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K. S. Vasquez

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Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 3 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Assay:flow cytometry· 1

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High-resolution lineage tracking of within-host evolution and strain transmission in a human gut symbiont across ecological scales

K. S. Vasquez, D. P. G. H. Wong, M. F. Pedro, F. B. Yu, S. Jain, X. Meng, S. K. Higginbottom, B. C. DeFelice, N. Neff, A. S. Bhatt, C. Tropini, K. B. Xavier, J. L. Sonnenburg, B. H. Good, K. C. Huang

The paper tracks lineage evolution and transmission of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron across hosts and ecological scales using genomic barcoding and whole-genome sequencing.

bioRxiv · Feb 17, 2024 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Construction and characterization of a genome-scale ordered mutant collection of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

H. A. Arjes, J. Sun, H. Liu, T. H. Nguyen, R. N. Culver, A. I. Celis, S. J. Walton, K. S. Vasquez, F. B. Yu, K. S. Xue, D. P. Newton, R. Zermeno, M. Weglarz, A. Deutschbauer, K. Huang, A. L. Shiver

The paper constructs an ordered mutant collection of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron using transposon-insertion and barcode sequencing, identifies factors limiting coverage, and demonstrates phenotypic screening for growth defects and cell shape changes.

bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2021Microbiology

Quantifying the interplay between rapid bacterial evolution within the mouse intestine and transmission between hosts

K. S. Vasquez, L. Willis, N. Cira, K. M. Ng, M. F. Pedro, A. Aranda-Diaz, M. Rajendram, F. B. Yu, S. K. Higginbottom, N. Neff, G. Sherlock, K. B. Xavier, S. Quake, J. Sonnenburg, B. H. Good, K. C. Huang

The paper tracks bacterial evolution and transmission in mice using barcoded E. coli strains, showing rapid selection and migration effects on microbiota composition.

bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2020Microbiology

High-throughput cultivation of stable, diverse, fecal-derived microbial communities to model the intestinal microbiota

A. Aranda-Diaz, K. Ng, T. Thomsen, I. Real-Ramirez, D. Dahan, S. Dittmar, C. Gutierrez Gonzalez, T. Chavez, K. S. Vasquez, T. H. Nguyen, F. B. Yu, S. K. Higginbottom, N. Neff, J. E. Elias, J. L. Sonnenburg, K. C. Huang

This study develops a high-throughput method to cultivate diverse, stable fecal-derived microbial communities in vitro, demonstrating their utility for modeling the intestinal microbiota and predicting in vivo responses to antibiotics.

bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology

Developing human fetal skin demonstrates a unique lymphocyte signature

M. O. Dhariwala, D. Karthikeyan, K. S. Vasquez, S. Farhat, K. Taravati, E. G. Leitner, M. Pauli, M. M. Lowe, M. D. Rosenblum, T. C. Scharschmidt

The paper identifies a unique lymphocyte signature in human fetal skin using mass and flow cytometry, highlighting memory-like features and IFNγ production in fetal T cells.

bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2020 · PreprintImmunology