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Benjamin R. Treat

St. Jude Children's Research HospitalORCID 0000-0002-3385-0250Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Anthony J. St. LegeriD· 1 shared Caitlin E. BilliotiD· 1 shared Christina M. Kohler· 1 shared Cliff GuyiD· 1 shared Elisa B. MargolisiD· 1 shared Jackie L. ShaneiD· 1 shared Joseph Hobeika· 1 shared Marygrace DuggariD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMar 12, 2026

C. mastitidis requires the protein Sortase F to colonize the eye

Yannis Rigas, Jackie L. Shane, Benjamin R. Treat…·Anthony J. St. Leger

This study identifies Sortase F as essential for Corynebacterium mastitidis to colonize the eye and induce immune responses.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.12.711320

C. elegansexperimental assay

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 8, 2025

Anaerobic Fluorescent Reporters Enable In Vivo Tracking of VRE Dynamics in Enterococcus faecium

Benjamin R. Treat, Joseph Hobeika, Milisen Tvarkunas…·Elisa B. Margolis

This paper develops anaerobic fluorescent reporters and genetic tools to track VREfm colonization dynamics in the gut, overcoming resistance and oxygen dependency issues.

DOI 10.1101/2025.02.08.637206

mouseproteomics

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