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KATELYN MESSER

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Katelyn Messer is a research associate in the Sabeti Lab on the Viral Genomics team. Katelyn is currently investigating metagenomic sequencing approaches, with a strong interest in using these methods to characterize viral populations in different environments.

Before joining the lab, Katelyn was a collaborator and part of the Broad Institute’s SARS-CoV-2 sequencing platform, where she worked to track and characterize emerging variants across New England. Katelyn received a B.S. in Microbiology from University of Massachusetts-Amherst in May of 2020, where she began her journey in genomics, investigating the SOS response and recombination pathways in E.coli as her independent research in the Sandler lab.

Outside of the lab, Katelyn enjoys spending her time hiking, playing with her dogs, joining volleyball leagues and exploring new places.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ebola Virus Epidemiology, Transmission, and Evolution during Seven Months in Sierra Leone

Cell. 2015.
Park DJ, Dudas G, Wohl S, Goba A, Whitmer SL, Andersen KG, Sealfon RS, Ladner JT, Kugelman JR, Matranga CB, Winnicki SM, Qu J, Gire SK, Gladden-Young A, Jalloh S, Nosamiefan D, Yozwiak NL, Moses LM, Jiang PP, Lin AE, Schaffner SF, Bird B, Towner J, Mamoh M, Gbakie M, Kanneh L, Kargbo D, Massally JL, Kamara FK, Konuwa E, Sellu J, Jalloh AA, Mustapha I, Foday M, Yillah M, Erickson BR, Sealy T, Blau D, Paddock C, Brault A, Amman B, Basile J, Bearden S, Belser J, Bergeron E, Campbell S, Chakrabarti A, Dodd K, Flint M, Gibbons A, Goodman C, Klena J, McMullan L, Morgan L, Russell B, Salzer J, Sanchez A, Wang D, Jungreis I, Tomkins-Tinch C, Kislyuk A, Lin MF, Chapman S, MacInnis B, Matthews A, Bochicchio J, Hensley LE, Kuhn JH, Nusbaum C, Schieffelin JS, Birren BW, Forget M, Nichol ST, Palacios GF, Ndiaye D, Happi C, Gevao SM, Vandi MA, Kargbo B, Holmes EC, Bedford T, Gnirke A, Ströher U, Rambaut A, Garry RF, Sabeti PC

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak.

Science. 2014.
Gire SK, Goba A, Andersen KG, Sealfon RS, Park DJ, Kanneh L, Jalloh S, Momoh M, Fullah M, Dudas G, Wohl S, Moses LM, Yozwiak NL, Winnicki S, Matranga CB, Malboeuf CM, Qu J, Gladden AD, Schaffner SF, Yang X, Jiang PP, Nekoui M, Colubri A, Coomber MR, Fonnie M, Moigboi A, Gbakie M, Kamara FK, Tucker V, Konuwa E, Saffa S, Sellu J, Jalloh AA, Kovoma A, Koninga J, Mustapha I, Kargbo K, Foday M, Yillah M, Kanneh F, Robert W, Massally JL, Chapman SB, Bochicchio J, Murphy C, Nusbaum C, Young S, Birren BW, Grant DS, Scheiffelin JS, Lander ES, Happi C, Gevao SM, Gnirke A, Rambaut A, Garry RF, Khan SH, Sabeti PC.

Sequence-based association and selection scans identify drug resistance loci in the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.
Park DJ, Lukens AK, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Chang HH, Valim C, Ribacke U, Van Tyne D, Galinsky K, Galligan M, Becker JS, Ndiaye D, Mboup S, Wiegand RC, Hartl DL, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF, Volkman SK.

Harnessing genomics and genome biology to understand malaria biology

Nat Rev Genet. 2012.
Volkman SK1, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Park DJ, Wirth DF.

Identification and functional validation of the novel antimalarial resistance locus PF10_0355 in Plasmodium falciparum.

PLoS Genet. 2011.
Van Tyne D1, Park DJ, Schaffner SF, Neafsey DE, Angelino E, Cortese JF, Barnes KG, Rosen DM, Lukens AK, Daniels RF, Milner DA Jr, Johnson CA, Shlyakhter I, Grossman SR, Becker JS, Yamins D, Karlsson EK, Ndiaye D, Sarr O, Mboup S, Happi C, Furlotte NA, Eskin E, Kang HM, Hartl DL, Birren BW, Wiegand RC, Lander ES, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Sabeti PC.

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