Publications
Cell position fates and collective fountain flow in bacterial biofilms revealed by light-sheet microscopy. Science. 2020 ;369(6499):71-77.
. CO-leakage-driven diffusiophoresis causes spontaneous accumulation of charged materials in channel flow. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 ;117(42):25985-25990.
. Identification of signaling pathways, matrix-digestion enzymes, and motility components controlling biofilm dispersal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 ;117(51):32639-32647.
. Mechanism underlying autoinducer recognition in the DPO-VqmA quorum-sensing pathway. J Biol Chem. 2020 ;295(10):2916-2931.
. Nonuniform growth and surface friction determine bacterial biofilm morphology on soft substrates. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 ;117(14):7622-7632.
. 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.
. . Bacterial Biofilm Material Properties Enable Removal and Transfer by Capillary Peeling. Adv Mater. 2018 ;30(46):e1804153.
. Quorum sensing controls multicellular aggregate formation. Elife. 2018 ;7.
. Asymmetric regulation of quorum-sensing receptors drives autoinducer-specific gene expression programs in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS Genet. 2017 ;13(5):e1006826.
. 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.
. A Periplasmic Polymer Curves Vibrio cholerae and Promotes Pathogenesis. Cell. 2017 ;168(1-2):172-185.e15.
. 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.
. Vibrio cholerae biofilm growth program and architecture revealed by single-cell live imaging. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 ;113(36):E5337-43.
. Adhesion as a weapon in microbial competition. ISME J. 2015 ;9(1):139-49.
. Differential RNA-seq of Vibrio cholerae identifies the VqmR small RNA as a regulator of biofilm formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 ;112(7):E766-75.
. Established Microbial Colonies Can Survive Type VI Secretion Assault. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 ;11(10):e1004520.
. Extracellular matrix structure governs invasion resistance in bacterial biofilms. ISME J. 2015 ;9(8):1700-9.
. Caenorhabditis elegans recognizes a bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecule through the AWCON neuron. J Biol Chem. 2014 ;289(38):26566-26573.
. Quorum regulatory small RNAs repress type VI secretion in Vibrio cholerae. Mol Microbiol. 2014 ;92(5):921-30.
. Solutions to the public goods dilemma in bacterial biofilms. Curr Biol. 2014 ;24(1):50-55.
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