[HTML][HTML] Exploiting information and control theory for directing gene expression in cell populations

L Henrion, M Delvenne, F Bajoul Kakahi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microbial populations can adapt to adverse environmental conditions either by appropriately
sensing and responding to the changes in their surroundings or by stochastically switching …

Release of extracellular DNA by Pseudomonas species as a major determinant for biofilm switching and an early indicator for cell population control

F Bajoul Kakahi, JA Martinez, F Moreno Avitia, S Telek… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The different steps involved in biofilm formation have been the subjects of intensive
researches. However, the very early cell decision-making process related to the switch from …

Tracking and controlling phenotypic switching of Pseudomonas sp. associated with biofilm formation

F Bajoul Kakahi - 2024 - orbi.uliege.be
Phenotypic switching to a biofilm lifestyle is a significant survival strategy employed by
bacteria under stressful conditions, necessitating a transition to a biofilm-specific phenotype. …

[HTML][HTML] Combined utilization of metabolic inhibitors to prevent synergistic multi-species biofilm formation

D Kang, W Liu, FB Kakahi, F Delvigne - AMB Express, 2022 - Springer
Biofilm is ubiquitous in industrial water systems, causing biofouling and leading to heat
transfer efficiency decreases. In particular, multi-species living in biofilms could boost biomass …

Extracellular DNA (eDNA) enables early detection of the phenotypic switch of Pseudomonas sp. during biofilm development

FB Kakahi, D Kang, DC Volke, NT Wirth, PI Nikel… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Microbial populations undergo phenotypic switching as a response to environmental
perturbations. For instance, some bacteria switch from a planktonic lifestyle to biofilm, resulting in …

[PDF][PDF] B Applied and Environmental Microbiology

FB Kakahi, D Kang, DC Volke, NT Wirth… - … Future Challenges in …, 2022 - belsocmicrobio.be
Microbial populations undergo phenotypic switching as a response to environmental
perturbations. For instance, some bacteria switch from a planktonic lifestyle to biofilm, resulting in …

Targeting cellular metabolism to inhibit synergistic biofilm formation of multi-species isolated from a cooling water system

D Kang, W Liu, FB kakahi, F Delvigne - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Biofilm is ubiquitous in natural environments, causing biofouling in industrial water systems
and leading to liquidity and heat transfer efficiency decreases. In particular, multi-species …

Interfacing gene circuits with microelectronics through engineered population dynamics

MO Din, A Martin, I Razinkov, N Csicsery, J Hasty - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
While there has been impressive progress connecting bacterial behavior with electrodes,
an attractive observation to facilitate advances in synthetic biology is that the growth of a …

Entrainment of a population of synthetic genetic oscillators

O Mondragón-Palomino, T Danino, J Selimkhanov… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Biological clocks are self-sustained oscillators that adjust their phase to the daily environmental
cycles in a process known as entrainment. Molecular dissection and mathematical …

Functional roles of pulsing in genetic circuits

JH Levine, Y Lin, MB Elowitz - Science, 2013 - science.org
A fundamental problem in biology is to understand how genetic circuits implement core
cellular functions. Time-lapse microscopy techniques are beginning to provide a direct view of …