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Vernita Gordon
Researcher at University of Texas at Austin
Publications - 82
Citations - 3813
Vernita Gordon is an academic researcher from University of Texas at Austin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biofilm & Membrane. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 76 publications receiving 3258 citations. Previous affiliations of Vernita Gordon include University of Edinburgh & Harvard University.
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The Pel Polysaccharide Can Serve a Structural and Protective Role in the Biofilm Matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kelly M. Colvin,Vernita Gordon,Keiji Murakami,Bradley R. Borlee,Daniel J. Wozniak,Gerard C. L. Wong,Matthew R. Parsek +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that expression of the pel gene cluster and PelF protein levels are enhanced during biofilm growth compared to liquid cultures, suggesting that Pel is capable of playing both a structural and a protective role in P. aeruginosa biofilms.
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Role of Multicellular Aggregates in Biofilm Formation
Kasper Nørskov Kragh,Jaime Hutchison,Gavin Melaugh,Christopher A. Rodesney,Aled E. L. Roberts,Yasuhiko Irie,Peter Østrup Jensen,Stephen P. Diggle,Rosalind J. Allen,Vernita Gordon,Thomas Bjarnsholt +10 more
TL;DR: The relative fitness of single cells and preformed aggregates during early development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is determined and shows how free floating biofilm aggregates can have a profound local effect on biofilm development when attaching to a surface.
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Glioma Expansion in Collagen I Matrices: Analyzing Collagen Concentration-Dependent Growth and Motility Patterns
Laura J. Kaufman,Clifford P. Brangwynne,Karen E. Kasza,Emmanouela Filippidi,Vernita Gordon,Thomas S. Deisboeck,David A. Weitz +6 more
TL;DR: Studying invasion on the length scale of individual invading cells with a combination of confocal and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy reveals that the invasive GBM cells rely heavily on cell-matrix interactions during invasion and remodeling.
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Flagella and pili-mediated near-surface single-cell motility mechanisms in P. aeruginosa.
Jacinta C. Conrad,Maxsim Gibiansky,Fan Jin,Vernita Gordon,Dominick Motto,Margie A. Mathewson,Wiktor G. Stopka,Daria C. Zelasko,Joshua D. Shrout,Gerard C. L. Wong,Gerard C. L. Wong +10 more
TL;DR: This work was able to identify fundamental appendage-specific mechanisms for the surface motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by translating microscopy movies into searchable databases of bacterial behavior and developing image-based search engines.
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Bacteria use type IV pili to walk upright and detach from surfaces.
Maxsim Gibiansky,Jacinta C. Conrad,Fan Jin,Vernita Gordon,Dominick Motto,Margie A. Mathewson,Wiktor G. Stopka,Daria C. Zelasko,Joshua D. Shrout,Gerard C. L. Wong,Gerard C. L. Wong +10 more
TL;DR: By translating microscopy movies into searchable databases of bacterial behavior, this work has identified fundamental type IV pili–driven mechanisms for Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface motility involved in distinct foraging strategies.