Amelia Stephens, PhD
Why did you choose the University of Pittsburgh?
I choose UPitt for the engaging scientific community and the thriving city that is Pittsburgh!
Education & Training
- PhD in Microbiology & Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2022
- BS in Biological Sciences - Microbiology, University of Maryland, 2017
Research Interests
Bacterial genetics; bacterial pathogenesis; bacterial metabolism; bacterial signal transdution
Publications
Scribner, M. R., Stephens, A. C., Huong, J. L., Richardson, A. R., & Cooper, V. S. (2022). The nutritional environment is sufficient to select coexisting biofilm and quorum-sensing mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, JB-00444.
Dmitriev, A., Chen, X., Paluscio, E., Stephens, A. C., Banerjee, S. K., Vitko, N. P., & Richardson, A. R. (2021). The Intersection of the Staphylococcus aureus Rex and SrrAB Regulons: an Example of Metabolic Evolution That Maximizes Resistance to Immune Radicals. MBio, 12(6), e02188-21.
Thurlow, L. R., Stephens, A. C., Hurley, K. E., & Richardson, A. R. (2020). Lack of nutritional immunity in diabetic skin infections promotes Staphylococcus aureus virulence. Science Advances, 6(46), eabc5569.