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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Fitnat H. Yildiz is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Immunology, Microbiology, and Ecology as subfields.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

Some of Fitnat H. Yildiz's recent notable publications are:

  • Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • c-di-GMP modulates type IV MSHA pilus retraction and surface attachment in Vibrio cholerae, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation, 2021, Physical Biology
  • Mechanisms Underlying Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Formation and Dispersion, 2022, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • Upregulation of virulence genes promotes Vibrio cholerae biofilm hyperinfectivity, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Jennifer K. Teschler
  • Knut Drescher
  • Kyle A. Floyd
  • Jin Hwan Park
  • Michael A. Trebino

Fitnat H. Yildiz has published extensively in the following venues:

  • mBio
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Microbiology
  • PLoS Genetics

In 2020, Fitnat H. Yildiz was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor: identification of a gene cluster required for the rugose colony type, exopolysaccharide production, chlorine resistance, and biofilm formation.

    Fitnat H. Yildiz;Gary K. Schoolnik

  • Vibrio biofilms: so much the same yet so different.

    Fitnat H. Yildiz;Karen L. Visick

  • Vibrio cholerae VpsT Regulates Matrix Production and Motility by Directly Sensing Cyclic di-GMP

    Petya V. Krasteva;Jiunn C. N. Fong;Nicholas J. Shikuma;Sinem Beyhan

  • Biofilm formation and phenotypic variation enhance predation-driven persistence of Vibrio cholerae

    Carsten Matz;Diane McDougald;Ana Maria Moreno;Pui Yi Yung

  • Molecular Architecture and Assembly Principles of Vibrio cholerae Biofilms

    Veysel Berk;Jiunn C. N. Fong;Graham T. Dempsey;Omer N. Develioglu

  • Living in the matrix: assembly and control of Vibrio cholerae biofilms

    Jennifer K. Teschler;David Zamorano-Sánchez;Andrew S. Utada;Christopher J. A. Warner

  • Molecular analysis of rugosity in a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor phase variant

    Fitnat H. Yildiz;Xiaole S. Liu;Arne Heydorn;Gary K. Schoolnik

  • Role of rpoS in Stress Survival and Virulence of Vibrio cholerae

    Fitnat H. Yildiz;Gary K. Schoolnik

  • Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ

    Raimo Hartmann;Hannah Jeckel;Hannah Jeckel;Eric Jelli;Eric Jelli;Praveen K. Singh

  • VpsR, a Member of the Response Regulators of the Two-Component Regulatory Systems, Is Required for Expression of vps Biosynthesis Genes and EPS(ETr)-Associated Phenotypes in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor.

    Fitnat H. Yildiz;Nadia A. Dolganov;Gary K. Schoolnik

  • Biofilm Matrix Proteins.

    Jiunn N. C. Fong;Fitnat H. Yildiz

  • Role of Vibrio polysaccharide (vps) genes in VPS production, biofilm formation and Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis.

    Jiunn C. N. Fong;Khalid A. Syed;Karl E. Klose;Fitnat H. Yildiz

  • You've come a long way: c-di-GMP signaling.

    Holger Sondermann;Nicholas J Shikuma;Fitnat H Yildiz

  • VpsT Is a Transcriptional Regulator Required for Expression of vps Biosynthesis Genes and the Development of Rugose Colonial Morphology in Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor

    Catharina Casper-Lindley;Fitnat H. Yildiz

  • Sac1, a putative regulator that is critical for survival of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii during sulfur deprivation.

    J P Davies;F H Yildiz;A Grossman

  • Transcriptome and Phenotypic Responses of Vibrio cholerae to Increased Cyclic di-GMP Level

    Sinem Beyhan;Anna D. Tischler;Andrew Camilli;Fitnat H. Yildiz

  • Cyclic-diGMP signal transduction systems in Vibrio cholerae: modulation of rugosity and biofilm formation

    Bentley Lim;Sinem Beyhan;James Meir;Fitnat H. Yildiz

  • The rbmBCDEF gene cluster modulates development of rugose colony morphology and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae.

    Jiunn C. N. Fong;Fitnat H. Yildiz

  • The Vibrio cholerae Flagellar Regulatory Hierarchy Controls Expression of Virulence Factors

    Khalid Ali Syed;Sinem Beyhan;Nidia Correa;Jessica Queen

  • Interplay between Cyclic AMP-Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein and Cyclic di-GMP Signaling in Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Formation

    Jiunn C. N. Fong;Fitnat H. Yildiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Knut Drescher
Knut Drescher Max Planck Society
Roger G. Linington
Roger G. Linington Simon Fraser University
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Gary K. Schoolnik
Gary K. Schoolnik Stanford University
Holger Sondermann
Holger Sondermann Kiel University
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University
Evgeny Vinogradov
Evgeny Vinogradov National Research Council Canada
Victor Sourjik
Victor Sourjik Max Planck Society
Yves V. Brun
Yves V. Brun University of Montreal
Steven Chu
Steven Chu Stanford University

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