Justin M. Luu

This study shows that culturing Staphylococcus aureus in Synthetic Cystic Fibrosis Medium 2 increases lung colonization and inflammation in a murine pneumonia model compared to standard agar plates.

This study identifies mutations in the amino acid transporter GltT that enable Staphylococcus aureus to survive in the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa through altered glutamate metabolism.

This paper develops a PET imaging system using engineered T cells that report antigen recognition through inducible reporter gene expression, showing enhanced signal in antigen-expressing tumors.