Joseph P. Gerdt

Environmental Science · Indiana University

Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Protist diversity and phylogeny CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Publications

Citations

1,054

Est. group size

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2008

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.2/year recently

Recent publications

Chemical inhibition of a bacterial immune system
Cell Host & Microbe · 2026
Filament formation is a conserved mechanism of Thoeris SIR2 effector activation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Endocytosed lipids induce cell aggregation via filopodia retraction in a close relative of animals
EMBO Reports · 2026
Discovery of Small-Molecule Inhibitors of the Pycsar Antiphage Defense
ACS Chemical Biology · 2026
Chemical suppression of a bacterial immune system revives repressed phages
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Chemical inactivation of a bacterial immune system de-domesticates a temperate phage and promotes its spread
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
Balancing of immune activation and suppression during phage infection
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2026
A unicellular relative links aggregative multicellularity to animal origins
Nature · 2026
Molecular characterisation of the Bacillus subtilis SpbK antiphage defence system
Nature Communications · 2025
Chemical inhibition of a CBASS anti-bacteriophage defense
iScience · 2025
Natural products influence bacteriophage infectivity
Natural Product Reports · 2025
A close unicellular animal relative and predator of schistosomes exhibits chemokinesis in response to proteins and peptides from its prey
PLoS Pathogens · 2025
Chemical inhibition of a bacterial immune system
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
A close unicellular relative reveals aggregative multicellularity was key to the evolution of animals
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
Natural Products Influence Bacteriophage Infectivity
ChemRxiv · 2025

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×13
ACS Chemical Biology×4
Nature Microbiology×3
Cell×2
iScience×2

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Last updated Jul 9, 2026.

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