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Betsy Barnick

Carle Foundation Hospital

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The Urinary Tract Commensal Peptoniphilus spp. Encodes a Novel 17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase

Briawna Binion, Saeed Ahmad, Taojun Wang, Elizabeth Tang, Betsy Barnick, Damie Olukoya, Pauline Mbuvi, Debapriya Dutta, John W. Erdman, H. Rex Gaskins, Glen Yang, Joseph Irudayaraj, Jason M. Ridlon

This study identifies novel 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in Peptoniphilus and Anaerococcus that convert androstenedione to testosterone, expanding understanding of microbial androgen metabolism in the genitourinary tract.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Aug 27, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

ACSS2-Mediated Metabolic-Epigenetic Crosstalk Drives Fulvestrant Resistance and Represents a Novel Therapeutic Target

Ayca Nazli Mogol, Jin Young Yoo, Alicia Arredondo Eve, Mahima Goel, David J Dutton, Claire P. Schane, Audrey Lam, Debapriya Dutta, Betsy Barnick, Eda D. Erdogan, Erik Russell Nelson, Maria Grosse-Perdekamp, Zeynep Madak‐Erdogan

This study identifies ACSS2-mediated metabolic-epigenetic crosstalk as a driver of Fulvestrant resistance in ER+ breast cancer and presents ACSI as a potential therapeutic target.

npj Breast Cancer · Jun 27, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

The urinary pathobiont Actinobaculum massiliense generates androgens via the dirAB pathway

Taojun Wang, Saeed Nazari Soltan Ahmad, Raissa Santos de Lima Rosa, Briawna Binion, Francelys V. Fernández-Materán, Jimoh Olamilekan Igbalaye, David Chung, Anika Bushra, Vince Perez, Michael A. Biedak, Elizabeth Tang, Betsy Barnick, Damie Olukoya, Pauline Mbuvi, Debapriya Dutta, , Jason M. Ridlon

The study identifies Actinobaculum massiliense as a urinary pathobiont capable of generating androgens via the dirAB pathway, using a novel HSDH assay.

bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

In silico reconstruction of primary and metastatic tumor architecture using GIS-augmented spatial transcriptomics

Jin Young Yoo, Sabrina Akter, Qianying Zuo, Amir Kazemi, Wenjun Wu, Mahima Goel, Audrey Lam, Debapriya Dutta, Betsy Barnick, Melike Pekmezci, Maria Grosse Perdekamp, Aiman Soliman, Zeynep Madak‐Erdogan

This paper introduces GIS-ROTA, a framework that integrates biological knowledge with spatial transcriptomics to identify functionally relevant spatial domains in breast tumors.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2025 · PreprintCancer Biology