Faculty Accomplishments

Andras, J. P., Rodriguez-Reillo, W. G., Truchon, A., Blanchard, J. L., Pierce, E. A., & Ballantine, K. A. (2020). Rewilding the small stuff: The effect of ecological restoration on prokaryotic communities of peatland soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaa144

Andras, J. P., Fields, P., Du Pasquier, L. D., Fredericksen, M., & Ebert, D. (2020). Genome-wide association analysis identifies a genetic basis of infectivity in a model bacterial pathogen. Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi:10.1093/molbev/msaa173

Andras, J.P., Hollis, K.L., Carter, K.A. [MHC '17], Couldwell, G. [MHC '16] & Nowbahari, E. (2020). Analysis of ants’ rescue behavior reveals heritable specialization for first responders. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: jeb212530.

Andras, J. P., Rodriguez-Reillo, W. G., Truchon, A., Blanchard, J. L., Pierce, E. A., & Ballantine, K. A. (2020). Rewilding the small stuff: The effect of ecological restoration on prokaryotic communities of peatland soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiaa144

Katie Berry received the Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for her project: Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial RNA-Binding Proteins. The project is for five years.

Stockert OM [MHC '20], Gravel CM [MHC '20] & Berry KE. 2022. A bacterial three-hybrid assay for forward and reverse genetic analysis of RNA–protein interactions. Nature Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00657-4. Free access at: https://rdcu.be/cHCl7

Wang CD [MHC '19], Mansky R [MHC '20], LeBlanc H [MHC '20], Gravel CM [MHC '20], Berry KE. 2021. Optimization of a bacterial three-hybrid assay through in vivo titration of an RNA-DNA adapter-protein. RNA, 27, 513-526.

Stein, EM, Kwiatkowska, J, Basczok, MM, Gravel, CM [MHC '20], Berry, KE, & Olejniczak, M. 2020. Determinants of RNA recognition by the FinO domain of the Escherichia coli ProQ protein. Nucleic Acids Research, 48(13): 7502-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa497

Pandey, S. [MHC '19], Gravel, C.M. [MHC '20], Stockert, O.M. [MHC '21], Wang, C.D. [MHC '19], Hegner, C.L. [MHC '19], LeBlanc, H. [MHC '20] & Berry, K.E., Genetic identification of the functional surface for RNA binding by Escherichia coli ProQ. Nucleic Acids Research, gkaa144, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa144. (March 14, 2020)

Andras, J.P., Hollis, K.L., Carter, K.A. [MHC '17], Couldwell, G. [MHC '16] & Nowbahari, E. (2020). Analysis of ants’ rescue behavior reveals heritable specialization for first responders. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223: jeb212530.