Morgan Beeby

This study measures torque and stator dynamics in Campylobacter jejuni flagellar motor, revealing distinct behavior compared to model organisms.

The paper reconstructs the ancestral complexity of bacterial flagellar systems, identifying 28 additional conserved gene families, suggesting the last bacterial common ancestor had a complex flagellum with more components than extant bacteria.

This paper investigates phage-pathogen interactions in vivo using Citrobacter rodentium and a novel lytic phage, showing stable coexistence without reducing bacterial burden or inflammation.

This study determines the structure of the complete extracellular bacterial flagellum, revealing mechanisms of flagellin incorporation and filament assembly.

The paper determines the in situ structure of a high-torque bacterial flagellar motor using cryogenic electron microscopy, revealing protein adaptations and universal principles of torque generation.

This study identifies a small protein, PflE, essential for flagellar assembly and virulence in Campylobacter jejuni by using transposon sequencing in a humanized tissue model.

The paper investigates the function of a large periplasmic disk in Campylobacter jejuni flagella, showing it facilitates motility and autoagglutination by bracing the motor during filament disentanglement.

The paper uses electron cryo-tomography to analyze membrane projections and associated protein complexes in bacterial species, identifying diverse structures and protein associations.

Adenita is a software tool for designing DNA nanostructures that integrates multiple design approaches and allows reuse of existing structures.

The paper identifies unencapsulated miRNAs secreted by Trichinella spiralis muscle stage larvae that may influence host gene expression.

This paper develops a tetRA-based promoter system for conditional knockouts in Campylobacter jejuni, enabling precise control of gene expression.