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Co-reviewing and ghostwriting by early-career researchers in the peer review of manuscripts by McDowell, Gary S, Knutsen, John D, Graham, June M, Oelker, Sarah K, Lijek, Rebeccah S

“…Many early-career researchers are involved in the peer review of manuscripts for scientific journals, typically under the guidance of or jointly with their…”
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Protection from the acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage by cross-reactive antibody to a pneumococcal dehydrogenase by Lijek, Rebeccah S., Luque, Santiago L., Liu, Qian, Parker, Dane, Bae, Taeok, Weiser, Jeffrey N.

“…Nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus is the major risk factor for disease and transmission. Epidemiological studies have reported a reduced risk of S…”
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Preprint Peer Review Enhances Undergraduate Biology Students' Disciplinary Literacy and Sense of Belonging in STEM by Otto, Josie L., McDowell, Gary S., Balgopal, Meena M., Lijek, Rebeccah S.

“…Education about scientific publishing and manuscript peer review is not universally provided in undergraduate science courses. Since peer review is integral to…”
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Immunogenicity and Protective Capacity of a Virus-like Particle Vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis Type 3 Secretion System Tip Protein, CT584 by Webster, Everett, Seiger, Kyra W, Core, Susan B, Collar, Amanda L, Knapp-Broas, Hannah, Graham, June, Shrestha, Muskan, Afzaal, Sarah, Geisler, William M, Wheeler, Cosette M, Chackerian, Bryce, Frietze, Kathryn M, Lijek, Rebeccah S

“…An effective vaccine against is urgently needed as infection rates continue to rise and causes reproductive morbidity. An obligate intracellular pathogen,…”
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Quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli from Accra, Ghana by Namboodiri, Sreela S, Opintan, Japheth A, Lijek, Rebeccah S, Newman, Mercy J, Okeke, Iruka N

“…Antimicrobial resistance is under-documented and commensal Escherichia coli can be used as indicator organisms to study the resistance in the community. We…”
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Rapid evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in Nigeria is temporally associated with fluoroquinolone use by Lamikanra, Adebayo, Crowe, Jennifer L, Lijek, Rebeccah S, Odetoyin, Babatunde W, Wain, John, Aboderin, A Oladipo, Okeke, Iruka N

“…Antibiotic resistance has necessitated fluoroquinolone use but little is known about the selective forces and resistance trajectory in malaria-endemic…”
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Incorporating Primary Scientific Literature in Middle and High School Education by Fankhauser, Sarah C, Lijek, Rebeccah S

“…Primary literature is the most reliable and direct source of scientific information, but most middle school and high school science is taught using secondary…”
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Heat-Resistant Agglutinin Family Includes a Novel Adhesin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Strain 60A by Mancini, Justin, Weckselblatt, Brooke, Chung, Yoonjie K, Durante, Julia C, Andelman, Steven, Glaubman, Jessica, Dorff, Justin D, Bhargava, Samhita, Lijek, Rebeccah S, Unger, Katherine P, Okeke, Iruka N

“…Heat-resistant agglutinin 1 (Hra1) is an accessory colonization factor of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) strain 042. Tia, a close homolog of Hra1,…”
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Using Scavenger Hunts to Familiarize Students with Scientific Journal Articles by Lijek, Rebeccah S, Fankhauser, Sarah C

“…Primary scientific literature can be difficult to navigate for anyone unfamiliar with its foreign, formal structure. We sought to create a fun, easy learning…”
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How to bring peer review ghostwriters out of the dark by McDowell, Gary S, Niziolek, Caroline A, Lijek, Rebeccah S

“…Early career researchers are frequent and valuable contributors to peer review. Systemic changes that acknowledge this fact would result in ethical…”
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Pathology after Chlamydia trachomatis infection is driven by nonprotective immune cells that are distinct from protective populations by Lijek, Rebeccah S., Helble, Jennifer D., Olive, Andrew J., Seiger, Kyra W., Starnbach, Michael N.

“…Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis drives severe mucosal immunopathology; however, the immune responses that are required for mediating pathology vs…”
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Co-infection subverts mucosal immunity in the upper respiratory tract by Lijek, Rebeccah S, Weiser, Jeffrey N

“…Highlights ► Host responses elicited by a pathogen affect other microbes including other pathogens. ► Effective host responses can be rendered ineffective by…”
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Use of preprint peer review to educate and enculturate science undergraduates by McDowell, Gary S., Fankhauser, Sarah, Saderi, Daniela, Balgopal, Meena, Lijek, Rebeccah S.

“…Key points Undergraduate science education should include education in scholarly practices like peer review. Authentic experiences in peer review increase…”
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Within-Host Competition Drives Selection for the Capsule Virulence Determinant of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Lysenko, Elena S., Lijek, Rebeccah S., Brown, Sam P., Weiser, Jeffrey N.

“…For many opportunistic pathogens, it is unclear why their virulence determinants and expression of pathogenic behavior have evolved when damage or death of…”
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Ecological consequences of ingestion of Bacillus cereus on Bacillus thuringiensis infections and on the gut flora of a lepidopteran host by Raymond, Ben, Lijek, Rebeccah S., Griffiths, Robert I., Bonsall, Michael B.

“…The Bacillus cereus group comprises a diverse array of non-pathogenic bacteria as well as pathogens such as Bacillus thuringiensis. Their spores are found…”
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Host-mediated interactions between bacterial pathogens of the upper respiratory tract by Lijek, Rebeccah S

“…The mucosal surface of the upper respiratory tract is densely colonized with microorganisms, including many opportunistic pathogens such as S. pneumoniae, H…”
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