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Dr. Slavena Vylkova manages the scientific communications for the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM). Her responsibilities include assisting with pre-award research funding operations, scientific writing/editing and project development.
Previously, Slavena was a research assistant professor at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany, where she led a research group focusing on the molecular basis of metabolic adaptation of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans to the host niches and associated microbiota. She received her PhD in Oral Biology from State University of New York at Buffalo with Dr. Mira Edgerton and her postdoctoral training in Dr. Michael Lorenz's laboratory in McGovern Medical School in Houston, TX.
Publications
Synergistic cross-kingdom host cell damage between Candida albicans and Enterococcus faecalis.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
A highly conserved tRNA modification contributes to C. albicans filamentation and virulence.
Microbiology spectrum
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 Antagonizes Candida albicans Growth and Protects Intestinal Cells from C. albicans-Mediated Damage.
Microorganisms
Pathogen-specific innate immune response patterns are distinctly affected by genetic diversity.
Nature communications
High-Throughput Profiling of Candida auris Isolates Reveals Clade-Specific Metabolic Differences.
Microbiology spectrum
Integrated analysis of SR-like protein kinases Sky1 and Sky2 links signaling networks with transcriptional regulation in Candida albicans.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
Functional analysis of the Candida albicans ECE1 Promoter.
Microbiology spectrum
Impaired amino acid uptake leads to global metabolic imbalance of Candida albicans biofilms.
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes
Lactobacillus rhamnosus colonisation antagonizes Candida albicans by forcing metabolic adaptations that compromise pathogenicity.
Nature communications
Candida albicans SR-Like Protein Kinases Regulate Different Cellular Processes: Sky1 Is Involved in Control of Ion Homeostasis, While Sky2 Is Important for Dipeptide Utilization.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
Metabolic modeling predicts specific gut bacteria as key determinants for Candida albicans colonization levels.
The ISME journal
Active neutrophil responses counteract Candida albicans burn wound infection of ex vivo human skin explants.
Scientific reports
The Transcription Factor Stp2 Is Important for Candida albicans Biofilm Establishment and Sustainability.
Frontiers in microbiology
Phagosomal Neutralization by the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans Induces Macrophage Pyroptosis.
Infection and immunity
Modulation of phagosomal pH by Candida albicans promotes hyphal morphogenesis and requires Stp2p, a regulator of amino acid transport.
PLoS pathogens
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans autoinduces hyphal morphogenesis by raising extracellular pH.
mBio
Conservation and dispersion of sequence and function in fungal TRK potassium transporters: focus on Candida albicans.
FEMS yeast research
Role of acetyl coenzyme A synthesis and breakdown in alternative carbon source utilization in Candida albicans.
Eukaryotic cell
Histatin 5 initiates osmotic stress response in Candida albicans via activation of the Hog1 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.
Eukaryotic cell
The role of released ATP in killing Candida albicans and other extracellular microbial pathogens by cationic peptides.
Purinergic signalling
Human beta-defensins kill Candida albicans in an energy-dependent and salt-sensitive manner without causing membrane disruption.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Distinct antifungal mechanisms: beta-defensins require Candida albicans Ssa1 protein, while Trk1p mediates activity of cysteine-free cationic peptides.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
The TRK1 potassium transporter is the critical effector for killing of Candida albicans by the cationic protein, Histatin 5.
The Journal of biological chemistry