Abigail E. Asangba
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2019, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S. 2015, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S. 2012, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; B.S. 2009, University of Ghana
Email: Asangba.Abigail@mayo.edu
Phone: TBA
Office: TBA
Research Interests
- Host-microbe interactions
- human and non-human primate microbiome
- preterm birth
- gynecologic cancers.
Selected Publications
Petersen KE, Asangba AE, Walther-Antonio M. (2023). Multi-chamber microcapsule generation for cell culture using a high- and low-volume centrifuge-based droplet shooting device.
Microfluid Nanofluid 27:40.
Asangba AE, Chen J, Goergen KM, Larson MC, Oberg AL, Casarin J, Multinu F, Kaufmann SH, Mariani A, Chia N, Walther-Antonio MRS. (2023). Diagnostic and prognostic potential of the microbiome in ovarian cancer treatment response.
Sci Rep-uk 13:730.
Asangba AE, Mugisha L, Rukundo J, Lewis RJ, Halajian A, Cortés-Ortiz L, Junge RE, Irwin MT, Karlson J, Perkin A, Watsa M, Erkenswick G, Bales KL, Patton DL, Jasinska AJ, Fernandez-Duque E, Leigh SR, Stumpf RM. (2022). Large Comparative Analyses of Primate Body Site Microbiomes Indicate that the Oral Microbiome Is Unique among All Body Sites and Conserved among Nonhuman Primates.
Microbiol Spectr 10:e01643-21.
Yi Z, Su X, Asangba AE, Abdel-Hamid AM, Chakraborty S, Dodd D, Stroot PG, Mackie RI, Cann I. (2022). Xylan Deconstruction by Thermophilic Thermoanaerobacterium bryantii Hemicellulases Is Stimulated by Two Oxidoreductases.
Catalysts 12:182.
Liu Y, Jeraldo P, Mendes-Soares H, Masters T, Asangba AE, Nelson H, Patel R, Chia N, Walther-Antonio M. (2021). Amplification of Femtograms of Bacterial DNA Within 3 h Using a Digital Microfluidics Platform for MinION Sequencing.
Acs Omega 6:25642–25651.
Barelli, C., Albanese, D., Stumpf, R. M., Asangba, A., Donati, C., Rovero, F., & Hauffe, H. C. (2020). The Gut Microbiota Communities of Wild Arboreal and Ground-Feeding Tropical Primates Are Affected Differently by Habitat Disturbance. MSystems, 5(3). Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00061-20.
Asangba, A., Donohue, M., Lamb, A., Wright, P., Halajian, A., Leigh, S., & Stumpf, R. (2019). Variations in the microbiome due to storage preservatives are not large enough to obscure variations due to factors such as host population, host species, body site, and captivity.
American Journal of Primatology. doi:10.1002/ajp.23045.
Donohue, M., Asangba, A., Ralainirina, J., Weisrock, D., Stumpf, R., & Wright, P. (2019). Extensive variability in the gut microbiome of a highly‐specialized and critically endangered lemur species across sites.
American Journal of Primatology. doi:10.1002/ajp.23046.
Edwards, R, Vega, A, Norman, H, Ohaeri, MC, Asangba, A. et al. (2019). Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage.
Nature Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0494-6.
Bernstein, RM, Taylor, AB, & journal of …, A.-A. (2018). Participation, representation, and shared experiences of women scholars in biological anthropology.
American journal of Physical Anthropologists 2018; 165: 126–157. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.23386