Area of research
Genetics · Ecology
Research interest
Research focused on Peptidoglycan and Cell biology, with related work in Bacterial cell structure, FtsZ, Firmicutes. Notable publications include 'A broadly distributed toxin family mediates contact-dependent antagonism between gram-positive bacteria', 'Coordination of peptidoglycan synthesis and outer membrane constriction during Escherichia coli cell division', and 'Peptidoglycan Remodeling Enables Escherichia coli To Survive Severe Outer Membrane Assembly Defect'.
Peptidoglycan Recycling Promotes Outer Membrane Integrity and Carbapenem Tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Metabolic labeling of the bacterial peptidoglycan by functionalized glucosamine
Antibacterial potency of type VI amidase effector toxins is dependent on substrate topology and cellular context
Lytic transglycosylase MltG cleaves in nascent peptidoglycan and produces short glycan strands
Real-time monitoring of peptidoglycan synthesis by membrane-reconstituted penicillin-binding proteins
Outer membrane lipoprotein NlpI scaffolds peptidoglycan hydrolases within multi‐enzyme complexes in Escherichia coli
Ticks Resist Skin Commensals with Immune Factor of Bacterial Origin
Peptidoglycan Remodeling Enables Escherichia coli To Survive Severe Outer Membrane Assembly Defect
<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>peptidoglycan is a persistent antigen in patients with Lyme arthritis
Mechanisms of Incorporation for <scp>D</scp>-Amino Acid Probes That Target Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis
Plasticity of Escherichia coli cell wall metabolism promotes fitness and antibiotic resistance across environmental conditions
Z-ring membrane anchors associate with cell wall synthases to initiate bacterial cell division
Structure of the essential peptidoglycan amidotransferase MurT/GatD complex from Streptococcus pneumoniae
Induced conformational changes activate the peptidoglycan synthase PBP1B
The Fluorescent D-Amino Acid NADA as a Tool to Study the Conditional Activity of Transpeptidases in Escherichia coli
Coupling of polymerase and carrier lipid phosphatase prevents product inhibition in peptidoglycan synthesis
A broadly distributed toxin family mediates contact-dependent antagonism between gram-positive bacteria
Fluorescent D-amino-acids reveal bi-cellular cell wall modifications important for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predation
Interplay between Penicillin-binding proteins and SEDS proteins promotes bacterial cell wall synthesis
Peptidoglycan in obligate intracellular bacteria
Lyme disease and relapsing fever<i>Borrelia</i>elongate through zones of peptidoglycan synthesis that mark division sites of daughter cells
Subunit Arrangement in GpsB, a Regulator of Cell Wall Biosynthesis
Coordination of peptidoglycan synthesis and outer membrane constriction during Escherichia coli cell division
Activities and regulation of peptidoglycan synthases
Transferred interbacterial antagonism genes augment eukaryotic innate immune function
Outer-membrane lipoprotein LpoB spans the periplasm to stimulate the peptidoglycan synthase PBP1B
Structure and function of a spectrin-like regulator of bacterial cytokinesis
Discovery of chlamydial peptidoglycan reveals bacteria with murein sacculi but without FtsZ
Growth Medium-Dependent Glycine Incorporation into the Peptidoglycan of Caulobacter crescentus
Cooperativity of peptidoglycan synthases active in bacterial cell elongation