Expertise

The Gerdt laboratory studies the molecules that drive interkingdom symbioses.

Research

  • Interspecies cooperation and competition between bacteria and fungi
  • Interspecies signaling between schistosomes, snails, and Capsaspora owczarzaki
  • Influences of microbial natural products on bacteriophage infectivity

Subject areas:

  • Analytical
  • Bio-Organic Chemistry
  • Organic
  • Analysis
  • Life
Communities
Chemistry
Degrees
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry, 2014
BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemistry, 2008
Keywords
antimicrobial agents natural products bacteriology biochemistry & molecular biology microbial ecology mycology virology animal development biofilms drug resistance systems biology chemical sciences organic chemistry mass spectrometry chemical analysis use: analytical chemistry liquid chromatography nuclear magnetic resonance terrestrial ecology chemical ecology natural products isolation chemical biology bacteriophage protist protozoa tropical diseases