K. Burns

A platform for the recombinant production of Group A Streptococcus glycoconjugate vaccines

This study develops a platform for recombinant production of Group A Streptococcus glycoconjugate vaccines using E. coli, confirming their structural integrity and immunogenicity in animal models.

Prenatal Exposure to Environmentally Relevant Low Dosage Dibutyl Phthalate Reduces Placental Efficiency in CD-1 Mice

This study shows that low-dose prenatal DBP exposure reduces placental efficiency in female fetuses but not males in CD-1 mice.

Human relevant exposure to di-n-butyl phthalate tampers with the ovarian insulin-like growth factor 1 system and disrupts folliculogenesis in young adult mice

This study shows that di-n-butyl phthalate exposure reduces ovarian IGF1 system components and disrupts folliculogenesis in mice.

L1 retrotransposition is regulated post-transcriptionally In High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

The paper investigates L1 retrotransposition in HGSC, finding that despite high L1 mRNA expression, only a third of tumors show somatic insertions, with variability in retrotransposition frequency and patterns.

Artificial Microbiome-Selection to Engineer Microbiomes That Confer Salt-Tolerance to Plants

This paper develops an artificial microbiome-selection method to engineer salt-tolerant microbiomes for the plant Brachypodium distachyon, showing significant fitness improvements under sodium- and aluminum-sulfate stress.

A novel method for comparison of arterial remodeling in hypertension: quantification of arterial trees and recognition of remodeling patterns on histological sections

This paper introduces a morphometric algorithm to quantitatively compare arterial remodeling in different organs and hypertensive models using histological sections.