Lauren Speare

The paper quantifies T6SS prevalence in Gram-negative bacteria using genome analysis and finds it is present in 41% of well-sampled genera.

This study identifies flagella as mechanosensors in Vibrio fischeri that coordinate activation of competition and host colonization factors in response to viscosity changes.

This study shows that the coral parasite Candidatus Aquirickettsia rohweri resists antibiotics and thermal stress in disease-susceptible Acropora cervicornis, suggesting antibiotic treatment may not disrupt its dominance.

This study identifies H-NS as a conserved repressor of the T6SS in V. fischeri by showing its role in transcriptional regulation and T6SS weapon production under different viscosity conditions.

This paper shows that the conserved regulator H-NS has strain-specific effects on biofilm formation in Vibrio fischeri, with different strains showing varied phenotypes when hns is disrupted.