In the Whiteley Lab, we are interested in the social lives of bacteria. We use new technologies combined with classical genetic techniques to address questions about microbial physiology, ecology, virulence, and evolution. We primarily study chronic infections involving the pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Mycobacterium abscessus. Our lab is located at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and we are affiliated with the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech, as well as the Emory-Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Center.
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Lab News
The Whiteley Lab has undergone a number of personnel changes this year, as lab members have moved on to the next stage in their careers (see lab members, alumni for details). We are pleased to welcome Paul Briaud and Morgana Letizia to the team!
Recent Publications:
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa small RNA regulates chronic and acute infection P Cao, D Fleming, DA Moustafa, SK Dolan, KH Szymanik, WK Redman, A Ramos, FL Diggle, CS Sullivan, JB Goldberg, KP Rumbaugh, M Whiteley. Nature 618, 358-364 (2023). Application of a quantitative framework to improve the accuracy of a bacterial infection model GR Lewin, A Kapur, DM Cornforth, RP Duncan, FL Diggle, DA Moustafa, SA Harrison, EP Skaar, WJ Chazin, JB Goldberg, JM Bomberger, M Whiteley. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 20 (19), e2221542120. Impact of Growth Rate on the Protein-mRNA Ratio in Pseudomonas aeruginosa M Zhang, KL Michie, DM Cornforth, SK Dolan, Y Wang, M Whiteley. Mbio 14 (1), e03067-22. |
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