HarsheyLab
@harsheylab
We use bacteria and their viruses to study Genome architecture/Antimicrobial resistance. Lab website: https://sites.utexas.edu/harsheylab/
Knowledge of evolution may not be strictly useful in everyday commerce. You can live some sort of life and die without hearing of Darwin. But if, before you die, you want to understand why you lived in the first place, Darwinism is the one subject you must study - R Dawkins
Khang published his findings on the clustering of rrn by membrane associated sigma factors in PLOS Biology. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1371/journa…
The Harshey lab celebrated Dr. Khang Ho this week for his excellent thesis defense and his remarkable hard work these past 6 years. Congrats Dr. Khang!



Building and operating flagella consumes ~10% of cellular energy in E. coli. Our work shows there is a mutational cost to high energy consumption and begs the question: did the innovation of a functional flagellum impact the rate of bacterial evolution? doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…
Do microbes have memory? Read more in this ASM article highlighting work done by Souvik @necrosignaling in the Harshey lab. asm.org/Articles/2024/…
Last week, the Harshey lab celebrated the accomplishments of dear lab member Souvik @necrosignaling and said goodbye as he prepares for his new faculty position at UT Health Houston. Congrats Souvik!


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