Publications
Cell position fates and collective fountain flow in bacterial biofilms revealed by light-sheet microscopy. Science. 2020 ;369(6499):71-77.
. Nonuniform growth and surface friction determine bacterial biofilm morphology on soft substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 ;117(14):7622-7632.
. Bacterial quorum sensing in complex and dynamically changing environments. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019 ;17(6):371-382.
. A Host-Produced Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Controls a Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decision. Cell. 2019 ;176(1-2):268-280.e13.
. The intragenus and interspecies quorum-sensing autoinducers exert distinct control over Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation and dispersal. PLoS Biol. 2019 ;17(11):e3000429.
. . Microfluidic-based transcriptomics reveal force-independent bacterial rheosensing. Nat Microbiol. 2019 ;4(8):1274-1281.
. Photosensing and quorum sensing are integrated to control Pseudomonas aeruginosa collective behaviors. PLoS Biol. 2019 ;17(12):e3000579.
. Surviving as a Community: Antibiotic Tolerance and Persistence in Bacterial Biofilms. Cell Host Microbe. 2019 ;26(1):15-21.
. Bacterial Biofilm Material Properties Enable Removal and Transfer by Capillary Peeling. Adv Mater. 2018 ;30(46):e1804153.
. Dynamic switching enables efficient bacterial colonization in flow. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 ;115(21):5438-5443.
. The PqsE and RhlR proteins are an autoinducer synthase-receptor pair that control virulence and biofilm development in . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 ;115(40):E9411-E9418.
. Discovery of as a global regulator of secondary metabolism and virulence in E264. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 ;114(14):E2920-E2928.
. Environmental fluctuation governs selection for plasticity in biofilm production. ISME J. 2017 ;11(7):1569-1577.
. Extracellular-matrix-mediated osmotic pressure drives Vibrio cholerae biofilm expansion and cheater exclusion. Nat Commun. 2017 ;8(1):327.
. Flavonoids Suppress Virulence through Allosteric Inhibition of Quorum-sensing Receptors. J Biol Chem. 2017 ;292(10):4064-4076.
. Flow environment and matrix structure interact to determine spatial competition in biofilms. Elife. 2017 ;6.
. Force generation by groups of migrating bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 ;114(28):7266-7271.
. The RhlR quorum-sensing receptor controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and biofilm development independently of its canonical homoserine lactone autoinducer. PLoS Pathog. 2017 ;13(7):e1006504.
. Surface-attached molecules control Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing and biofilm development. Nat Microbiol. 2017 ;2:17080.
. A Vibrio cholerae autoinducer-receptor pair that controls biofilm formation. Nat Chem Biol. 2017 ;13(5):551-557.
. Architectural transitions in Vibrio cholerae biofilms at single-cell resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 ;113(14):E2066-72.
. Local and global consequences of flow on bacterial quorum sensing. Nat Microbiol. 2016 ;1:15005.
. Persister formation in Escherichia coli can be inhibited by treatment with nitric oxide. Free Radic Biol Med. 2016 ;93:145-54.
. Quantifying Current Events Identifies a Novel Endurance Regulator. Trends Microbiol. 2016 ;24(5):324-326.
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