Aimee Potter, Ph.D.
Jim Casset Lab
What does Staphylococcus aureus eat during bone infections?
Recent Papers: Wilde AD, Snyder DJ, Putnam NE, Valentino MD, Hammer ND, Lonergan ZR, et al. (2015). Bacterial Hypoxic Responses Revealed as Critical Determinants of the Host-Pathogen Outcome by TnSeq Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Invasive Infection. PLoS Pathogens, 11(12), 1-24. PMCID: PMC4684308 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26684646 Potter, A.D., Butrico, C.E., Ford, C.A., Curry, J.M, Trenary, I.A, Tummarakota, S.S, Hendrix, A.S., Young, J.D, Cassat, J. E. Host nutrient milieu drives an essential role for aspartate biosynthesis during invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection. Editorially accepted PNAS. [MS# 2019-22211R]. PMCID in process.
How Vanderbilt made an impact: Vanderbilt is a very special institution with an amazing community of researchers across multiple disciplines. I wouldn’t have been able to complete my research without the support and dedication of the Microbiology and Immunology Department, the Bone Biology Center, and collaborators in the Biomedical Engineering department!
Next plans: I am now a postdoctoral fellow at UVA in the lab of Dr. Alison Criss studying metabolic pathway utilization in Neisseria gonorrhoeae