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95
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70424
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526
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244

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - ASM D.C. White Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

E. P. Greenberg is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Organic Chemistry, and Plant Science as subfields.

Their scholarly contributions cover key topics such as bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, Vibrio bacteria research studies, antimicrobial agents and applications, antimicrobial peptides and activities, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and plant and biological electrophysiology studies.

Frequent coauthors in their published work include Amy L. Schaefer, Nicole E. Smalley, Mary B. Chan-Park, Samantha Wellington Miranda, and Ajai A. Dandekar.

Their published research appears repeatedly in several venues, notably:

  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements

Selected recent publications by E. P. Greenberg include:

  • "Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing" (2022), published in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
  • "A Glycosylated Cationic Block Poly(β-peptide) Reverses Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance in All ESKAPE Gram-Negative Bacteria" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Designer broad-spectrum polyimidazolium antibiotics" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Evolution of the Quorum Sensing Regulon in Cooperating Populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (2022), published in mBio
  • "The Chemistry and Biology of Bactobolin: A 10-Year Collaboration with Natural Product Chemist Extraordinaire Jon Clardy" (2020), published in Journal of Natural Products

The scientist has been recognized with several distinctions including the ASM D.C. White Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2012, election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and fellowships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2002) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1989).

Best Publications

  • Bacterial biofilms : A common cause of persistent infections

    J. W. Costerton;Philip S. Stewart;E. P. Greenberg

  • The involvement of cell-to-cell signals in the development of a bacterial biofilm

    David G. Davies;Matthew R. Parsek;Matthew R. Parsek;Matthew R. Parsek;James P. Pearson;James P. Pearson;James P. Pearson;Barbara H. Iglewski;Barbara H. Iglewski;Barbara H. Iglewski

  • Quorum sensing in bacteria: the LuxR-LuxI family of cell density-responsive transcriptional regulators.

    W C Fuqua;S C Winans;E P Greenberg

  • Quorum-sensing signals indicate that cystic fibrosis lungs are infected with bacterial biofilms

    Pradeep K. Singh;Amy L. Schaefer;Matthew R. Parsek;Thomas O. Moninger

  • Regulation of Gene Expression by Cell-to-Cell Communication: Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing

    C Fuqua;M R Parsek;E P Greenberg

  • Quinolone signaling in the cell-to-cell communication system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Everett C. Pesci;Jared B. J. Milbank;James P. Pearson;Susan L. McKnight

  • Census and consensus in bacterial ecosystems: the LuxR-LuxI family of quorum-sensing transcriptional regulators.

    C Fuqua;S C Winans;E P Greenberg

  • Gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

    Marvin Whiteley;M. Gita Bangera;Roger E. Bumgarner;Matthew R. Parsek

  • Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelia Fail to Kill Bacteria Because of Abnormal Airway Surface Fluid

    Jeffrey J Smith;Sue M Travis;E.Peter Greenberg;Michael J Welsh;Michael J Welsh

  • Structure of the autoinducer required for expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence genes

    James P. Pearson;Kendall M. Gray;Luciano Passador;Kenneth D. Tucker

  • Sociomicrobiology: the connections between quorum sensing and biofilms

    Matthew R. Parsek;E.P. Greenberg

  • Identification, Timing, and Signal Specificity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum-Controlled Genes: a Transcriptome Analysis

    Martin Schuster;C. Phoebe Lostroh;Tomoo Ogi;E. P. Greenberg

  • A component of innate immunity prevents bacterial biofilm development

    Pradeep K. Singh;Matthew R. Parsek;E. Peter Greenberg;E. Peter Greenberg;Michael J. Welsh;Michael J. Welsh;Michael J. Welsh

  • Progress in and promise of bacterial quorum sensing research

    Marvin Whiteley;Stephen P. Diggle;E. Peter Greenberg;E. Peter Greenberg

  • A second N-acylhomoserine lactone signal produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    James P. Pearson;Luciano Passador;Barbara H. Iglewski;E. P. Greenberg

  • Cross-species induction of luminescence in the quorum-sensing bacterium Vibrio harveyi.

    B L Bassler;E P Greenberg;A M Stevens

  • Acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria: A signaling mechanism involved in associations with higher organisms

    Matthew R. Parsek;E. Peter Greenberg

  • Identification of genes controlled by quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Marvin Whiteley;Kimberly M. Lee;E. P. Greenberg

  • Production of β-defensins by human airway epithelia

    Pradeep K. Singh;Hong Peng Jia;Kerry Wiles;Jay Hesselberth

  • Acyl homoserine-lactone quorum-sensing signal generation

    Matthew R. Parsek;Dale L. Val;Brian L. Hanzelka;John E. Cronan

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew R. Parsek
Matthew R. Parsek University of Washington
Michael J. Welsh
Michael J. Welsh University of Iowa
Andrew M. Kropinski
Andrew M. Kropinski University of Guelph
Marvin Whiteley
Marvin Whiteley Georgia Institute of Technology
Pradeep K. Singh
Pradeep K. Singh University of Washington
Barbara H. Iglewski
Barbara H. Iglewski University of Rochester
John E. Cronan
John E. Cronan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Caroline S. Harwood
Caroline S. Harwood University of Washington
Robert E. W. Hancock
Robert E. W. Hancock University of British Columbia
J. W. Costerton
J. W. Costerton Montana State University

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