Dr Laura Bergner

  • Research Fellow (Infectious Disease Ecology)

Research interests

I am broadly interested in the ecology and evolution of wildlife and their pathogens, and the ways in which human activities alter the dynamics of these systems. As a molecular ecologist, I am interested in developing and implementing genetic tools to address these questions. My PhD research at the University of Glasgow focused on viral communities in vampire bats, with the aim of better understanding and predicting viral emergence at this well-established interface. I developed and applied metagenomic methods to discover new viruses in non-invasive samples from bats, and combined these data with field studies and host genetic data to identify demographic and environmental factors influencing viral community composition.
 
In my current role as a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow I work with Daniel Streicker, Christina Faust and Roman Biek. While I am involved in various projects applying genomic techniques to pathogens and wildlife hosts, my research primarily focuses on the questions:
 
1. How do age and viral infection interact in wild animals? (combining individual level viral metagenomics and epigenetic ageing of wild bats)
2. Can we use target enrichment sequencing to study pathogens in wild populations? (including rodents and ticks)
 
 
 
 
 

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 23.

2025

Griffiths, M. E. et al. (2025) Dynamics of influenza transmission in vampire bats revealed by longitudinal monitoring and a large-scale anthropogenic perturbation. Science Advances, 11(6), eads1267. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads1267) (PMID:39908385) (PMCID:PMC11797540)

2024

Streicker, D. et al. (2024) Developing transmissible vaccines for animal infectious diseases. Science, 384(6693), pp. 275-277. (doi: 10.1126/science.adn3231) (PMID:38669579) (PMCID:PMC11298812)

Kuhn, J. H. et al. (2024) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Kolmioviridae 2024. Journal of General Virology, 105(2), 001963. (doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001963) (PMID:38421275)

2022

Griffiths, Megan E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-9840, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Meza, Diana K., Suarez, Nicolas M., Da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J. and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2022) Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. PLoS Biology, 20(4), e3001580. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001580) (PMID:35439242) (PMCID:PMC9017877)

Becker, D. J. et al. (2022) Optimising predictive models to prioritise viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs. Lancet Microbe, (doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00245-7) (PMID:35036970) (PMCID:PMC8747432)

2021

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Carrera, Jorge E. and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in the saliva of diverse neotropical bats. Zoonoses and Public Health, 68(3), pp. 271-276. (doi: 10.1111/zph.12808) (PMID:33484236) (PMCID:PMC8569697)

Becker, Daniel J., Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Bergner, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Meza, Diana K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9796-6706, Simmons, Nancy B., Fenton, M. Brock, Altizer, Sonia and Streicker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(2), pp. 870-879. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.13754) (PMCID:PMC8246562)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Mollentze, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Tello, Carlos, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Characterizing and evaluating the zoonotic potential of novel viruses discovered in vampire bats. Viruses, 13(2), 252. (doi: 10.3390/v13020252) (PMID:33562073) (PMCID:PMC7914986)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J., Carrera, Jorge E., Patel, Arvind H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(3), e201990711. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2019907118) (PMID:33397804) (PMCID:PMC7826387)

2020

Griffiths, Megan E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-9840, Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Meza, Diana K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9796-6706, Da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Davison, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-9128, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J. and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2020) Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies endemic vampire bat populations. Nature Communications, 11, 5951. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19832-4) (PMID:33230120) (PMCID:PMC7683562)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2020) Complete Alphacoronavirus genome sequence from common vampire bats in Peru. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(34), e00742- 2. (doi: 10.1128/MRA.00742-20) (PMID:32816981) (PMCID:PMC7441239)

Chesser, R. Terry, Isler, Morton L., Cuervo, Andrés M., Cadena, C. Daniel, Galen, Spencer C., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Fleischer, Robert C., Bravo, Gustavo A., Lane, Daniel F. and Hosner, Peter A. (2020) Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes. Auk, 137(3), ukaa009. (doi: 10.1093/auk/ukaa009)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Benavides, Julio A., Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2020) Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats. Molecular Ecology, 29(1), pp. 26-39. (doi: 10.1111/mec.15250) (PMID:31561274) (PMCID:PMC7004108)

2019

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Shaw, Andrew E., Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2019) Using noninvasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(1), pp. 128-143. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12946) (PMID:30240114) (PMCID:PMC6378809)

2018

Chesser, R. Terry, Vaseghi, Haley, Hosner, Peter A., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Cortes-Rodriguez, M. Nandadevi, Welch, Andreanna J. and Collins, Charles T. (2018) Molecular systematics of swifts of the genus Chaetura (Aves: Apodiformes: Apodidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 128, pp. 162-171. (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.006) (PMID:30017823)

Becker, Daniel J., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Bentz, Alexandra B., Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Altizer, Sonia and Streicker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2018) Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(9), e0006786. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006786) (PMID:30260954) (PMCID:PMC6159870)

2017

Volokhov, D.V., Becker, D.J., Bergner, L.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Camus, M.S., Orton, R.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Chizhikov, V.E., Altizer, S.M. and Streicker, D.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2017) Novel hemotropic mycoplasmas are widespread and genetically diverse in vampire bats. Epidemiology and Infection, 145(15), pp. 3154-3167. (doi: 10.1017/S095026881700231X) (PMID:29061202)

2016

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Dussex, Nicolas, Jamieson, Ian G. and Robertson, Bruce C. (2016) European colonization, not Polynesian arrival, impacted population size and genetic diversity in the critically endangered New Zealand Kākāpō. Journal of Heredity, 107(7), pp. 593-602. (doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw065) (PMID:27694405)

2015

Kaiser, Sara A., Danner, J.E., Bergner, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169 and Fleischer, Robert C. (2015) Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci in two socially complex old world tropical babblers (Family Timaliidae). BMC Research Notes, 8(1), 707. (doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1684-9) (PMID:26597161) (PMCID:PMC4657276)

2014

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Jamieson, Ian G. and Robertson, Bruce C. (2014) Combining genetic data to identify relatedness among founders in a genetically depauperate parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Conservation Genetics, 15(5), pp. 1013-1020. (doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0595-y)

Sloan, Daniel B., Triant, Deborah A., Forrester, Nicole J., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Wu, Martin and Taylor, Douglas R. (2014) A recurring syndrome of accelerated plastid genome evolution in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 72, pp. 82-89. (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.12.004) (PMID:24373909)

2013

Stanback, Mark T., Bartholomew, Joseph E., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Cline, Esther L., Helms, Paul I., McGovern, Patrick G., Millican, David M. and Roth, Jeffrey E. (2013) House Wrens alter nest architecture to compensate for cavity vulnerability. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 125(1), pp. 174-178. (doi: 10.1676/12-061.1)

2010

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Hickman, F. Edward, Wood, Kathleen H., Wakeman, Carolyn M., Stone, Hunter H., Campbell, Tessa J., Lightcap, Samantha B., Favors, Sheena M., Aldridge, Amanda C. and Hales, Karen G. (2010) A novel predicted bromodomain-related protein affects coordination between meiosis and spermiogenesis in drosophila and is required for male meiotic cytokinesis. DNA and Cell Biology, 29(9), pp. 487-498. (doi: 10.1089/dna.2009.0989) (PMID:20491580) (PMCID:PMC2931543)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 12:46:31 2025 BST.
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Articles

Griffiths, M. E. et al. (2025) Dynamics of influenza transmission in vampire bats revealed by longitudinal monitoring and a large-scale anthropogenic perturbation. Science Advances, 11(6), eads1267. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads1267) (PMID:39908385) (PMCID:PMC11797540)

Streicker, D. et al. (2024) Developing transmissible vaccines for animal infectious diseases. Science, 384(6693), pp. 275-277. (doi: 10.1126/science.adn3231) (PMID:38669579) (PMCID:PMC11298812)

Kuhn, J. H. et al. (2024) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Kolmioviridae 2024. Journal of General Virology, 105(2), 001963. (doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001963) (PMID:38421275)

Griffiths, Megan E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-9840, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Meza, Diana K., Suarez, Nicolas M., Da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J. and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2022) Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. PLoS Biology, 20(4), e3001580. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001580) (PMID:35439242) (PMCID:PMC9017877)

Becker, D. J. et al. (2022) Optimising predictive models to prioritise viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs. Lancet Microbe, (doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00245-7) (PMID:35036970) (PMCID:PMC8747432)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Carrera, Jorge E. and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in the saliva of diverse neotropical bats. Zoonoses and Public Health, 68(3), pp. 271-276. (doi: 10.1111/zph.12808) (PMID:33484236) (PMCID:PMC8569697)

Becker, Daniel J., Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Bergner, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Meza, Diana K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9796-6706, Simmons, Nancy B., Fenton, M. Brock, Altizer, Sonia and Streicker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Temporal patterns of vampire bat rabies and host connectivity in Belize. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(2), pp. 870-879. (doi: 10.1111/tbed.13754) (PMCID:PMC8246562)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Mollentze, Nardus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Tello, Carlos, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Characterizing and evaluating the zoonotic potential of novel viruses discovered in vampire bats. Viruses, 13(2), 252. (doi: 10.3390/v13020252) (PMID:33562073) (PMCID:PMC7914986)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J., Carrera, Jorge E., Patel, Arvind H. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2047, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2021) Diversification of mammalian deltaviruses by host shifting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(3), e201990711. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.2019907118) (PMID:33397804) (PMCID:PMC7826387)

Griffiths, Megan E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4130-9840, Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Broos, Alice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-1000, Meza, Diana K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9796-6706, Da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Davison, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4991-9128, Tello, Carlos, Becker, Daniel J. and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2020) Epidemiology and biology of a herpesvirus in rabies endemic vampire bat populations. Nature Communications, 11, 5951. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19832-4) (PMID:33230120) (PMCID:PMC7683562)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2020) Complete Alphacoronavirus genome sequence from common vampire bats in Peru. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(34), e00742- 2. (doi: 10.1128/MRA.00742-20) (PMID:32816981) (PMCID:PMC7441239)

Chesser, R. Terry, Isler, Morton L., Cuervo, Andrés M., Cadena, C. Daniel, Galen, Spencer C., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Fleischer, Robert C., Bravo, Gustavo A., Lane, Daniel F. and Hosner, Peter A. (2020) Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes. Auk, 137(3), ukaa009. (doi: 10.1093/auk/ukaa009)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Benavides, Julio A., Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2020) Demographic and environmental drivers of metagenomic viral diversity in vampire bats. Molecular Ecology, 29(1), pp. 26-39. (doi: 10.1111/mec.15250) (PMID:31561274) (PMCID:PMC7004108)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, da Silva Filipe, Ana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2903, Shaw, Andrew E., Becker, Daniel J., Tello, Carlos, Biek, Roman ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-5357 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2019) Using noninvasive metagenomics to characterize viral communities from wildlife. Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(1), pp. 128-143. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12946) (PMID:30240114) (PMCID:PMC6378809)

Chesser, R. Terry, Vaseghi, Haley, Hosner, Peter A., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Cortes-Rodriguez, M. Nandadevi, Welch, Andreanna J. and Collins, Charles T. (2018) Molecular systematics of swifts of the genus Chaetura (Aves: Apodiformes: Apodidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 128, pp. 162-171. (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.07.006) (PMID:30017823)

Becker, Daniel J., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Bentz, Alexandra B., Orton, Richard J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Altizer, Sonia and Streicker, Daniel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2018) Genetic diversity, infection prevalence, and possible transmission routes of Bartonella spp. in vampire bats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(9), e0006786. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006786) (PMID:30260954) (PMCID:PMC6159870)

Volokhov, D.V., Becker, D.J., Bergner, L.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Camus, M.S., Orton, R.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-4325, Chizhikov, V.E., Altizer, S.M. and Streicker, D.G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2017) Novel hemotropic mycoplasmas are widespread and genetically diverse in vampire bats. Epidemiology and Infection, 145(15), pp. 3154-3167. (doi: 10.1017/S095026881700231X) (PMID:29061202)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Dussex, Nicolas, Jamieson, Ian G. and Robertson, Bruce C. (2016) European colonization, not Polynesian arrival, impacted population size and genetic diversity in the critically endangered New Zealand Kākāpō. Journal of Heredity, 107(7), pp. 593-602. (doi: 10.1093/jhered/esw065) (PMID:27694405)

Kaiser, Sara A., Danner, J.E., Bergner, Laura ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169 and Fleischer, Robert C. (2015) Identification and characterization of microsatellite loci in two socially complex old world tropical babblers (Family Timaliidae). BMC Research Notes, 8(1), 707. (doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1684-9) (PMID:26597161) (PMCID:PMC4657276)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Jamieson, Ian G. and Robertson, Bruce C. (2014) Combining genetic data to identify relatedness among founders in a genetically depauperate parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus). Conservation Genetics, 15(5), pp. 1013-1020. (doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0595-y)

Sloan, Daniel B., Triant, Deborah A., Forrester, Nicole J., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Wu, Martin and Taylor, Douglas R. (2014) A recurring syndrome of accelerated plastid genome evolution in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae (Caryophyllaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 72, pp. 82-89. (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.12.004) (PMID:24373909)

Stanback, Mark T., Bartholomew, Joseph E., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Cline, Esther L., Helms, Paul I., McGovern, Patrick G., Millican, David M. and Roth, Jeffrey E. (2013) House Wrens alter nest architecture to compensate for cavity vulnerability. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 125(1), pp. 174-178. (doi: 10.1676/12-061.1)

Bergner, Laura M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Hickman, F. Edward, Wood, Kathleen H., Wakeman, Carolyn M., Stone, Hunter H., Campbell, Tessa J., Lightcap, Samantha B., Favors, Sheena M., Aldridge, Amanda C. and Hales, Karen G. (2010) A novel predicted bromodomain-related protein affects coordination between meiosis and spermiogenesis in drosophila and is required for male meiotic cytokinesis. DNA and Cell Biology, 29(9), pp. 487-498. (doi: 10.1089/dna.2009.0989) (PMID:20491580) (PMCID:PMC2931543)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 12:46:31 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Advancing wildlife viral community ecology through individual-level metagenomics
    Natural Environment Research Council
    2022 - 2023