Kelsey Bettridge

The paper investigates the molecular basis of polar lysis in phage λ using time lapse fluorescence microscopy, finding that the holin forms two-dimensional rafts at cell poles before lysis.

This study identifies a phage-encoded cationic antimicrobial peptide, Gp28, that disrupts bacterial outer membranes during lysis, functioning similarly to human antimicrobial peptides like LL-37.

This study shows that RNA polymerase forms distinct spatial clusters in E. coli independent of rRNA transcription, with cluster organization influenced by nucleoid structure.