Christine J. Boinett

The paper generates high-quality reference genomes for seven major ETEC lineages using long-read sequencing, revealing conserved virulence plasmids crucial for pathogenesis.

The paper introduces mSWEEP, a method for high-resolution bacterial lineage quantification from plate sweeps, showing improved accuracy in detecting and estimating abundances of bacterial lineages.

The paper uses TraDIS to identify genes involved in twitching motility-mediated biofilm expansion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, revealing both known and novel components.