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Kerwyn Casey Huang

Kerwyn Casey Huang

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
18927
World Ranking
7713
National Ranking
3517

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Kerwyn Casey Huang is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Infectious Diseases, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research focuses extensively on topics related to gut microbiota and health, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, the evolution and genetic dynamics of microorganisms, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, probiotics and fermented foods, as well as microbial community ecology and physiology.

Among recent publications, several papers illustrate the scope and diversity of their research:

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse (2020, Nature)
  • Ageing hallmarks exhibit organ-specific temporal signatures (2020, Nature)
  • Profiling the human intestinal environment under physiological conditions (2023, Nature)
  • Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane (2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome (2022, Cell)

Kerwyn Casey Huang collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Handuo Shi, Taylor H. Nguyen, Andrés Aranda-Díaz, Norma Neff, and Po-Yi Ho. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships across multiple projects.

Their publications are commonly found in prominent venues, highlighting the interdisciplinary reach of their work. Key publication venues include:

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

Kerwyn Casey Huang received the Hellman Fellow award in 2010.

Best Publications

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse

    Nicole Almanzar;Jane Antony;Ankit S. Baghel

  • A Comprehensive, CRISPR-based Functional Analysis of Essential Genes in Bacteria

    Jason M. Peters;Alexandre Colavin;Handuo Shi;Tomasz L. Czarny

  • The Gut Microbiome: Connecting Spatial Organization to Function.

    Carolina Tropini;Kristen A. Earle;Kerwyn Casey Huang;Justin L. Sonnenburg

  • A Gut Commensal-Produced Metabolite Mediates Colonization Resistance to Salmonella Infection.

    Amanda Jacobson;Lilian Lam;Manohary Rajendram;Fiona Tamburini

  • The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria.

    Enrique R. Rojas;Gabriel Billings;Pascal D. Odermatt;Pascal D. Odermatt;George K. Auer

  • GTPase activity-coupled treadmilling of the bacterial tubulin FtsZ organizes septal cell wall synthesis.

    Xinxing Yang;Zhixin Lyu;Amanda Miguel;Ryan McQuillen

  • The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly

    Sven van Teeffelen;Siyuan Wang;Leon Furchtgott;Leon Furchtgott;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • Quantitative Imaging of Gut Microbiota Spatial Organization

    Kristen A. Earle;Gabriel Billings;Michael Sigal;Joshua S. Lichtman

  • Cell shape and cell-wall organization in Gram-negative bacteria

    Kerwyn Casey Huang;Ranjan Mukhopadhyay;Bingni Wen;Zemer Gitai

  • Dynamic structures in Escherichia coli: Spontaneous formation of MinE rings and MinD polar zones

    Kerwyn Casey Huang;Yigal Meir;Ned S. Wingreen

  • Rod-like bacterial shape is maintained by feedback between cell curvature and cytoskeletal localization

    Tristan S. Ursell;Jeffrey Nguyen;Russell D. Monds;Alexandre Colavin

  • Measuring the stiffness of bacterial cells from growth rates in hydrogels of tunable elasticity

    Hannah H. Tuson;George K. Auer;Lars D. Renner;Mariko Hasebe

  • Cell size and growth regulation in the Arabidopsis thaliana apical stem cell niche

    Lisa Willis;Lisa Willis;Yassin Refahi;Raymond Wightman;Benoit Landrein

  • Sizing up the bacterial cell cycle

    Lisa Willis;Lisa Willis;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • A curvature-mediated mechanism for localization of lipids to bacterial poles.

    Kerwyn Casey Huang;Ranjan Mukhopadhyay;Ned S. Wingreen

  • Response of Escherichia coli growth rate to osmotic shock

    Enrique Rojas;Julie A. Theriot;Julie A. Theriot;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • Transient Osmotic Perturbation Causes Long-Term Alteration to the Gut Microbiota

    Carolina Tropini;Eli Lin Moss;Bryan Douglas Merrill;Katharine Michelle Ng

  • Recovery of the Gut Microbiota after Antibiotics Depends on Host Diet, Community Context, and Environmental Reservoirs.

    Katharine Michelle Ng;Andrés Aranda-Díaz;Carolina Tropini;Matthew Ryan Frankel

  • Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane.

    Jiawei Sun;Steven T. Rutherford;Thomas J. Silhavy;Kerwyn Casey Huang

  • Posttranslational acetylation of α-tubulin constrains protofilament number in native microtubules.

    Juan G. Cueva;Jen Hsin;Kerwyn Casey Huang;Miriam B. Goodman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ned S. Wingreen
Ned S. Wingreen Princeton University
Justin L. Sonnenburg
Justin L. Sonnenburg Stanford University
Zemer Gitai
Zemer Gitai Princeton University
Fred Chang
Fred Chang University of California, San Francisco
Julie A. Theriot
Julie A. Theriot University of Washington
Carol A. Gross
Carol A. Gross University of California, San Francisco
Joshua E. Elias
Joshua E. Elias Stanford University
Peter Bienstman
Peter Bienstman Ghent University

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