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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Daniel B. Kearns is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Ecology as key subfields. The scientist's work also extends into areas such as Condensed Matter Physics and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of their research encompass bacterial genetics and biotechnology, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, micro and nano robotics, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and protein structure and dynamics.

Recent notable publications include the following:

  • A phase diagram for bacterial swarming, 2020, Communications Physics
  • NusG is an intrinsic transcription termination factor that stimulates motility and coordinates gene expression with NusA, 2021, eLife
  • Biosurfactant-Mediated Membrane Depolarization Maintains Viability during Oxygen Depletion in Bacillus subtilis, 2020, Current Biology
  • Harnessing β-Lactam Antibiotics for Illumination of the Activity of Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Bacillus subtilis, 2020, ACS Chemical Biology
  • Translation elongation factor P (EF-P), 2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nonprofit Policy Forum, Journal of Bacteriology, mBio, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated extensively with Daniel B. Kearns include Alan J. Abramson, Helmut K. Anheier, Donna L. Washington, Gemma Donnelly-Cox, and Michael D. Layton.

In recognition of contributions to their field, Daniel B. Kearns was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • A field guide to bacterial swarming motility

    Daniel B. Kearns

  • A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix

    Steven S. Branda;Frances Chu;Daniel B. Kearns;Richard Losick

  • A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis

    Daniel B. Kearns;Frances Chu;Steven S. Branda;Roberto Kolter

  • Swarming motility in undomesticated Bacillus subtilis.

    Daniel B. Kearns;Richard Losick

  • Regulation of flagellar motility during biofilm formation

    Sarah B. Guttenplan;Daniel B. Kearns

  • Cell population heterogeneity during growth of Bacillus subtilis

    Daniel B. Kearns;Richard Losick

  • A molecular clutch disables flagella in the Bacillus subtilis biofilm

    Kris M. Blair;Linda Turner;Jared T. Winkelman;Howard C. Berg

  • Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.

    Frances Chu;Daniel B. Kearns;Steven S. Branda;Roberto Kolter

  • Genes governing swarming in Bacillus subtilis and evidence for a phase variation mechanism controlling surface motility.

    Daniel B. Kearns;Frances Chu;Rivka Rudner;Richard Losick

  • MinJ (YvjD) is a topological determinant of cell division in Bacillus subtilis

    Joyce E. Patrick;Daniel B. Kearns

  • Tracing the domestication of a biofilm-forming bacterium.

    Anna L. McLoon;Sarah B. Guttenplan;Daniel B. Kearns;Roberto Kolter

  • Plasmid-Encoded ComI Inhibits Competence in the Ancestral 3610 Strain of Bacillus subtilis

    Melissa A. Konkol;Kris M. Blair;Daniel B. Kearns

  • Microbe-associated molecular patterns-triggered root responses mediate beneficial rhizobacterial recruitment in Arabidopsis.

    Venkatachalam Lakshmanan;Sherry L. Kitto;Jeffrey L. Caplan;Yi-Huang Hsueh

  • A Novel Regulatory Protein Governing Biofilm Formation in Bacillus subtilis

    Frances Chu;Daniel B. Kearns;Daniel B. Kearns;Anna McLoon;Yunrong Chai

  • The cell biology of peritrichous flagella in Bacillus subtilis

    Sarah B. Guttenplan;Sidney Shaw;Daniel B. Kearns

  • The Structure and Regulation of Flagella in Bacillus subtilis

    Sampriti Mukherjee;Daniel B. Kearns

  • Role of the σD-Dependent Autolysins in Bacillus subtilis Population Heterogeneity

    Rui Chen;Sarah B. Guttenplan;Kris M. Blair;Daniel B. Kearns

  • Bacillaene and sporulation protect Bacillus subtilis from predation by Myxococcus xanthus.

    Susanne Müller;Sarah N. Strack;B. Christopher Hoefler;Paul D. Straight

  • The EpsE Flagellar Clutch Is Bifunctional and Synergizes with EPS Biosynthesis to Promote Bacillus subtilis Biofilm Formation

    Sarah B. Guttenplan;Kris M. Blair;Daniel B. Kearns

  • Chemotaxis in a gliding bacterium

    Daniel B. Kearns;Lawrence J. Shimkets

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University
Lawrence J. Shimkets
Lawrence J. Shimkets University of Georgia
Roberto Kolter
Roberto Kolter Harvard University
Paul Babitzke
Paul Babitzke Pennsylvania State University
Stephen C. Jacobson
Stephen C. Jacobson Indiana University
Ray Fall
Ray Fall University of Colorado Boulder
Christian Jobin
Christian Jobin University of Florida
Matam Vijay-Kumar
Matam Vijay-Kumar University of Toledo
Malcolm E. Winkler
Malcolm E. Winkler Indiana University
James B. Russell
James B. Russell Agricultural Research Service

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