Author

Joseph B. McPhee

Toronto Metropolitan UniversityORCID 0000-0002-6844-755XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Microbiology· 1

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Gozel Atakgayeva· 1 shared M. Z. I. Sarkar· 1 shared Madison Tomlinson· 1 shared Natasha Porco· 1 shared Raymond Huynh· 1 shared Roberto J. BotelhoiD· 1 shared Sofya Rudovskaya· 1 shared Thomas John PucadyiliD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 1/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

8 top collaborators · 28 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

1 shared paperMicrobiology

Gozel Atakgayeva

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

1 paper

Recent·Most cited

Division-arrest induced filamentation protects uropathogenic Escherichia coli from killing by the cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide LL-37

Gozel Atakgayeva, Natasha Porco, Sofya Rudovskaya, M. Z. I. Sarkar, Madison Tomlinson, Raymond Huynh, Thomas John Pucadyil, Roberto J. Botelho, Joseph B. McPhee

This study shows that LL-37 kills dividing E. coli by disrupting membranes during late division, while filamentation confers resistance, suggesting filamentation may aid UPEC survival during infections.

bioRxiv · Jan 29, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology