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Sarah L. Westcott | Researchclopedia

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Sarah L. Westcott

University of Michigan

56

Works

34,772

Citations

24

h-index

33

i10-index

Research Topics

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Infant Development and Preterm Care

Affiliations

Aga Khan University1998–1998

Allegheny College1997–1998

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital2005–2005

University of Puget Sound2005–2006

Georgia State University2005–2005

Top Works

Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities

Patrick D. Schloss,Sarah L. Westcott,et al.

200921,527 citations

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Gut microbiota and health

Development of a Dual-Index Sequencing Strategy and Curation Pipeline for Analyzing Amplicon Sequence Data on the MiSeq Illumina Sequencing Platform

James J. Kozich,Sarah L. Westcott,et al.

20137,451 citations

Reducing the Effects of PCR Amplification and Sequencing Artifacts on 16S rRNA-Based Studies

Patrick D. Schloss,Dirk Gevers,et al.

20112,123 citations

Assessing and Improving Methods Used in Operational Taxonomic Unit-Based Approaches for 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis

Patrick D. Schloss,Sarah L. Westcott

2011751 citations

The Molecular Basis of FHA Domain:Phosphopeptide Binding Specificity and Implications for Phospho-Dependent Signaling Mechanisms

Daniel Durocher,Ian A. Taylor,et al.

2000459 citations

OptiClust, an Improved Method for Assigning Amplicon-Based Sequence Data to Operational Taxonomic Units

Sarah L. Westcott,Patrick D. Schloss

2017435 citations

De novo clustering methods outperform reference-based methods for assigning 16S rRNA gene sequences to operational taxonomic units

Sarah L. Westcott,Patrick D. Schloss

2015299 citations

Sequencing 16S rRNA gene fragments using the PacBio SMRT DNA sequencing system

Patrick D. Schloss,Matthew L. Jenior,et al.

2016235 citations

Evaluation of Postural Stability in Children: Current Theories and Assessment Tools

Sarah L. Westcott,Linda Lowes,et al.

1997213 citations