Tadpole Doctor: a UK-based citizen science project that identifies novel Perkinsea clades closely related to candidate amphibian pathogens

Poirier et al. (2026) - ISME Communications

Publications

Amphibian Perkinsea

Smilansky & Richards (2023) - Current Biology

Expanded host and geographic range of tadpole associations with the Severe Perkinsea Infection group

Smilansky et al. (2021) - Biology Letters

A novel duplex qPCR assay for stepwise detection of multiple Perkinsea protistan infections of amphibian tissues

Smilansky et al. (2021) - Open Science

Diverse alveolate infections of tadpoles, a new threat to frogs

Chambouvet et al. (2020) - PLOS Pathogens

Respiratory Pathogen Metagenomics from Pooled Nasal Swabs: Toward Clinical Diagnostics

Smilansky (2026) - NextGen Omics, Spatial & Data US 2026

Posters

Protocols

SMART-9N amplification enabling rapid nanopore sequencing of RNA viruses

Smilansky (2025) - protocols.io

Concentration and total RNA extraction of viruses from nasal swabs

Smilansky et al. (2025) - protocols.io