Sooyeon Song

The paper shows toxin/antitoxin systems induce persister cells to inhibit phage, working with restriction-modification systems to inactivate phage DNA.

This study shows that CRISPR-Cas in E. coli is active and suppresses cryptic prophages through RNAi, preventing cell death and persister cell resuscitation.

The paper identifies BPOET as a compound that stimulates persister cell resuscitation in E. coli by activating RluD, which enhances ribosome activity.

This study shows that phages help bacteria recognize kin by forming demarcation lines between different strains.