Wedderburn, Thomas C. Barnes, Laura S. Weyrich, Alan Cooper, 2016, Biological Conservation on p. 131-138
Ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus
Laura Weyrich, Keith Dobney, Alan Cooper, 2015, Journal of Human Evolution on p. 119-124
Embracing the gut microbiota: The new frontier for inflammatory and infectious diseases
Lieke W.J. Van Den Elsen, Hazel C. Poyntz, Laura S. Weyrich, Wayne Young, Elizabeth E. Forbes-Blom, 2017, Clinical and Translational Immunology
The skin microbiome
Alan J. Cooper, Laura S. Weyrich, Shreya Dixit, Andrew G. Farrer, 2015, Australasian Journal of Dermatology on p. 268-274
From the field to the laboratory
Bastien Llamas, Guido Valverde, Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Laura S. Weyrich, Alan Cooper, Wolfgang Haak, 2017, Science and Technology of Archaeological Research on p. 1-14
Urban habitat restoration provides a human health benefit through microbiome rewilding: The Microbiome Rewilding Hypothesis
Jacob G. Mills, Philip Weinstein, Nicholas J.C. Gellie, Laura S. Weyrich, Andrew J. Lowe, Martin F. Breed, 2017, Restoration Ecology on p. 866-872
News Articles Featuring Laura Weyrich
Mar 25, 2021
Ancient oral biome points to overall health
When a baby puts something from the floor in their mouth, we panic, but the mouth already contains thousands of bacteria. Now a team of researchers is looking at archaeological remains for an example of how Japanese oral biomes have changed and what they say about the people who owned those mouths and teeth.
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Sep 24, 2020
Penn State Microbiome Center elects new executive committee
The Penn State Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences recently elected six new members to join its executive committee. The new members, along with 11 others who remained on the committee, started their two-year term in July.
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