2010

Photo credit: Leslie Todd, Duke University David Lab Website The David Lab is particularly interested in how commensal microbes help resist, and ultimately respond to, colonization by human pathogens. An active area of research is the longitudinal study of cholera infections among residents of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Primary research questions include: Can enteric microbial communities predict…

Shapiro Lab Website Doctoral Thesis Title:  Genomic signatures of sex, selection and speciation in the microbial world Publications while at MIT: 1. Sympatric speciation: when is it possible in bacteria? Friedman J, Alm EJ, Shapiro BJ. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53539. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053539. Epub 2013 Jan 17. PMID: 23349716 Free PMC Article 2. Reproducibility of Vibrionaceae population structure in coastal bacterioplankton. Szabo G, Preheim SP, Kauffman KM, David LA, Shapiro J, Alm EJ, Polz MF.…

Reboot Rx Doctoral Thesis Title: Experimental and computational analysis of epidermal growth factor receptor pathway phosphorylation dynamics Publications while at MIT:  1. Comparative analysis of radiosensitizers for K-RAS mutant rectal cancers. Kleiman LB, Krebs AM, Kim SY, Hong TS, Haigis KM. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 12;8(12):e82982. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082982. eCollection 2013. PMID:24349411  Free PMC Article 2. Future prospects for…