Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Laura Weyrich

Huck Affiliations

Publication Tags

Dna Microbiota Ecosystem Gastrointestinal Microbiome Biomass Temperature Ancient Dna Health Biodiversity Sampling Human Health Dental Calculus Diet Microbiome Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Ecosystems Fungi Anomaly Contamination Fire Fish Fires Insects Analysis Climate

Most Recent Publications

Individuals with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Have an Altered Gut Microbiome Composition of Fungi and Protozoa

Gina L. Guzzo, Murthy N. Mittinty, Bastien Llamas, Jane M. Andrews, Laura S. Weyrich, 2022, Microorganisms

Effect of Periodontal Interventions on Characteristics of the Periodontal Microbial Profile: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sonia Nath, Shaju Jacob Pulikkotil, Laura Weyrich, Peter Zilm, Kostas Kapellas, Lisa Jamieson, 2022, Microorganisms

A Case Study for the Recovery of Authentic Microbial Ancient DNA from Soil Samples

Vilma Pérez, Yichen Liu, Martha B. Hengst, Laura S. Weyrich, 2022, Microorganisms

The Neglected Gut Microbiome: Fungi, Protozoa, and Bacteriophages in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Gina L. Guzzo, Jane M. Andrews, Laura S. Weyrich, 2022, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases on p. 1112-1122

Moving beyond the gut microbiome: Combining systems biology and multi-site microbiome analyses to combat non-communicable diseases

Caitlin A. Selway, Jaya Sudarpa, Laura S. Weyrich, 2022, Medicine in Microecology

The Evolutionary History of Human Microbiota and Why it Matters for Human Health Today

Laura S. Weyrich, 2022, FASEB Journal

The Oral-Microbiome-Brain Axis and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: An Anthropological Perspective

Grace B. Bowland, Laura S. Weyrich, 2022, Frontiers in Psychiatry

Corrigendum to “Late Holocene climate anomaly concurrent with fire activity and ecosystem shifts in the eastern Australian Highlands” [Sci. Total Environ. 802 (2021)149542](S0048969721046167)(10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149542)

Zoë A. Thomas, Scott Mooney, Haidee Cadd, Andy Baker, Chris Turney, Larissa Schneider, Alan Hogg, Simon Haberle, Ken Green, Laura S. Weyrich, Vilma Perez, Nicole E. Moore, Atun Zawadzki, Sarah J. Kelloway, Stuart J. Khan, 2022, Science of the Total Environment

Schoolyard Biodiversity Determines Short-Term Recovery of Disturbed Skin Microbiota in Children

Jacob G. Mills, Caitlin A. Selway, Torsten Thomas, Laura S. Weyrich, Andrew J. Lowe, 2022, Microbial Ecology

Late Holocene climate anomaly concurrent with fire activity and ecosystem shifts in the eastern Australian Highlands

Zoë A. Thomas, Scott Mooney, Haidee Cadd, Andy Baker, Chris Turney, Larissa Schneider, Alan Hogg, Simon Haberle, Ken Green, Laura S. Weyrich, Vilma Pérez, Nicole E. Moore, Atun Zawadzki, Sarah J. Kelloway, Stuart J. Khan, 2022, Science of the Total Environment

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 S. 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

Contamination in Low Microbial Biomass Microbiome Studies: Issues and Recommendations

Raphael Eisenhofer, Jeremiah J. Minich, Clarisse Marotz, Alan Cooper, Rob Knight, Laura S. Weyrich, 2019, Trends in Microbiology on p. 105-117

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

Environmental metabarcodes for insects: In silico PCR reveals potential for taxonomic bias

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

From the field to the laboratory: Controlling DNA contamination in human ancient DNA research in the high-throughput sequencing era

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

Laboratory contamination over time during low-biomass sample analysis

Laura S. Weyrich, Andrew G. Farrer, Raphael Eisenhofer, Luis A. Arriola, Jennifer Young, Caitlin A. Selway, Matilda Handsley-Davis, Christina J. Adler, James Breen, Alan Cooper, 2019, Molecular Ecology Notes on p. 982-996

Ancient DNA analysis of dental calculus

Laura Weyrich, Keith Dobney, Alan Cooper, 2015, Journal of Human Evolution on p. 119-124

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

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