Sophia E. Swartz

This paper introduces bridge recombinase for versatile genome editing in bacteria, achieving large insertions, inversions, and excisions across multiple phyla and gut communities.

This study identifies host factors that influence VchCAST activity and demonstrates that the λ-Red recombineering system significantly enhances its editing efficiency in E. coli and other bacteria.

The study shows that field conditions override the growth-defense tradeoff in Arabidopsis thaliana by modulating ACD6 activity, unlike greenhouse conditions.