Jia Mun Chan

The paper identifies a type VII-secreted toxin in mycobacteria that enables inter-bacterial competition by targeting arabinogalactan.

The paper shows that accessory capsular genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae enhance fitness, pathogenicity, and immune evasion without capsule switching.

This study investigates how pneumococcal lipoproteins mediate epithelial microinvasion and finds that differential lipoprotein repertoires do not significantly impact microinvasion, suggesting post-translational modifications may be responsible.

This study examines PG fragment release and NOD activation in nonpathogenic Neisseria species from humans and animals, finding species-specific differences in PG release and NOD responses.

This study performs a pan-GWAS of Streptococcus agalactiae strains to identify lineage-specific genes linked to virulence and niche adaptation across different host environments.