T. Pilizota

The paper investigates how environmental conditions affect the energy states of dormant bacterial cells and their susceptibility to antibiotics.

This study shows that the proton motive force (PMF) in E. coli determines its ability to maintain cytoplasmic pH under varying extracellular pH conditions.

This study shows E. coli upregulates motility genes at slow growth to maintain flagella number and motility, while larger cell size at fast growth optimizes resource allocation.

This study shows that in E. coli, slow growth leads to more cells with high SOS response activation despite faster SOS induction in fast growth.

The paper develops a model showing that mechanosensitive channels cluster under stress, leading to inactivation and protecting the cell from cytoplasmic loss.

The paper develops a workflow to characterize Nernstian membrane voltage dyes in E. coli, identifying conditions where dyes act as actuators rather than probes.