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Research in Dr. Mauricio Pontes' lab revolves around understanding how bacteria sense and transduce environmental information to elicit distinct adaptive behaviors. Specifically, the lab's aim is to understand the basic molecular mechanisms by which bacterial cells sense their environment and maintain cellular homeostasis when faced with physiological disturbances that are either artificially imposed under defined growth conditions or encountered during natural interactions with eukaryotic host cells. The research goal is to elucidate novel aspects of cellular physiology, which will advance knowledge regarding the basic functioning of bacterial cells and their pathogenic properties.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
… → 2018
Biology, PhD, University of Utah
… → 2010
Molecular Biology, BS, Auburn University
… → 2004
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Projects
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Metabolic control of the second messenger cyclic diguanylate: implications to intracellular bacterial pathogens
Pontes, M. H. (PI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
5/21/20 → 4/30/22
Project: Research project
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An intracellular phosphorus-starvation signal activates the PhoB/PhoR two-component system in Salmonella enterica
Bruna, R. E., Kendra, C. G. & Pontes, M. H., Sep 2024, In: mBio. 15, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Editorial: Metal homeostasis in microbial physiology and virulence
da Silva Neto, J. F., Staats, C. C. & Pontes, M. H., 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13, 1183137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Phosphorus starvation response and PhoB-independent utilization of organic phosphate sources by Salmonella enterica
Bruna, R. E., Kendra, C. G. & Pontes, M. H., Dec 2023, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 11, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Coordination of Phosphate and Magnesium Metabolism in Bacteria
Bruna, R. E., Kendra, C. G. & Pontes, M. H., 2022, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer, p. 135-150 16 p. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; vol. 1362).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
14 Scopus citations -
Limitation of phosphate assimilation maintains cytoplasmic magnesium homeostasis
Bruna, R. E., Kendra, C. G., Groisman, E. A. & Pontes, M. H., Mar 11 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 11, e2021370118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access27 Scopus citations