Contact Information
Urbana, IL 61801
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Animal Sciences
Professor, School of Information Sciences
Professor, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey
Recent Publications
Au, W. C., Morfeld, K. A., Fields, C. J., Ishida, Y., & Roca, A. L. (2026). Genomic Assessment of Giraffes in North American Collections Highlights Conservation Challenges. Journal of Heredity, 117(3), 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf089
Benjamin, N. R., Madrigal, G., Ishida, Y., Catchen, J., Allen, K. L., Pepin, B., & Roca, A. L. (2026). Genomic Validation of PERV-C-Free Pigs to Support Xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation, 33(1), Article e70109. https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.70109
Ishida, Y., Hamlin, B. C., Green, R. L., Schmidt, E. C., Freeman, B., Gillin, C. M., & Roca, A. L. (2026). PRNP variant frequencies in Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis) from Oregon and their implications for chronic wasting disease. Journal of Heredity, 117(3), 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaf096
London, E. W., Roca, A. L., Ishida, Y., Latif, T., Novakofski, J. E., & Mateus-Pinilla, N. E. (2026). Odocoileus virginianus PRNP sequencing reveals AF (Q95G96/H95G96) advantage over AC (Q95G96/Q95S96) against chronic wasting disease. Veterinary research, 57(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-026-01752-8
Neumann, G. B., Tarlinton, R., Korkuć, P., Gaffney, P. M., Viaud-Martinez, K. A., Urbaniak, S., Nobuta, K., Dayaram, A., Mulot, B., Ternes, K., Alquezar-Planas, D. E., Roca, A. L., Jern, P., Singleton, C. L., & Greenwood, A. D. (2026). Multi-generational koala pedigree analysis reveals rapid changes in heritable provirus load associated with life history traits. Nature communications, 17(1), Article 345. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66312-8