Super excited to announce that I will be opening my lab this fall at the Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (Clemson EPIC) at Clemson University. My group will investigate molecular mechanisms that underpin microbial physiology and bacterial-fungal interactions during infection.

Diving into biofilms 🤿 reveals beautiful cellular organization that affects substrate distribution and antibiotic tolerance. Exciting work by Hannah Dayton , our collaborators MinLab@ColumbiaUniv. Anu Janakiraman Jasmine Nirody Raju Tomer & their labs! #microanatomy biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Today we report a detailed map of interactions between the immune system and the gut microbiome. Kazuki Nagashima led the charge w/ help from Aishan Zhao and Kat Atabakhsh. nature 1/40 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Today we report in Cell the first genetic tool in Patescibacteria (also known as candidate phyla radiation (CPR)), a diverse and mysterious group of bacteria. cell.com/cell/fulltext/… (1/2)

So happy to finally get this paper out!!

The final version of our paper on cabRNA sensing by CBASS is now out nature. It was a blast tag-teaming with the talented Cam Roberts! Thanks to our collaborators + reviewers for helping the story come together. Still so much exciting biology to unravel! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Convergent evolution in toxin detection and resistance provides evidence for conserved bacterial-fungal interactions biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Super excited that this paper during my PhD with Wozniak lab is finally out! A bacterial pigment provides cross-species protection from H2O2- and neutrophil-mediated killing | PNAS pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

Diving into biofilms 🤿reveals beautiful cellular organization that affects substrate distribution and antibiotic tolerance. Exciting work by Hannah Dayton & collaborators MinLab@ColumbiaUniv. Anu Janakiraman Jasmine Nirody Raju Tomer & their labs! #microanatomy Now PLOS Biology dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

E. coli engineered to become stem cells that differentiate! We prevent take-over by mutant stem cells that only self renew - by linking differentiation to an essential function. A new way to engineer stable microbial communities. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today in Science Magazine, we report how a bacteria has evolved into a major human pathogen over the last 200 years. Read on, this is going to be an adventurous ride 1/n! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I am glad I can finally share this: Non-genetic mRNA silencing reveals essential genes in phage-host interplay. Enabled discovery of new important genes of Pseudomonas jumbo phage phiKZ. Also works for defense systems, clinical isolates. Read here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Clemson EPIC Clemson University Now published at PNASNews! Convergent evolution in toxin detection and resistance provides evidence for conserved bacterial–fungal interactions | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Towards improved biofilm models rdcu.be/dQf4Z In this Perspective, Rumbaugh and Whiteley explore the advantages and limitations of current medical biofilm models and outline a framework for quantitatively assessing model accuracy. Kendra Rumbaugh Marvin Whiteley