Publications

18. Henry LP & Bergelson J. 2025. Applying ecological principles to microbiome engineering. Nature Microbiology. doi: 10.1038/s41564-025-02076-7

17. Forsberg SKG, Melo D, Grenier JK, Wolf SW, Tang M, Henry LP, Pallares LF, Clark AG, Ayroles JF. 2025. Longitudinal sequencing reveals polygenic and epistatic nature of genomic response to selection. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2410452122

16. Henry LP, Fernandez M, Webb A, Ayroles JF. 2025. Microbial solutions to dietary stress: experimental evolution reveals host-microbiome interplay in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings Royal Society B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.2558 

15. Dooley KD, Henry LP, Bergelson J. 2024. Impact of timing on the invasion of synthetic bacterial communities. ISME. doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wrae220

14. Henry LP, Fernandez M, Wolf S, Abhyankar V, Ayroles JF. 2024. Wolbachia impacts microbiome diversity and fitness-associated traits for Drosophila melanogaster in a seasonally fluctuating environment. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.70004

13. Abraham JO, Lin B, Miller AE, Henry LP, Demmel MY, Warungu R, Mwangi M, Lobura PM, Pallares LF, Ayroles JF, Pringle RM, Rubenstein DI. 2024. Determinants of microbiome composition: Insights from free-ranging hybrid zebras (Equus quagga x grevyi). Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.17370.

12. Bruijning M, Ayroles JF, Henry LP, Koskella B, Meyer KM, Metcalf CJE. 2023. Relative abundance data can misrepresent heritability of the microbiome. Microbiome. doi: 10.1186/s40168-023-01669-w

11. Henry LP & Bergelson J. 2023. Evolutionary implications of host genetic control for engineering beneficial microbiomes. Current Opinions in Systems Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.coisb.2023.100455

10. Henry LP & Ayroles JF. 2022. Drosophila melanogaster microbiome is shaped by strict filtering and neutrality along a latitudinal cline. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.16692

9. Bruijning M, Henry LP, Forsberg SKG, Metcalf CJE, Ayroles JF. 2022. Natural selection for imprecise vertical transmission in host-microbiota systems. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01593-y  *PNAS Journal Club highlight 1/7/2022

8. Lea AJ, Waigwa C, Muhoya B, Lotukoi F, Peng J, Henry LP, Abhyankar V, Kamua J, Martins D, Gurven M, Ayroles JF. 2021. Socioeconomic status effects on health vary between rural and urban Turkana. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. doi: 10.1093/emph/eoab039 

7. Henry LP, Bruijning M, Forsberg SKG, Ayroles JF. 2021. The microbiome extends host evolutionary potential. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25315-x

6. Henry LP & Ayroles JF. 2021. Meta-analysis suggests the microbiome responds to Evolve and Resequence experiments in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Microbiology. doi: 10.1186/s12866-021-02168-4

5. Metcalf CJE, Henry LP, Rebolleda-Gomez M, Koskella B. 2019. Why evolve reliance on the microbiome for timing of ontogeny? mBio. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01496-1 

4. Henry LP*, Tokita CK*, Misra M, Forrow AB, Rubenstein DI. 2018. Acacia ants exhibit lower defensive behavior and higher off-tree movement near termite mounds. Biotropica. doi: 10.1111/btp.12572. *co-first authors

3. Henry LP, Newton ILG. 2018. Mitochondria and Wolbachia titers are positively correlated during maternal transmission. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.14700 

2. Henry LP, Watson RHB, Blackman BK. 2014. Transitions in photoperiod flowering are common and involve few loci in wild sunflowers (Helianthus; Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1400097

1. Keesing F, Oberoi P, Vaicekonyte R, Gowen K, Henry L, Mount S, Johns P, Ostfeld RS. 2011. Effects of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) on entomopathogenic fungi. Ecoscience. doi: 10.2980/18-2-3385

Preprints and in submission:

1. Henry LP, Rat A, Laderman ER, Lion R, Mayjonade B, Team PATHOCOM, Roux F, Weigel D, Bergelson J. 2025. Seasonality, land use, and diversity shape microbiome-pathogen interactions in wild population of Arabidopsis thalianabioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2025.06.29.662221