Dana Blackburn

This study sequenced eight new C. rectus strains and used comparative genomics to identify genomic features and pathogenicity-related systems, revealing diversity and horizontal gene transfer events.

The paper uses metabolic modeling to predict precision prebiotics that specifically enhance the abundance of a beneficial microbiome species in C. elegans.

This paper develops a population-scale electroporation method for delivering nucleic acids to C. elegans, enabling efficient RNAi and CRISPR-based genetic targeting.