John S. Gunn

This study shows that Salmonella biofilms contain Z-DNA, which triggers anti-Z-DNA antibody responses in mice, linking bacterial infections and biofilm formation to autoimmune disease.

The paper shows that actin-specific toxins from different bacteria inhibit each other's ability to disrupt the host actin cytoskeleton, revealing a mechanism of bacterial competition.

The paper develops a high-throughput method to identify peptide activators of the bacterial sensor kinase PhoPQ and finds distinct AMP response profiles across bacterial species.