Laura K. Reinert

Vanderbilt University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

29h-index3.4kcitations48works1.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(39), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities(32), Turtle Biology and Conservation(12), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(4), Vector-borne infectious diseases(4)

Publications48 total

Investigating the potential neurotoxic effects of cell-free factors by <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> on locomotion in <i>Xenopus laevis</i>
Biology Open·2026Open Access
Novel skin defense peptides and microbiota contribute to disease resilience of the Ngäbe-Buglé leopard frog
Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Diverse Relationships between <i>Batrachochytrium</i> Infections and Antimicrobial Peptide Defenses Across Leopard Frog Populations
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Chytrid fungi cell-free supernatants have differential effects on Xenopus laevis skin epithelial-like cell lines
Developmental & Comparative Immunology·2023
Disease state associated with chronic toe lesions in hellbenders may alter anti-chytrid skin defenses
Scientific Reports·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Localized carry‐over effects of pond drying on survival, growth, and pathogen defenses in amphibians
Ecosphere·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Seasonality of host immunity in a tropical disease system
Ecosphere·2022· 8 citedOpen Access
Lymphocyte Inhibition by the Salamander-Killing Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
Infection and Immunity·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Preparatory immunity: Seasonality of mucosal skin defences and <i>Batrachochytrium</i> infections in Southern leopard frogs
Journal of Animal Ecology·2020· 33 citedOpen Access
Caerin 1 Antimicrobial Peptides that Inhibit HIV and Neisseria May Spare Protective Lactobacilli
Antibiotics·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
Conservation risk of <i>Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans</i> to endemic lungless salamanders
Conservation Letters·2019· 43 citedOpen Access
Probiotics Modulate a Novel Amphibian Skin Defense Peptide That Is Antifungal and Facilitates Growth of Antifungal Bacteria
Microbial Ecology·2019· 78 cited
Metabolites Involved in Immune Evasion by <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> Include the Polyamine Spermidine
Infection and Immunity·2019· 26 citedOpen Access
Viscosin-like lipopeptides from frog skin bacteria inhibit Aspergillus fumigatus and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis detected by imaging mass spectrometry and molecular networking
Scientific Reports·2019· 34 citedOpen Access
Out in the cold and sick: Low temperatures and fungal infections impair a frog's skin defenses
Journal of Experimental Biology·2019· 21 citedOpen Access
Frogs adapt to physiologically costly anthropogenic noise
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2018· 30 citedOpen Access
Microbiota and skin defense peptides may facilitate coexistence of two sympatric Andean frog species with a lethal pathogen
The ISME Journal·2018· 45 citedOpen Access
Shifts in disease dynamics in a tropical amphibian assemblage are not due to pathogen attenuation
Science·2018· 174 cited
Supplementary material from "Frogs adapt to physiologically costly anthropogenic noise"
Figshare·2018Open Access
Life history linked to immune investment in developing amphibians
Conservation Physiology·2016· 38 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Louise A. Rollins‐Smith(47), Douglas C. Woodhams(19), Whitney M. Holden(7), Corinne L. Richards‐Zawacki(7), J. Scott Fites(6), Jamie Voyles(6), Reid N. Harris(5), Roberto Ibáñez(5), Kevin P. C. Minbiole(5), J. Michael Conlon(5), Ross A. Alford(4), Matthew H. Becker(4), Molly C. Bletz(4), Jenifer B. Walke(4), Thomas P. Umile(4), Brandon LaBumbard(4), Jeremy P. Ramsey(3), Lisa K. Belden(3), Sara C. Bell(3), Sandra V. Flechas(3)