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Overview

Christopher M. Waters is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States and has a research portfolio spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their publication record reflects a diverse interest in cellular and molecular mechanisms, particularly related to respiratory medicine and bacterial genetics.

The main fields of study for Waters include Medicine with 39 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 38 publications. Their subfields of study highlight focus areas such as Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Endocrinology.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Waters has published multiple recent papers, including:

  • "Spatial metabolomics reveals glycogen as an actionable target for pulmonary fibrosis", 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Mechanical Power: A New Concept in Mechanical Ventilation", 2021, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
  • "Surface sensing stimulates cellular differentiation in Caulobacter crescentus", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The ever-expanding world of bacterial cyclic oligonucleotide second messengers", 2021, Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • "Vibrio cholerae adapts to sessile and motile lifestyles by cyclic di-GMP regulation of cell shape", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent collaborators include Brittany Dong, Warren J. Alilain, Harrison A. Clarke, Ramon C. Sun, and Derek B. Allison.

Publication venues where Waters has appeared repeatedly are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
  • Physiology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Bacteriology

Best Publications

  • QUORUM SENSING: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria

    Christopher M. Waters;Bonnie L. Bassler

  • Epithelial repair mechanisms in the lung

    Lynn M. Crosby;Christopher M. Waters

  • Quorum Sensing Controls Biofilm Formation in Vibrio cholerae through Modulation of Cyclic Di-GMP Levels and Repression of vpsT

    Christopher M. Waters;Wenyun Lu;Joshua D. Rabinowitz;Bonnie L. Bassler

  • Endocytosis of growth factor receptors

    Alexander Sorkin;Christopher M. Waters

  • The Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing system uses shared regulatory components to discriminate between multiple autoinducers

    Christopher M. Waters;Bonnie Lynn Bassler

  • Sagittarius II, Draco II and Laevens 3: three new Milky Way satellites discovered in the Pan-STARRS 1 3pi Survey

    Benjamin P. M. Laevens;Nicolas F. Martin;Edouard J. Bernard;Edward F. Schlafly

  • The detachment strength and morphology of bone cells contacting materials modified with a peptide sequence found within bone sialoprotein

    Alireza Rezania;Carson H. Thomas;Annette B. Branger;Christopher M. Waters

  • Systematic Uncertainties Associated with the Cosmological Analysis of the First Pan-STARRS1 Type Ia Supernova Sample

    D. Scolnic;A. Rest;A. Riess;M.E. Huber

  • Cyclic mechanical strain increases reactive oxygen species production in pulmonary epithelial cells

    Kenneth E. Chapman;Scott E. Sinclair;Daming Zhuang;Aviv Hassid

  • A New Faint Milky Way Satellite Discovered in the Pan-STARRS1 3 pi Survey

    Benjamin P. M. Laevens;Nicolas F. Martin;Rodrigo A. Ibata;Hans-Walter Rix

  • Cyclic diguanylate inversely regulates motility and aggregation in Clostridium difficile

    Erin B. Purcell;Robert W. McKee;Shonna M. McBride;Christopher M. Waters

  • STING-Dependent Recognition of Cyclic di-AMP Mediates Type I Interferon Responses during Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

    Jeffrey R. Barker;Benjamin J. Koestler;Victoria K. Carpenter;Dara L. Burdette

  • Multiple autophosphorylation sites of the epidermal growth factor receptor are essential for receptor kinase activity and internalization. Contrasting significance of tyrosine 992 in the native and truncated receptors.

    A Sorkin;K Helin;C M Waters;G Carpenter

  • Shear stress enhances human endothelial cell wound closure in vitro

    Maria Luiza C. Albuquerque;Christopher M. Waters;Ushma Savla;H. William Schnaper

  • Role of the Enterococcus faecalis GelE Protease in Determination of Cellular Chain Length, Supernatant Pheromone Levels, and Degradation of Fibrin and Misfolded Surface Proteins

    Christopher M. Waters;Michelle H. Antiporta;Barbara E. Murray;Barbara E. Murray;Gary M. Dunny

  • Interleukin 12 and Interleukin 4 Control T Cell Adhesion to Endothelial Selectins through Opposite Effects on α1,3-fucosyltransferase VII Gene Expression

    Amy J. Wagers;Christopher M. Waters;Lloyd M. Stoolman;Geoffrey Scott Kansas

  • What do we know about mechanical strain in lung alveoli

    Esra Roan;Christopher M. Waters

  • Systematic analysis of cyclic di-GMP signalling enzymes and their role in biofilm formation and virulence in Yersinia pestis

    Alexander G. Bobrov;Olga Kirillina;Dmitri A. Ryjenkov;Christopher M. Waters

  • Quantification of high-specificity cyclic diguanylate signaling

    Jonathan P. Massie;Evan L. Reynolds;Benjamin J. Koestler;Jian Ping Cong

  • Dexamethasone increases expression and activity of multidrug resistance transporters at the rat blood-brain barrier.

    Vishal S. Narang;Charles Fraga;Narendra Kumar;Narendra Kumar;Jun Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Nigel Metcalfe
Nigel Metcalfe Durham University
Richard J. Wainscoat
Richard J. Wainscoat University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert P. Kirshner
Robert P. Kirshner Harvard University
K. C. Chambers
K. C. Chambers University of Hawaii at Manoa
Raffaella Margutti
Raffaella Margutti Northwestern University
Clinton F. Stewart
Clinton F. Stewart St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Ryan Chornock
Ryan Chornock Northwestern University
Edo Berger
Edo Berger Harvard University
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bonnie L. Bassler
Bonnie L. Bassler Princeton University

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