Morgan J. Engelhart

This study identifies strain-level antigen variation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron that enables immune evasion by CD4+ T cells, revealing a mechanism for strain discrimination in the microbiome.

This study identifies strain-specific molecular cues that regulate biofilm formation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, revealing variation in responses to bile acids and acetic acid.

This study shows that intestinal stem cells (ISCs) enhance local mucosal immunity by engulfing apoptotic bodies, which leads to increased T cell activity through TNF signaling.