# overview
I have strong interests in elucidating the molecular mechanisms that mediate interactions between the intracellular bacterial pathogen Brucella spp. and host cells.

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Rice University - (Houston, Texas, United States)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

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Cornell University - (Ithaca, New York, United States)

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Biochemistry, Molecular, and Cell Biology, Vertebrate Genetics

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Stanford University - (Stanford, California, United States)

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Reconstitution of Phospholipase A2-Dependent Golgi Membrane Tubules.

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SDO1P REGULATION OF HISTONE DEACETYLASE ACTIVITY IN YEAST

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Comparative pathobiology of fungal pathogens of plants and animals.

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Characterization of a cytosolic activity that induces the formation of Golgi membrane tubules in a cell-free reconstitution system.

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The Arabidopsis thaliana transcriptome in response to Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

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Regulatory role of c-di-GMP biosynthesis genes of Xylella fastidiosa's virulence factors

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Genomic polymorphisms as inherent watermarks for tracking infectious agents.

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RNAi screen of endoplasmic reticulum-associated host factors reveals a role for IRE1alpha in supporting Brucella replication.

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Methods for analyzing the role of phospholipase A enzymes in endosome membrane tubule formation.

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Membrane tubule-mediated reassembly and maintenance of the Golgi complex is disrupted by phospholipase A2 antagonists.

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American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

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Microfluidic microbial fuel cell array for multiplexed long-term parallel analysis of microbial activities

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Pathogenesis and immunobiology of brucellosis: review of Brucella-host interactions.

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Publisher Correction: Reassessing apoptosis in plants.

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A MICROFABRICATED MICROBIAL FUEL CELL ARRAY FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING (HTS) OF ELECTRICITY GENERATING MICROBES FROM ENVIRONMENT

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Microfabricated devices in microbial bioenergy sciences.

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A microfluidic microbial fuel cell array that supports long-term multiplexed analyses of electricigens.

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Regulation of c-di-GMP intracellular levels in X. fastidiosa

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Clofibrate inhibits membrane trafficking to the Golgi complex and induces its retrograde movement to the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Neural network based integration of assays to assess pathogenic potential.

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One Health: Addressing Global Challenges at the Nexus of Human, Animal, and Environmental Health.

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Bifunctional nano-sponges serving as non-precious metal catalysts and self-standing cathodes for high performance fuel cell applications

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Retrograde trafficking of both Golgi complex and TGN markers to the ER induced by nordihydroguaiaretic acid and cyclofenil diphenol.

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Microfabricated microbial fuel cell arrays reveal electrochemically active microbes.

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Three-dimensional porous carbon nanotube sponges for high-performance anodes of microbial fuel cells

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Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition).

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SiRNA screens using Drosophila cells to identify host factors required for infection.

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A microfluidic microbial fuel cell array for electrochemically-active microbe screening and analysis

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Control of geometrical properties of carbon nanotube electrodes towards high-performance microbial fuel cells

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An automated system for interrogating the evolution of microbial endosymbiosis.

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AUTOMATIC MEMBRANE-BASED MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR INVESTIGATING THE EMERGENCE OF PATHOGENICITY

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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A PLA1-2 punch regulates the Golgi complex.

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DNA watermarking of infectious agents: progress and prospects.

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C-diGMP regulation of Xylella fastidiosa Temecula gene expression and biofilm formation

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The pre-rRNA processing factor Nop53 regulates fungal development and pathogenesis via mediating production of reactive oxygen species.

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Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Arrays

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Phospholipase A2 antagonists inhibit constitutive retrograde membrane traffic to the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Xylella fastidiosa: a model for analyzing agricultural biosecurity.

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A catalytic carbohydrate contributes to bacterial antibiotic resistance.

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Death be not proud--cell death control in plant fungal interactions.

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Global Reprogramming of Host Kinase Signaling in Response to Fungal Infection.

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A three-dimensional electrode for highly efficient electrocoalescence-based droplet merging.

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Inhibition of transferrin recycling and endosome tubulation by phospholipase A2 antagonists.

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Activation of Host IRE1-Dependent Signaling Axis Contributes the Intracellular Parasitism of Brucella melitensis.

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Evidence that phospholipase A2 activity is required for Golgi complex and trans Golgi network membrane tubulation.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Stimulation of Golgi membrane tubulation and retrograde trafficking to the ER by phospholipase A(2) activating protein (PLAP) peptide.

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Functional analysis of host factors that mediate the intracellular lifestyle of Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Automated, High-Throughput Detection of Bacterial Adherence to Host Cells.

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The septin protein Sep4 facilitates host infection by plant fungal pathogens via mediating initiation of infection structure formation.

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The Case for Live Attenuated Vaccines against the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis.

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Microfabricated Microbial Fuel Cell Arrays Reveal Electrochemically Active Microbes

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Interdomain conjugal transfer of DNA from bacteria to archaea.

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A role for calmodulin in organelle membrane tubulation.

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American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

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Quantitative Yeast Genetic Interaction Profiling of Bacterial Effector Proteins Uncovers a Role for the Human Retromer in Salmonella Infection.

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DARTs: A DNA-based in vitro polypeptide display technology.

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Space: A Final Frontier for Vacuolar Pathogens.

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Tripping on acid: trans-kingdom perspectives on biological acids in immunity and pathogenesis.

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Effect of physical properties of carbon nanotube anodes on microfluidic microbial fuel cell array

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Air-cathode microbial fuel cell array: a device for identifying and characterizing electrochemically active microbes.

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MIRROR: A Chip-Scale Mid-IR Ring Resonance System for On-the-fly Reporting of Analytes

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of General Medical Science

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Development of a High-Throughput Microfludics-Enabled Functional Assay for Rapidly Identifying Neutralizing Antibodies

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Self-sustainable and Highly Efficient Desalination System based on Microbe-Nanostructure Hybrids

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Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

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MRI: Development of a microfluidic flow cytometer for high-throughput non-invasive single-cell physio-chemical analysis

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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RAPID: Large-scale functional analysis of antibody repertoires elicited by SARS-CoV-2

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Directorate for Biological Sciences - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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iSENTRY: An Integrated Microfluidics-Enabled System for Phenotypic Detection of Biothreat Agents

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United States Department of Defense - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Accelerating Discovery of Neutralizing Paratopes with Functional Antibody Screening Technology

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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An Ultra-high Throughput Microfluidic System for 3-D Assembly of Microbial Communities

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United States Army - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Borlaug Fellowship for M.S. Rahman (BNGL)

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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PolyChip â An Ultra High Throughput Microfluidic Functional Assay Strategy for Antimicrobial Drug Discovery.

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Qatar National Research Fund - (Doha, Qatar)

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Texas A&M Health Science Center; Microbial Pathogenesis And Immunology; 1114 TAMUS

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Texas A&M researchers developing device to identify antibodies to fight COVID-19