Melissa B Manus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4343505 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa B Manus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa B |
| FAMILY NAME | Manus |
| SIGNATURE | MANUS M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology Northwestern University Evanston Illinois USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3640-1781 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States
Introduction: Social interactions shape the infant microbiome by providing opportunities for caregivers to spread bacteria through physical contact. With most research focused on the impact of maternal–infant contact on the infant gut microbiome, it is unclear how alloparents (i.e., caregivers other than the parents) influence the bacterial communities of infant body sites that are frequently contacted during bouts of caregiving, including the sk…
Technical note
A central goal of biological anthropology is connecting environmental variation to differences in host physiology, biology, health, and evolution. The microbiome represents a valuable pathway for studying how variation in host environments impacts health outcomes. While there are many resources for learning about methods related to microbiome sample collection, laboratory analyses, and genetic sequencing, there are fewer dedicated to helping rese…
Prenatal household size and composition are associated with infant fecal bacterial diversity in C ebu, P hilippines
Comparing different sample collection and storage methods for field‐based skin microbiome research
OBJECTIVES: The skin, as well as its microbial communities, serves as the primary interface between the human body and the surrounding environment. In order to implement the skin microbiome into human biology research, there is a need to explore the effects of different sample collection and storage methodologies, including the feasibility of conducting skin microbiome studies in field settings. METHODS: We collected 99 skin microbiome samples fr…
Segmented sleep in a nonelectric, small‐scale agricultural society in Madagascar
OBJECTIVES: We studied sleep in a rural population in Madagascar to (i) characterize sleep in an equatorial small-scale agricultural population without electricity, (ii) assess whether sleep is linked to noise levels in a dense population, and (iii) examine the effects of experimentally introduced artificial light on sleep timing. METHODS: Using actigraphy, sleep-wake patterns were analyzed for both daytime napping and nighttime wakefulness in 21…
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Segmented sleep in a nonelectric, small‐scale agricultural society in Madagascar
OBJECTIVES: We studied sleep in a rural population in Madagascar to (i) characterize sleep in an equatorial small-scale agricultural population without electricity, (ii) assess whether sleep is linked to noise levels in a dense population, and (iii) examine the effects of experimentally introduced artificial light on sleep timing. METHODS: Using actigraphy, sleep-wake patterns were analyzed for both daytime napping and nighttime wakefulness in 21…
Comparing different sample collection and storage methods for field‐based skin microbiome research
OBJECTIVES: The skin, as well as its microbial communities, serves as the primary interface between the human body and the surrounding environment. In order to implement the skin microbiome into human biology research, there is a need to explore the effects of different sample collection and storage methodologies, including the feasibility of conducting skin microbiome studies in field settings. METHODS: We collected 99 skin microbiome samples fr…
Prenatal household size and composition are associated with infant fecal bacterial diversity in C ebu, P hilippines
Technical note
A central goal of biological anthropology is connecting environmental variation to differences in host physiology, biology, health, and evolution. The microbiome represents a valuable pathway for studying how variation in host environments impacts health outcomes. While there are many resources for learning about methods related to microbiome sample collection, laboratory analyses, and genetic sequencing, there are fewer dedicated to helping rese…
Interactions with alloparents are associated with the diversity of infant skin and fecal bacterial communities in Chicago, United States
Introduction: Social interactions shape the infant microbiome by providing opportunities for caregivers to spread bacteria through physical contact. With most research focused on the impact of maternal–infant contact on the infant gut microbiome, it is unclear how alloparents (i.e., caregivers other than the parents) influence the bacterial communities of infant body sites that are frequently contacted during bouts of caregiving, including the sk…
Gut microbiota and health (3 works) · Bioinformatics (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · 16S ribosomal RNA (1 work) · Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Amplicon sequencing (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)