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Overview

Brad T. Cookson is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Their research focuses on topics such as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Bartonella species infections research, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Rabies epidemiology and control, and Infectious Diseases and Mycology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Pediatrics

Cookson has collaborated extensively with coauthors such as Stephen J. Salipante, Joshua A. Lieberman, Daniel R. Hoogestraat, Noah G. Hoffman, and M. Kathryn Stewart.

Representative recent publications include:

  • Bartonella spp. Infections Identified by Molecular Methods, United States, 2023, Emerging infectious diseases
  • High Clinical Impact of Broad-Range Fungal PCR in Suspected Fungal Sinusitis, 2021, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Comprehensive evaluation of complex polymicrobial specimens using next generation sequencing and standard microbiological culture, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Cell free DNA from respiratory pathogens is detectable in the blood plasma of Cystic Fibrosis patients, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Sensitive Identification of Bacterial DNA in Clinical Specimens by Broad-Range 16S rRNA Gene Enrichment, 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Pyroptosis: host cell death and inflammation

    Tessa Bergsbaken;Susan L. Fink;Brad T. Cookson

  • Apoptosis, pyroptosis, and necrosis: mechanistic description of dead and dying eukaryotic cells

    Susan L. Fink;Brad T. Cookson

  • Pro-inflammatory programmed cell death.

    Brad T Cookson;Molly A Brennan

  • Caspase-1-dependent pore formation during pyroptosis leads to osmotic lysis of infected host macrophages.

    Susan L. Fink;Brad T. Cookson

  • Toll-like receptor 5 recognizes a conserved site on flagellin required for protofilament formation and bacterial motility.

    Kelly D Smith;Kelly D Smith;Erica Andersen-Nissen;Erica Andersen-Nissen;Fumitaka Hayashi;Fumitaka Hayashi;Fumitaka Hayashi;Katie Strobe

  • Membrane Vesicle Release in Bacteria, Eukaryotes, and Archaea: a Conserved yet Underappreciated Aspect of Microbial Life

    Brooke L. Deatherage;Brad T. Cookson

  • Salmonella induces macrophage death by caspase-1-dependent necrosis

    Molly A. Brennan;Brad T. Cookson

  • Evasion of Toll-like receptor 5 by flagellated bacteria.

    Erica Andersen-Nissen;Kelly D. Smith;Katie L. Strobe;Sara L. Rassoulian Barrett

  • Anthrax lethal toxin and Salmonella elicit the common cell death pathway of caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis via distinct mechanisms

    Susan L. Fink;Tessa Bergsbaken;Brad T. Cookson

  • Pyroptosis and host cell death responses during Salmonella infection.

    Susan L. Fink;Brad T. Cookson

  • Membrane Vesicles Are Immunogenic Facsimiles of Salmonella typhimurium That Potently Activate Dendritic Cells, Prime B and T Cell Responses, and Stimulate Protective Immunity In Vivo

    Robert C. Alaniz;Brooke L. Deatherage;Jimmie C. Lara;Brad T. Cookson

  • Optimization of Periprosthetic Culture for Diagnosis of Propionibacterium acnes Prosthetic Joint Infection

    Susan M. Butler-Wu;Erica M. Burns;Paul S. Pottinger;Amalia S. Magaret

  • Performance Comparison of Illumina and Ion Torrent Next-Generation Sequencing Platforms for 16S rRNA-Based Bacterial Community Profiling

    Stephen J. Salipante;Toana Kawashima;Christopher Rosenthal;Daniel R. Hoogestraat

  • Identification of Medically Important Yeasts Using PCR-Based Detection of DNA Sequence Polymorphisms in the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 Region of the rRNA Genes

    Y. C. Chen;J. D. Eisner;M. M. Kattar;S. L. Rassoulian-Barrett

  • Biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles.

    Brooke L. Deatherage;J. Cano Lara;Tessa Bergsbaken;Sara L. Rassoulian Barrett

  • Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Bacterial Strain Typing in Molecular Epidemiology

    Stephen J. Salipante;Dhruba J. SenGupta;Lisa A. Cummings;Tyler A. Land

  • Abrupt Emergence of a Single Dominant Multidrug-Resistant Strain of Escherichia coli

    James R Johnson;Veronika Tchesnokova;Brian D Johnston;Connie Clabots

  • Polymorphic Internal Transcribed Spacer Region 1 DNA Sequences Identify Medically Important Yeasts

    Yi-Ching Chen;Jessica D. Eisner;Mireille M. Kattar;Sara L. Rassoulian-Barrett

  • Macrophage Activation Redirects Yersinia-Infected Host Cell Death from Apoptosis to Caspase-1-Dependent Pyroptosis

    Tessa Bergsbaken;Brad T Cookson

  • Characterization of CD4 + T Cell Responses During Natural Infection with Salmonella typhimurium

    Stephen J. McSorley;Brad T. Cookson;Marc K. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Ajit P. Limaye
Ajit P. Limaye University of Washington
Ferric C. Fang
Ferric C. Fang University of Washington
Kelly D. Smith
Kelly D. Smith University of Washington
William E. Goldman
William E. Goldman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas R. Fritsche
Thomas R. Fritsche Marshfield Clinic
Alexander L. Greninger
Alexander L. Greninger University of Washington
Jay Shendure
Jay Shendure University of Washington
Timothy T. Harkins
Timothy T. Harkins Nvidia (United States)
Alan Aderem
Alan Aderem Seattle Children's Hospital
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong

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