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Sarah Hird
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
305 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Reviewer 35

Contributions by subject area

Developmental Biology
Ecology
Entomology
Microbiology
Zoology
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Biodiversity
Veterinary Medicine

Sarah M Hird

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

BS in biology from Univ. of Idaho. MS on chipmunk hybrid zones with Jack Sullivan from Univ. of Idaho. PhD on bioinformatics and avian host-associated gut microbiota with Robb Brumfield and Bryan Carstens at Louisiana State Univ. Currently a post-doc at UC Davis with Jonathan Eisen. I love evolution and coding, microbes and phylogeography. My website: https://sites.google.com/site/sarahhird/

Evolutionary Studies Microbiology

Past or current institution affiliations

UC Davis
University of Connecticut

Work details

Assistant Professor

University of Connecticut
August 2016
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Reviewed 1
December 2, 2020
Ixodes scapularis microbiome correlates with life stage, not the presence of human pathogens, in ticks submitted for diagnostic testing
Joshua C. Gil, Zeinab H. Helal, Guillermo Risatti, Sarah M. Hird
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10424 PubMed 33344080
March 20, 2014
Sampling locality is more detectable than taxonomy or ecology in the gut microbiota of the brood-parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Sarah M. Hird, Bryan C. Carstens, Steven W. Cardiff, Donna L. Dittmann, Robb T. Brumfield
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.321 PubMed 24711971

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December 22, 2016
Exploring the cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) fecal microbiome, bacterial inhabitants of a worldwide pet
Luis David Alcaraz, Apolinar M. Hernández, Mariana Peimbert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2837 PubMed 28028487