Dan Drecktrah

The paper identifies RNA chaperone proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi using gradient profiling and validates their RNA-binding activity through in vitro and in vivo assays.

This study investigates amino acid acquisition pathways in Borrelia burgdorferi, revealing that peptide and free amino acid transport are essential for growth and motility but dispensable during tick colonization.

This study characterizes the bacteriophage phiBB-1 using proteomics and long-read sequencing, revealing its packaging mechanisms and role in gene transfer in Borrelia burgdorferi.