Postdoctoral Fellowship, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Princeton University, 2009-2013 Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, 2008 B.S., Biology, Utica College of Syracuse University, 2003

bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing), gene regulation, bacterial development, microbial genetics and biochemistry

Chaparian RR, Olney SG, Hustmyer CM, Rowe-Magnus DA, and van Kessel JC. (2016) Integration Host Factor and LuxR synergistically bind DNA to co-activate quorum-sensing genes in Vibrio harveyi. Molecular Microbiology. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13425 Feng L, Rutherford ST, Papenfort K, Bagert JD, van Kessel JC, Tirell DA, Wingreen NS, and Bassler BL. A qrr noncoding RNA deploys four different regulatory mechanisms to optimize quorum-sensing dynamics. (2015) Cell 160 (1-2): 228-240. van Kessel JC*, Rutherford ST, Cong JP, Quinodoz S, Healy J, and Bassler BL*. Quorum sensing regulates the osmotic stress response in Vibrio harveyi. (2015) Journal of Bacteriology 197 (1): 73-80. *Co-corresponding authors