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Overview

Lawrence B. Blyn is affiliated with Ionis Pharmaceuticals in the United States and has contributed to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on epidemiology and infectious diseases. Their research explores critical areas including antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, as well as the detection and treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

Their recent publication record includes a notable paper titled "Evaluation of a PCR-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry platform for detection and identification of fungal pathogens directly from prospectively collected bronchoalveolar lavage specimens", published in 2020 in the journal Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. This work has attracted citations and adds to the ongoing discourse on advanced diagnostic methods in infectious disease microbiology.

The scientist has collaborated with peers across various related fields, frequently working alongside:

  • Bei Jia
  • Robert Lovari
  • Heather B. Miller
  • David Metzgar
  • Christian Massire

The core venues for their publications include:

  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Lawrence B. Blyn's concentration within medicine is further detailed through their subfields of study:

  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases

The primary topics addressed in their body of work are:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Best Publications

  • Ibis T5000: a universal biosensor approach for microbiology.

    David J. Ecker;Rangarajan Sampath;Christian Massire;Lawrence B. Blyn

  • Requirement of poly(rC) binding protein 2 for translation of poliovirus RNA.

    Lawrence B. Blyn;Jonathan S. Towner;Bert L. Semler;Ellie Ehrenfeld

  • Poly (rC) binding protein 2 forms a ternary complex with the 5'-terminal sequences of poliovirus RNA and the viral 3CD proteinase.

    T B Parsley;J S Towner;L B Blyn;E Ehrenfeld

  • MicC, a Second Small-RNA Regulator of Omp Protein Expression in Escherichia coli

    Shuo Chen;Aixia Zhang;Lawrence B. Blyn;Gisela Storz

  • A bioinformatics based approach to discover small RNA genes in the Escherichia coli genome.

    Shuo Chen;Elena A. Lesnik;Thomas A. Hall;Rangarajan Sampath

  • Rapid identification and strain-typing of respiratory pathogens for epidemic surveillance

    David J. Ecker;Rangarajan Sampath;Lawrence B. Blyn;Mark W. Eshoo

  • Structure−Activity Relationships of Novel 2-Substituted Quinazoline Antibacterial Agents

    P P Kung;M D Casper;K L Cook;L Wilson-Lingardo

  • TIGER: the universal biosensor

    Steven A. Hofstadler;Rangarajan Sampath;Lawrence B. Blyn;Mark W. Eshoo

  • Poly(rC) binding protein 2 binds to stem-loop IV of the poliovirus RNA 5' noncoding region: identification by automated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

    Lawrence B. Blyn;Kristine M. Swiderek;Oliver Richards;Douglas C. Stahl

  • Regulation of pap pilin phase variation by a mechanism involving differential dam methylation states.

    L. B. Blyn;B. A. Braaten;D. A. Low

  • Identification of Acinetobacter Species and Genotyping of Acinetobacter baumannii by Multilocus PCR and Mass Spectrometry

    Joseph A. Ecker;Christian Massire;Thomas A. Hall;Raymond Ranken

  • New technology for rapid molecular diagnosis of bloodstream infections.

    David J Ecker;Rangarajan Sampath;Haijing Li;Christian Massire

  • Global surveillance of emerging influenza virus genotypes by mass spectrometry

    Rangarajan Sampath;Kevin L. Russell;Christian Massire;Mark W. Eshoo

  • Rapid identification of emerging infectious agents using PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.

    Rangarajan Sampath;Thomas A. Hall;Christian Massire;Feng Li

  • Methods for rapid detection and identification of bacterial bioagents

    David Ecker;Richard Griffey;Rangarajan Sampath;Steven Hofstadler

  • Transmission dynamics and prospective environmental sampling of adenovirus in a military recruit setting.

    Kevin L. Russell;Michael P. Broderick;Suzanne E. Franklin;Lawrence B. Blyn

  • Rapid Identification of Emerging Pathogens: Coronavirus

    Rangarajan Sampath;Steven A. Hofstadler;Lawrence B. Blyn;Mark W. Eshoo

  • Improved Sensitivity for Molecular Detection of Bacterial and Candida Infections in Blood

    Andrea Bacconi;Gregory S. Richmond;Michelle A. Baroldi;Thomas G. Laffler

  • SAR by MS: a ligand based technique for drug lead discovery against structured RNA targets.

    Eric E. Swayze;Elizabeth A. Jefferson;Kristin A. Sannes-Lowery;Lawrence B. Blyn

  • Phase-variation of pyelonephritis-associated pili in Escherichia coli: evidence for transcriptional regulation.

    L B Blyn;B A Braaten;C A White-Ziegler;D H Rolfson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rangarajan Sampath
Rangarajan Sampath University of California San Diego
David J. Ecker
David J. Ecker Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Eric E. Swayze
Eric E. Swayze Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
David A. Low
David A. Low University of California, Santa Barbara
Yi-Wei Tang
Yi-Wei Tang Chongqing Medical University
Ellie Ehrenfeld
Ellie Ehrenfeld National Institutes of Health
Karen C. Carroll
Karen C. Carroll Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Charlotte A. Gaydos
Charlotte A. Gaydos Johns Hopkins University
Bert L. Semler
Bert L. Semler University of California, Irvine
Stanley T. Crooke
Stanley T. Crooke Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)

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