Rebecca Rashid Achterman

Recent conference presentations:

Achterman R.R., #Gilmore C., and Vaidya A., Teaching about vaccines using a discovery-based activity. American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators. Aug 2019, Tysons Corner, VA.

Peer-reviewed manuscripts:

Achterman R.R., 2019. Minds at Play: An activity that uses an on-line protein folding game, FoldIt, to support student learning about protein folding, structure, and the scientific process. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 20(3):20.3.63 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.v20i3.1797 PMID: 31890076

*Achterman R.R., *Moyes D.L., Thavaraj S., Smith A.R., Blair K.M., White T.C., and Naglik J.R, 2015. Dermatophytes Activate Skin Keratinocytes via Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signalling and Induce Immune Responses. Infect Immun 83(4): 1705-14. PMID: 25667269

Achterman R.R. and White T.C., 2013. Dermatophytes. Current Biology 23(13): R551-2. PMID: 23845238 Review Article

Achterman R.R. and White T.C., 2012. A Foot in the Door for Dermatophyte Research. PLoS Pathogens 8(3): e1002564 PMID: 22479177 Review Article

Achterman R.R. and White T.C., 2012. Dermatophyte virulence factors: Identifying and analyzing genes that may contribute to chronic or acute skin infections. International Journal of Microbiology, vol. 2012, Article ID 358305. PMID: 21977036 Review Article

Achterman R.R., Smith A.R., Oliver B.G., and White T. C., 2011. Sequenced dermatophyte strains: Growth rate, conidiation, drug susceptibilities, and virulence in an invertebrate model. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 48(3): 335-41. PMID: 21145410

*Moriya S., *Rashid R.A., #*Andrade Rodrigues C.D., and Harry E.J., 2010. Influence of the Nucleoid and the Early Stages of DNA Replication on positioning the division site in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 76(3): 634-647. PMID: 20199598
*co-first authors

Rashid R.A., Tarr P.I., and Moseley S.L., 2006. Expression of the Escherichia coli IrgA Homologue Adhesin is Regulated by the Ferric Uptake Regulation Protein. Microbial Pathogenesis. 41(6): 207-17. PMID: 16954050

Rashid R.A., Tabata T.A., Oatley M.J., Besser T.E., Tarr P.I., Moseley S.L., 2006. Expression of putative virulence factors of Escherichia coli O157:H7 differs in bovine and human infections. Infection and Immunity. 74(7): 4142-8. PMID: 16790788

Sokurenko E.V., Tchesnokova V., Yeung A.T., Oleykowski C.A., Trintchina E., Hughes K.T., Rashid R.A., Brint J.M., Moseley S.L., Lory S., 2001. Detection of simple mutations and polymorphisms in large genomic regions. Nucleic Acids Research 29(22):E111. PMID: 1171333