Alex Poret

How do bacteria navigate environmental variation in human hosts? In our newest preprint, we find bacteria can use “permanent” solutions for temporary problems — mutation-mediated phenotypic switching! See: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Just got news that all of my NIH and NSF grants were officially terminated today. Have been expecting this for some time, so it's not surprising, but still jarring to see the news. Have heard similar news from dozens of colleagues. Will be hard, but we'll find a way forward.

And finally, an incredibly-loud thank you to all my coauthors, especially @contaminatedsci, Greg Priebe, and Matt Schaefers, who mentored me throughout this endeavor. I began this project as a college freshman, and now, years later, I’m ecstatic to see it out in the world!

In our paper, we further comment on the coexistence of different O-antigen phenotypes over a decade, speculate on the clonality of B. dolosa transmission, and more! Please let us know any questions, criticisms, and comments, or just want to speculate about reversions.

How do bacteria navigate environmental variation in human hosts? In our newest preprint, we find bacteria can use “permanent” solutions for temporary problems — mutation-mediated phenotypic switching! See: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

De novo mutations mediate phenotypic switching in an opportunistic human lung pathogen biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio