M. Hawkins

Imbalanced gut microbiota predicts and drives the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in a fast-food diet mouse model

The paper shows fast-food diets cause gut microbiota imbalances that predict and drive NAFLD progression in mice, with effects seen in conventionally-raised but not germ-free mice.

Termination of DNA replication at Tus-ter barriers results in under-replication of template DNA

The paper investigates DNA replication termination at Tus-ter barriers in E. coli and finds that replication fork fusion leads to under-replication of the DNA template by 15-24 bases.

The effectiveness of glass beads for plating cell cultures

This study examines how glass bead parameters affect cell colony growth in microbiology, finding that varying bead number, movement shape, and frequency alters colony distribution and density.

Tetrameric UvrD helicase is located at the E. coli replisome due to frequent replication blocks

The paper shows UvrD forms tetramers and associates with replication forks due to frequent nucleoprotein blocks, distinct from Rep's recruitment mechanism.

A metagene of NRF2 expression is a prognostic biomarker in all stage colorectal cancer

The paper defines an NRF2 metagene and shows it predicts poor prognosis in all stages of colorectal cancer, with higher expression in CMS4 subtype.