Maggie C. Y. Lau

The paper shows biosurfactant production in bacteria under cold-saline stress is strain-specific and not determined by phylogeny or biosynthetic gene content.

This study uses genome-resolved metagenomics to show that hypersaline sediments use different osmoadaptation strategies seasonally, with biosurfactant production occurring at the cell envelope rather than being secreted.

This paper reports the genome and transcriptome of the subterrestrial nematode Halicephalobus mephisto, identifying adaptations to heat stress including expanded Hsp70 genes and horizontally transferred AIG1 genes.

The paper develops FISH-TAMB to label living prokaryotic cells by hybridizing molecular beacons to target mRNAs, enabling study of rare microorganisms and their interactions.