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David W. Lacher, Ph.D.
Ph.D. (2007) Genetics, Michigan State University
COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSIS OF VIRULENCE LOCI IN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI
B.S. Biology (1999) Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.
Recent Publications
- Lacher, D. W., H. Steinsland, M. S. Donnenberg, and T. S. Whittam. 2007. Molecular evolution of typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: Clonal analysis by multilocus sequence typing and virulence gene allelic profiling. Journal of Bacteriology 189:342-350. [PubMed link]
- Lacher, D. W., H. Steinsland, and T. S. Whittam. 2006. Allelic subtyping of the intimin locus (eae) of pathogenic Escherichia coli by fluorescent RFLP. FEMS Microbiology Letters 261:80-87.[PubMed link]
- Manning, S. D., D. W. Lacher, H. D. Davies, B. Foxman, and T. S. Whittam. 2005. DNA polymorphism and molecular subtyping of the capsular gene cluster of group B Streptococcus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 43:6113-6116. [PubMed link]
- Wick, L. M., W. Qi, D. W. Lacher, and T. S. Whittam. 2005. Evolution of genomic content in the stepwise emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7. Journal of Bacteriology 187:1783-1791 [PubMed link]
Dave completed his dissertation in the Genetics Program at Michigan State in the spring of 2007. He has taken a postdoctoral research position at the FDA in Tom Cebula's laboratory.
Curriculum Vitae
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