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Rasika M. Harshey is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Condensed Matter Physics, and Endocrinology as notable subfields.

The scientist's research topics prominently include:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Diffusion and Search Dynamics

Harshey has published extensively in several journals and venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Cell Host & Microbe
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Harshey are:

  • Dead cells release a 'necrosignal' that activates antibiotic survival pathways in bacterial swarms, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Host cells subdivide nutrient niches into discrete biogeographical microhabitats for gut microbes, 2022, Cell Host & Microbe
  • A Well-Mixed E. coli Genome: Widespread Contacts Revealed by Tracking Mu Transposition, 2020, Cell
  • Efflux-linked accelerated evolution of antibiotic resistance at a population edge, 2022, Molecular Cell
  • A heritable iron memory enables decision-making in Escherichia coli, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jonathan D. Partridge
  • Souvik Bhattacharyya
  • YuneSahng Hwang
  • Khang Ho
  • David M. Walker

Best Publications

  • Bacterial motility on a surface: many ways to a common goal.

    Rasika M. Harshey

  • The c-di-GMP Binding Protein YcgR Controls Flagellar Motor Direction and Speed to Affect Chemotaxis by a “Backstop Brake” Mechanism

    Koushik Paul;Vincent Nieto;William C. Carlquist;David F. Blair

  • Bees aren't the only ones: swarming in Gram‐negative bacteria

    Rasika M. Harshey

  • Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Swarming Mutants with Altered Biofilm-Forming Abilities: Surfactin Inhibits Biofilm Formation

    Joe Robert Mireles;Adam Toguchi;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Dimorphic transition in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: surface-induced differentiation into hyperflagellate swarmer cells

    Rasika M. Harshey;Tohey Matsuyama

  • Cell density and mobility protect swarming bacteria against antibiotics

    Mitchell T. Butler;Qingfeng Wang;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Genetics of Swarming Motility in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium: Critical Role for Lipopolysaccharide

    Adam Toguchi;Michael Siano;Mark Burkart;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Swarming bacteria migrate by Lévy Walk

    Gil Ariel;Amit Rabani;Sivan Benisty;Jonathan D. Partridge

  • Gene expression patterns during swarming in Salmonella typhimurium: genes specific to surface growth and putative new motility and pathogenicity genes

    Qingfeng Wang;Jonathan G. Frye;Michael McClelland;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Sensing wetness: a new role for the bacterial flagellum

    Qingfeng Wang;Asaka Suzuki;Susana Mariconda;Steffen Porwollik

  • Swarming: flexible roaming plans

    Jonathan D. Partridge;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Differentiation of Serratia marcescens 274 into swimmer and swarmer cells.

    L Alberti;R M Harshey

  • Salmonella Uses Energy Taxis to Benefit from Intestinal Inflammation

    Fabian Rivera-Chávez;Sebastian E. Winter;Christopher A. Lopez;Mariana N. Xavier

  • The chemotaxis system, but not chemotaxis, is essential for swarming motility in Escherichia coli

    Mark Burkart;Adam Toguchi;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Interaction of distinct domains in Mu transposase with Mu DNA ends and an internal transpositional enhancer

    Pak C. Leung;David B. Teplow;Rasika M. Harshey

  • The RcsCDB Signaling System and Swarming Motility in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium: Dual Regulation of Flagellar and SPI-2 Virulence Genes

    Qingfeng Wang;Yifang Zhao;Michael McClelland;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Step-arrest mutants of FLP recombinase: implications for the catalytic mechanism of DNA recombination.

    R. L. Parsons;P. V. Prasad;Rasika M Harshey;Makkuni Jayaram

  • A mechanism of DNA transposition.

    Rasika M. Harshey;Ahmad I. Bukhari

  • Mutational analysis of flagellum-independent surface spreading of Serratia marcescens 274 on a low-agar medium.

    T Matsuyama;A Bhasin;R M Harshey

  • Evolutionary conservation of methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein location in Bacteria and Archaea.

    Jason E. Gestwicki;Allison C. Lamanna;Rasika M. Harshey;Linda L. McCarter

Frequent Co-Authors

Makkuni Jayaram
Makkuni Jayaram The University of Texas at Austin
Michael McClelland
Michael McClelland University of California, Irvine
Elizabeth D. Getzoff
Elizabeth D. Getzoff Scripps Research Institute
Laurence H. Hurley
Laurence H. Hurley University of Arizona
Milton H. Saier
Milton H. Saier University of California, San Diego
Roy H. Doi
Roy H. Doi University of California, Davis
David B. Teplow
David B. Teplow University of California, Los Angeles
Kirsten Skarstad
Kirsten Skarstad Oslo University Hospital
Petra Anne Levin
Petra Anne Levin Washington University in St. Louis
Steffen Porwollik
Steffen Porwollik APEX Think Consulting

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