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Gary J. Olsen

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1

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Conserved Obg-type GTPases Sustain Protein Synthesis across Domains of Life

Sounak Saha, Christopher W. Hawk, Xin Chen, Aryaman Bhattacharya, Sarea Nizami, Melissa Pires-Alves, Gary J. Olsen, Hong Jin

This study identifies conserved Obg-type GTPases that support protein synthesis during physiological ribosomal pauses across domains of life.

bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry

Multiple clades of regulators contribute to bacterial phosphate homeostasis and pathogenesis

Caroline Vermilya, Eliot S. Joya Sandoval, Jana N. Radin, Gary J. Olsen, Bin He, Thomas E. Kehl‐Fie

This study shows that bacteria use multiple accessory regulator families to control phosphate homeostasis, with S. aureus utilizing three groups that operate hierarchically depending on the environment.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

The DOE Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase)

Adam P. Arkin, Robert W. Cottingham, Christopher S. Henry, Nomi L. Harris, Rick L. Stevens, Sergei Maslov, Paramvir Dehal, Doreen Ware, Fernando Pérez, Richard Shane Canon, Michael W. Sneddon, Matthew L Henderson, William J. Riehl, Dan Murphy-Olson, Stephen Y. Chan, , Dantong Yu

Open-source KBase platform unites reference genomes and biochemistry, over 70 apps, Jupyter-based Narratives with provenance, and a Docker SDK for reproducible plant and microbial systems biology.

Nature Biotechnology · Jul 1, 2018Peer-reviewedBioinformatics✦ In-depth digest