Petra Levin, PhD

Petra Levin, PhD

Primary Investigator, Professor of Biology

Victoria Afe

Victoria Afe

EnTER Program Student

A Washington University undergraduate, Victoria is working on acid stress response mechanisms in the pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Sarah Anderson, PhD

Sarah Anderson, PhD

Kirschstein-NRSA postdoctoral fellow

Leveraging the awesome power of bacterial genetics, Sarah is illuminating connections between accumulation of the small molecule, guanosine tetraphosphate or ppGpp, cell division and cell size in E. coli.

Sarah Beagle, PhD

Sarah Beagle, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Sarah is exploring the relationship between environmental pH and antibiotic sensitivity in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Adrienne Brauer

Adrienne Brauer

Graduate Student

Adrienne is working on the mechanisms driving cytoplasmic condensation in response to sudden nutrient starvation.

Jessie Bullock

Jessie Bullock

Graduate Student

Jessie is investigated the mechanisms governing assembly and activation of the bacterial division machinery.

Kyra Raines

Kyra Raines

Kyra’s research focuses on the mechanisms underlying pH-dependent changes in antibiotic susceptibility.

Sam Setyawan

Sam Setyawan

EnTER Undergraduate Research Student

A Washington University undergraduate, Sam is working on identifying sites of contact between subunits of the cytoskeletal protein FtsZ within the FtsZ polymer

Ryan Valdez

Ryan Valdez

Graduate Student

Ryan is using CRISPR interference technology and classical genetics to dissect the contribution of lipopolysaccharide to gram-negative bacterial growth and physiology.