Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2013

Current position

Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Publications

1. *Cook, L. C., *LaSarre, B. and Federle, M. J. (2013). Interspecies Communication among Commensal and Pathogenic Streptococci. MBio 4(4). (* authorship equally shared)
   
2. LaSarre, B. and Federle, M. J. (2013). Exploiting quorum sensing to confuse bacterial pathogens. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 77(1): 73-111.
   
3. LaSarre, B., Aggarwal, C. and Federle, M. J. (2013). Antagonistic Rgg regulators mediate quorum sensing via competitive DNA binding in Streptococcus pyogenes. MBio 3(6): e00333-12.
   
4. Chang, J. C., LaSarre, B., Jimenez, J. C., Aggarwal, C. and Federle, M. J. (2011). Two group A streptococcal peptide pheromones act through opposing Rgg regulators to control biofilm development. PLoS Pathog 7(8): e1002190.
   
5. LaSarre, B. and Federle, M. J. (2011). Regulation and consequence of serine catabolism in Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol 193(8): 2002-2012.