Education

George Mason University

Publications

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahana-Byne-2?ev=hdr_xprf

• Cassels K, Almofeez R, Roman J, Steinberg H, Byne A, Haymond A, Tinajeros F, Del Carmen Menduiña M, Málaga Machaca E, Verástegui M, Ramírez JL, Liotta L, Gilman RH, Luchini A. Mass spectrometry-based discovery and diagnostic validation of T. cruzi antigens in the urine of congenitally infected Chagas Disease patients. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jun 16;19(6):e0013082. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013082. PMID: 40523044; PMCID: PMC12169537.
• Vuong, N., Alomia, M., Byne, A., Gade, P., Philipson, T. R., Alhammad, R. I., Skislak, C. J., Alruwaili, I., Alsaab, F. M., Zhou, W., Howard, M., Brothers, A., Still, A. H., Araujo, R. P., Van Hoek, M., Birkaya, B., Espina, V., Hoefer, R. A., Liotta, L., & Luchini, A. (2025). Lactobacillus rhamnosus-derived extracellular vesicles influence calcium deposition in a model of breast cancer intraductal calcium stress. iScience, 112538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112538
• Datla S, Irfan S, Trumbull N, Cornero R, Byne A, Alluhaibi G, et al. Urinary Borrelia Peptides Correlate with the General Symptom Questionnaire (GSQ-30) Scores in Symptomatic Patients with Suspicion of Tick-borne Illness. J Cell Immunol. 2025;7(1):14-25. https://doi.org/10.33696/immunology.7.218
• Cornero R, Irfan SS, Cachaco S, Zhou W, Byne A, Howard M, McIntyre H, Birkaya B, Liotta L, Luchini A. Identification of Unambiguous Borrelia Peptides in Human Urine Using Affinity Capture and Mass Spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2742:105-122. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3561-2_9. PMID: 38165619.
• Patent “Compositions and Methods for Detecting Analytes in Oral Fluids” [Publication number: 20240345105] (2024)