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John J. Dennehy

Professor of Biology, Queens College of the City University of New York
Verified email at qc.cuny.edu
Cited by 3191

Germ banking: bet-hedging and variable release from egg and seed dormancy

MEK Evans, JJ Dennehy - The Quarterly Review of Biology, 2005 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many species produce eggs or seeds that refrain from hatching despite developmental
preparedness and favorable environmental conditions. Instead, these propagules hatch in …

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems

…, R Delatolla, JJ Dennehy… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
To inform the development of global wastewater monitoring systems, we surveyed programmes
in 43 countries. Most programmes monitored predominantly urban populations. In high-…

Are COVID-19 vaccine boosters needed? The science behind boosters

RM Burckhardt, JJ Dennehy, LLM Poon, LJ Saif… - Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Waning vaccine-induced immunity coupled with the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants
has led to increases in breakthrough infections, prompting consideration for vaccine booster …

A broadly implementable research course in phage discovery and genomics for first-year undergraduate students

…, SM Caruso, K Clase, RJ DeJong, JJ Dennehy… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Engaging large numbers of undergraduates in authentic scientific discovery is desirable but
difficult to achieve. We have developed a general model in which faculty and teaching …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking cryptic SARS-CoV-2 lineages detected in NYC wastewater

…, M Daniels, MC Johnson, JJ Dennehy - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
… , Hilary Millar, Jason Munshi-South, Samantha Patinella, Krish Ramalingam, Andrea
Silverman, Jasmin Torres, Arvind Varsani, Peter Williamsen, and members of the Dennehy Lab for …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity and evolutionary convergence of cryptic SARS-CoV-2 lineages detected via wastewater sequencing

…, C Wieberg, J Wenzel, RS Kantor, JJ Dennehy… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an effective way of tracking the appearance and
spread of SARS-COV-2 lineages through communities. Beginning in early 2021, we …

First-passage time approach to controlling noise in the timing of intracellular events

KR Ghusinga, JJ Dennehy… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
In the noisy cellular environment, gene products are subject to inherent random fluctuations
in copy numbers over time. How cells ensure precision in the timing of key intracellular …

Why do antibiotics exist?

F Spagnolo, M Trujillo, JJ Dennehy - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
… We thank the members of the Dennehy Lab for support, advice, discussions, and feedback.
The manuscript was greatly improved by the comments of the anonymous reviewers. …

[HTML][HTML] Prophylactic bacteriophage administration more effective than post-infection administration in reducing Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis shedding in …

…, MA Karimi Torshizi, S Rahimi, JJ Dennehy - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Infections caused by Salmonella bacteria, often through poultry products, are a serious
public health issue. Because of drawbacks associated with antibiotic prophylaxis, alternative …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater during New York City's second wave of COVID-19: sewershed-level trends and relationships to publicly available …

…, E Castro, S Patinella, D Katehis, JJ Dennehy… - … : Water Research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
New York City's wastewater monitoring program tracked trends in sewershed-level SARS-CoV-2
loads starting in the fall of 2020, just before the start of the city's second wave of the …