Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Associate, Senior
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Essential Amino Acid Metabolites as Chemical Mediators of Host-Microbe Interaction in the Gut.
Journal Article Annu Rev Microbiol · September 15, 2023 Amino acids are indispensable substrates for protein synthesis in all organisms and incorporated into diverse aspects of metabolic physiology and signaling. However, animals lack the ability to synthesize several of them and must acquire these essential am ... Full text Link to item CiteEarly-Life Intranasal Colonization with Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Exacerbates Juvenile Airway Disease in Mice.
Journal Article Infect Immun · July 2016 Accumulating evidence suggests a connection between asthma development and colonization with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi). Specifically, nasopharyngeal colonization of human infants with NTHi within 4 weeks of birth is associated with an incre ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Microbial regulation of intestinal epithelial gene expression
ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2028Genetic determinants of Bacteroides vulgatus colonization fitness and host inflammatory responses
ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2027New Tools for Advancing Model Systems in Aquatic Symbiosis
ResearchSenior Research Associate · Awarded by University of Oregon · 2020 - 2023View All Grants