Gut Bacterial Modification of Host Metabolites Alters Host Physiology
Interaction-driven molecule discovery from host-microbe symbioses
Refreshments will be served
Predicting adverse outcomes in Clostridioides difficile infections and identifying associated host and microbial drivers of disease severity
Vpr enhances expression of HIV Env and viral spread in infected macrophages by counteracting the host restriction factor mannose receptor
Integration of Genomic and Epidemiologic Data to Detect Hospital Transmission of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Dissertation Seminar
This dissertation seminar will be available both in person (5330 Med. Sci. I) and by BlueJeans web conferencing (see link above)
Skin microbiome: Roles in barrier maintenance and repair
The Legionnaires' Disease Outbreaks in Flint, MI
Microbe-immune interactions prevent obesity
#Resist or #Persist, survival decisions of the intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei
Molecular mechanisms at play in Vibrio cholerae’s environmental lifestyle
Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, is considered to be an important model organism for studying infectious diseases. However, compared to its pathogenic potential, much less is known about the bacterium’s lifestyle in its primary habitat, the aquatic environment. Such environmental habitats often contribute to pathogen emergence, which is frequently accomplished through the acquisition of novel genetic information by means of horizontal gene transfer (HGT). Natural competence for transformation as a mode of HGT plays a key role in bacterial evolution and V.