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7240

Overview

Kevin D. Young is affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific attention to biomedical engineering, food science, endocrinology, ecology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's recent publications cover specialized topics in biotechnology and analytical methods. These include:

  • Making the Enterobacterial Common Antigen Glycan and Measuring Its Substrate Sequestration (2021, ACS Chemical Biology)
  • 3-D printed injection system for capillary electrophoresis (2022, Analytical Methods)
  • 3-D printed aseptic injection system for capillary electrophoresis (2025, Talanta)

Kevin D. Young collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Matthew M. Champion and Norman J. Dovic̀hi, each coauthoring two papers with Young. Other coauthors include Colleen R. Eade, Timothy W. Wallen, and Claire E. Gates.

The scientist has published in journals with a focus on chemical biology, analytical techniques, and chemical analysis, among which are:

  • ACS Chemical Biology
  • Analytical Methods
  • Talanta

Their work intersects multiple main topics, including:

  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies

Kevin D. Young's research integrates microfluidic technologies, capillary electrophoresis, and microbial interaction studies, emphasizing the use of innovative material and engineering techniques in biomedical applications and food science contexts. This multidisciplinary approach spans both fundamental biological insights and applied technological development.

Best Publications

  • The Selective Value of Bacterial Shape

    Kevin D. Young

  • Escherichia coli Mutants Lacking All Possible Combinations of Eight Penicillin Binding Proteins: Viability, Characteristics, and Implications for Peptidoglycan Synthesis

    Sylvia A. Denome;Pamela K. Elf;Thomas A. Henderson;David E. Nelson

  • Characterization of the desulfurization genes from Rhodococcus sp. strain IGTS8.

    S A Denome;C Oldfield;L J Nash;K D Young

  • Bacterial morphology: why have different shapes?

    Kevin D Young

  • What determines cell size

    Wallace F. Marshall;Kevin D. Young;Matthew Swaffer;Elizabeth Wood

  • Metabolism of dibenzothiophene and naphthalene in Pseudomonas strains: complete DNA sequence of an upper naphthalene catabolic pathway.

    S A Denome;D C Stanley;E S Olson;K D Young

  • Indole production by the tryptophanase TnaA in Escherichia coli is determined by the amount of exogenous tryptophan

    Gang Li;Kevin D. Young

  • Identification and Cloning of Genes Involved in Specific Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene by Rhodococcus sp. Strain IGTS8.

    Sylvia A. Denome;Edwin S. Olson;Kevin D. Young

  • Role of penicillin-binding proteins in bacterial cell morphogenesis

    David L Popham;Kevin D Young

  • Penicillin Binding Protein 5 Affects Cell Diameter, Contour, and Morphology of Escherichia coli

    David E. Nelson;Kevin D. Young

  • Contributions of PBP 5 and DD-carboxypeptidase penicillin binding proteins to maintenance of cell shape in Escherichia coli.

    David E. Nelson;Kevin D. Young

  • Bacterial shape: Bacterial shape

    Kevin D. Young

  • slyD, a host gene required for phi X174 lysis, is related to the FK506-binding protein family of peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans-isomerases.

    W. D. Roof;S. M. Horne;K. D. Young;Ry Young

  • Bacterial Shape: Two-Dimensional Questions and Possibilities

    Kevin D. Young

  • Role of peptidoglycan amidases in the development and morphology of the division septum in Escherichia coli.

    Richa Priyadarshini;Miguel A. de Pedro;Kevin D. Young

  • Common β‐lactamases inhibit bacterial biofilm formation

    Claude V. Gallant;Craig Daniels;Jacqueline M. Leung;Anindya S. Ghosh

  • Deletion and fusion analysis of the phage phi X174 lysis gene E.

    Denise Maratea;Kevin Young;Ry Young

  • Branching of Escherichia coli Cells Arises from Multiple Sites of Inert Peptidoglycan

    Miguel A. de Pedro;Kevin D. Young;Joachim-Volker Höltje;Heinz Schwarz

  • AmpC and AmpH, proteins related to the class C beta-lactamases, bind penicillin and contribute to the normal morphology of Escherichia coli.

    T A Henderson;K D Young;S A Denome;P K Elf

  • Daughter Cell Separation by Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Peptidoglycan Amidases in Escherichia coli

    Richa Priyadarshini;David L. Popham;Kevin D. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. de Pedro
Miguel A. de Pedro University of Parma
Ry Young
Ry Young Texas A&M University
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute
Waldemar Vollmer
Waldemar Vollmer Newcastle University
Christine C. Sanders
Christine C. Sanders Creighton University
Patricia A. Bradford
Patricia A. Bradford AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
David L. Gally
David L. Gally University of Edinburgh
Jian Song
Jian Song Tsinghua University
Gary Xie
Gary Xie Los Alamos National Laboratory
Virginia Walbot
Virginia Walbot Stanford University

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