Lillian C Lowrey

The paper examines GI activity in a microbial consortium under stress, finding increased excision and expression compared to monocultures, and highlights the importance of community context in GI dynamics.

The paper introduces Integrase-On-Demand (IOD), a method to identify integrases from bacteria and archaea that can integrate genetic cargo into target prokaryotes without requiring synthetic attB sites.

This study shows that Burkholderia thailandensis uses DNA duplication via insertion sequences to activate a two-component system, enabling a bet-hedging strategy for biofilm formation under changing environmental conditions.