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Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing · Molecular Biology

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h-index51
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Publications143
Citations11,129

Grants

18 total · 3 active

NIH #R01AI187618

Characterization of P. aeruginosa sRNAs that are highly expressed in human chronic infections

Active
Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2025-08-01 → 2030-07-31
PIs
1

NIH #R01AI189786

Characterization of a novel post-transcriptional regulator in P. aeruginosa

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2025-02-25 → 2030-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

NIH #R21AI190856

Characterization of two virulence-associated S. aureus sRNAs

Active
Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2025-01-10 → 2026-12-31
PIs
1

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All Grants

18 total · 3 active

NIH #R01AI187618

Characterization of P. aeruginosa sRNAs that are highly expressed in human chronic infections

Active
Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2025-08-01 → 2030-07-31
PIs
1

NIH #R01AI189786

Characterization of a novel post-transcriptional regulator in P. aeruginosa

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2025-02-25 → 2030-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

NIH #R21AI190856

Characterization of two virulence-associated S. aureus sRNAs

Active
Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2025-01-10 → 2026-12-31
PIs
1

NIH #R01DE023193

Probing Polymicrobial Synergy Using High Throughput Genomics

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2013-07-19 → 2024-06-30
PIs
2

NIH #R21AI154220

Defining a novel small RNA associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2021-02-18 → 2023-01-31
PIs
1

NIH #R13AI161940

18th International Conference on Pseudomonas

Amount
<$100K
Period
2021-07-12 → 2022-06-30
PIs
1

NIH #R21AI143296

Phages as drivers of pathogenicity: selective impacts and molecular targets of clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2018-11-20 → 2020-10-31
PIs
2

NIH #R01GM116547

Mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in polymicrobial wound infections

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2016-01-01 → 2019-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NIH #R21AI107570

Genetic determinants of bacterial fitness in polymicrobial wound infections

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2014-02-15 → 2016-01-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NIH #R13AI114226

5th ASM Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria

Amount
<$100K
Period
2014-09-05 → 2015-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY

NIH #R01DE020100

Metabolite sensing in an oral polymicrobial community

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2011-08-01 → 2015-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NIH #R21AI097929

Mechanisms of antibiotic reistance in confined microcolonies

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2012-02-06 → 2014-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NIH #R03AI081216

Microfabricated 3D Environments for Characterizing Bacterial Group Behaviors

Amount
<$100K
Period
2009-07-17 → 2012-06-30
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NIH #R01AI075068

The molecular mechanisms of bacterial outer membrane vesicle formation

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2007-07-15 → 2012-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NSF #0650600

Vesicle-Mediated Signal Trafficking in Prokaryotes

Amount
—
Period
2006-08-17 → 2010-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Texas at Austin

NIH #P20RR018741

COBRE: UOK HSC: P3: BIOFILM FORMATION BY ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2006-05-01 → 2007-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR

NSF #0549312

Vesicle-Mediated Signal Trafficking in Prokaryotes

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2006-06-01 → 2006-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

NIH #P20RR015564

GENE EXPRESSION IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BIOFILMS

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2004-07-01 → 2005-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR

Recent Public Signals

  1. New NIH award: Characterization of P. aeruginosa sRNAs that are highly expressed in human chronic infections2025-08-01
  2. New paper: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: ecology, evolution, pathogenesis and antimicrobial susceptibility (Nature Reviews Microbiology)2025-05-29
  3. New NIH award: Characterization of a novel post-transcriptional regulator in P. aeruginosa2025-02-25

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