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Ryan W. Donkin

University of Kentucky

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Neurotropic strains of Listeria monocytogenes preferentially invade enteric glial cells

Ryan W. Donkin, Caroline Benda, Katelynn E. Krick, Breanna Amelunke, Jooyoung Cho, Ellie L. Sams, Taylor M. Albrecht, Angélica Peña Rosado, Taylor E. Senay, Anna C Puderbaugh, Joshua S. Nowacki, Sarah E. F. D’Orazio

This study shows neurotropic L. monocytogenes strains preferentially invade enteric glial cells in the gut, using actin-based motility to spread to neurons and potentially reach the brainstem.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Dynamics of amylopectin granule accumulation during the course of the chronic Toxoplasma infection is linked to intra-cyst bradyzoite replication.

Aashutosh Tripathi, Ryan W. Donkin, Joy S. Miracle, Robert D. Murphy, Matthew S. Gentry, Abhijit R. Patwardhan, Anthony Peter Sinai

This study quantifies amylopectin granule dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii tissue cysts during chronic infection, revealing a temporal cycle linked to bradyzoite replication and mitochondrial activity.

mSphere · Jun 10, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology