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Trevor R. Simmons

The University of Texas at AustinORCID 0000-0002-2198-6863Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 2 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1

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Lydia M. ContrerasiD· 3 shared Alejandra Matsuri Rojano-NisimuraiD· 2 shared Ryan BuchseriD· 2 shared Abigail N. Leistra· 1 shared Alexandra J. Lukasiewicz· 1 shared Alyssa M. EkdahliD· 1 shared Anna C. Stankes· 1 shared Antonio CórdovaiD· 1 shared

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Establishing a standardized genetic toolkit for the radiation-resistant extremophile Deinococcus radiodurans

Trevor R. Simmons, Antonio Córdova, Kobe B. Grismore, Laci C. Moline, Anna C. Stankes, Jennah Johnson, Christian Bök, Lydia M. Contreras

This paper develops a standardized genetic toolkit for Deinococcus radiodurans, enabling tunable gene regulation and genome engineering with various components for plasmid and chromosomal modifications.

ACS Synthetic Biology · Nov 25, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Concentration dependent CsrA regulation of the uxuB transcript leads to development of post-transcriptional BANDPASS Filter

Alejandra Matsuri Rojano-Nisimura, Trevor R. Simmons, Alexandra J. Lukasiewicz, Ryan Buchser, Josie S. Ruzek, Jacqueline L. Avila, Lydia M. Contreras

The paper designs a post-transcriptional BANDPASS filter using the CsrA-uxuB interaction in E. coli, showing concentration-dependent regulation of uxuB mRNA.

ACS Synthetic Biology · Apr 9, 2025Peer-reviewedBioengineering

CsrA Shows Selective Regulation of sRNA-mRNA Networks

Alejandra Matsuri Rojano-Nisimura, Trevor R. Simmons, Abigail N. Leistra, Mia K. Mihailovic, Ryan Buchser, Alyssa M. Ekdahl, Isabella Joseph, Nicholas C. Curtis, Lydia M. Contreras

The paper identifies new CsrA interactions with sRNAs and demonstrates their regulatory effects on mRNA targets.

bioRxiv · Mar 29, 2023 · PreprintMolecular Biology