Publications
94 publications
2026
- Investigating Azithromycin Activity Against ESBL-Producing Escherichia coli Under Physiologically Relevant Conditions
Jung, Dahesh, Bjånes, Monk, Chavarria, Correa, Hoffman, Gage, Nizet, Kumaraswamy
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Structure of the Enterobacter pan-genome is revealed using machine learning
Burrows, Li, Monk, Chauhan, Palsson
Microbiology Spectrum
2025
- A metabolic atlas of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex reveals lineage-specific metabolism and capacity for intra-species co-operation
Vezina, Cooper, Barlow, Rethoret-Pasty, Brisse, Monk, Holt, Wyres
PLOS Biology
- Colistin exerts potent activity against mcr+ Enterobacteriaceae via synergistic interactions with the host defense
Kumaraswamy, Riestra, Flores, Dahesh, Askarian, Uchiyama, Monk, Jung, Bondsäter, Nilsson, Chang, Bulitta, Lang, Kousha, Bjånes, Chavarria, Clark, Seo, Sakoulas, Nizet
Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Decomposition of the pangenome matrix reveals a structure in gene distribution in the Escherichia coli species
Chauhan, Ardalani, Hyun, Monk, Phaneuf, Palsson
mSphere
- Interpreting roles of mutations associated with the emergence of S. aureus USA300 strains using transcriptional regulatory network reconstruction
Poudel, Hyun, Hefner, Monk, Nizet, Palsson
eLife
- Multi-strain Analysis of Pseudomonas putida Reveals the Metabolic and Genetic Diversity of the Species
Mueller, Krishnan, Wei, Hefner, Monk, Verkler, Tibocha-Bonilla, Ayala, Palsson, Feist, Niu
- PMkbase (version 1.0): an interactive web-based tool for tracking bacterial metabolic traits using phenotype microarrays made interoperable with sequence information and visualizing/processing PM data
Krishnan, Hefner, Szubin, Monk, Pride, Palsson
Microbiology Spectrum
- Rare metabolic gene essentiality is a determinant of microniche adaptation in Eschherichia coli
Ardalani, Phaneuf, Krishnan, Chauhan, Pride, Zielinski, Monk, Nielsen, Palsson
PLOS Pathogens
2024
- A validated pangenome-scale metabolic model for the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex
Cooper, Vezina, Hawkey, Passet, López-Fernández, Monk, Brisse, Holt, Wyres
Microbial Genomics
- CyuR is a dual regulator for L-cysteine dependent antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli
Rodionova, Lim, Gao, Rodionov, Hutchison, Szubin, Dalldorf, Monk, Palsson
Communications Biology
2023
- Bactabolize: A tool for high-throughput generation of bacterial strain-specific metabolic models
Vezina, Watts, Hawkey, Cooper, Judd, Jenney, Monk, Holt, Wyres
- Comprehensive whole genome sequencing with hybrid assembly of multi-drug resistant Candida albicans isolate causing cerebral abscess
Kumaraswamy, Coady, Szubin, Martin, Palsson, Nizet, Monk
Current Research in Microbial Sciences
- Global pathogenomic analysis identifies known and novel genetic antimicrobial resistance determinants in twelve species
Hyun, Monk, Szubin, Hefner, Palsson
- Historical biomonitoring of pollution trends in the North Pacific using archived samples from the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey
Li, Naviaux, Lingampelly, Wang, Monk, Taylor, Ostle, Batten, Naviaux
Science of The Total Environment
- Metabolic features of treatment-refractory major depressive disorder with suicidal ideation
Pan, Naviaux, Wang, Li, Monk, Lingampelly, Segreti, Bloom, Vockley, Tarnopolsky, Finegold, Peters, Naviaux
Translational Psychiatry
- Metabolomic and exposomic biomarkers of risk of future neurodevelopmental delay in human milk
Li, Bertrand, Naviaux, Monk, Wells, Wang, Lingampelly, Naviaux, Chambers
Pediatric Research
- Rev1 deficiency induces a metabolic shift in MEFs that can be manipulated by the NAD+ precursor nicotinamide riboside
Anugula, Li, Li, Hendriksen, Christensen, Wang, Monk, de Wind, Bohr, Desler, Naviaux, Rasmussen
Heliyon
- Whole-genome sequences from wild-type and laboratory-evolved strains define the alleleome and establish its hallmarks
Catoiu, Phaneuf, Monk, Palsson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022
- A curated collection of Klebsiella metabolic models reveals variable substrate usage and gene essentiality
Hawkey, Vezina, Monk, Judd, Harshegyi, López-Fernández, Rodrigues, Brisse, Holt, Wyres
Genome Research
- Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma metabolomics of acute endurance exercise
Li, Schön, Naviaux, Monk, Alchus‐Laiferová, Wang, Straka, Matejička, Valkovič, Ukropec, Tarnopolsky, Naviaux, Ukropcová
The FASEB Journal
- Comparative pangenomics: analysis of 12 microbial pathogen pangenomes reveals conserved global structures of genetic and functional diversity
Hyun, Monk, Palsson
BMC Genomics
- Estimated Roles of the Carrier and the Bacterial Strain When Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization Fails: a Case-Control Study
Holm, Jørgensen, Bagge, Worning, Pedersen, Westh, Monk, Bartels
Microbiology Spectrum
- Experimental Evolution Reveals Unifying Systems-Level Adaptations but Diversity in Driving Genotypes
Kavvas, Long, Sastry, Poudel, Antoniewicz, Ding, Mohamed, Szubin, Monk, Feist, Palsson
mSystems
- Genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions of diverse Escherichia strains reveal strain-specific adaptations
Monk
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
- High-quality genome-scale metabolic network reconstruction of probiotic bacterium Escherichia coli Nissle 1917
van ‘t Hof, Mohite, Monk, Weber, Palsson, Sommer
BMC Bioinformatics
- Mathematical models to study the biology of pathogens and the infectious diseases they cause
Xavier, Monk, Poudel, Norsigian, Sastry, Liao, Bento, Suchard, Arrieta-Ortiz, Peterson, Baliga, Stoeger, Ruffin, Richardson, Gao, Horvath, Haag, Wu, Savidge, Yeaman
iScience
- Pangenome analysis of Enterobacteria reveals richness of secondary metabolite gene clusters and their associated gene sets
Mohite, Lloyd, Monk, Weber, Palsson
Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology
- Systems biology approach to functionally assess the Clostridioides difficile pangenome reveals genetic diversity with discriminatory power
Norsigian, Danhof, Brand, Midani, Broddrick, Savidge, Britton, Palsson, Spinler, Monk
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Transmission of Klebsiella strains and plasmids within and between grey‐headed flying fox colonies
Vezina, Judd, McDougall, Boardman, Power, Hawkey, Brisse, Monk, Holt, Wyres
Environmental Microbiology
2021
- A Systems Approach Discovers the Role and Characteristics of Seven LysR Type Transcription Factors in Escherichia Coli
Rodionova, Palsson, Gao, Wong, Szubin, Lim, Rodionov, Zhang, Saier
- Experimentally Validated Reconstruction and Analysis of a Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of an Anaerobic Neocallimastigomycota Fungus
Wilken, Monk, Leggieri, Lawson, Lankiewicz, Seppälä, Daum, Jenkins, Lipzen, Mondo, Barry, Grigoriev, Henske, Theodorou, Palsson, Petzold, O’Malley
mSystems
- Genome‐scale metabolic modeling reveals key features of a minimal gene set
Lachance, Matteau, Brodeur, Lloyd, Mih, King, Knight, Feist, Monk, Palsson, Jacques, Rodrigue
Molecular Systems Biology
- Identifying the effect of vancomycin on health care–associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains using bacteriological and physiological media
Rajput, Poudel, Tsunemoto, Meehan, Szubin, Olson, Seif, Lamsa, Dillon, Vrbanac, Sugie, Dahesh, Monk, Dorrestein, Knight, Pogliano, Nizet, Feist, Palsson
GigaScience
- Metabolic and behavioral features of acute hyperpurinergia and the maternal immune activation mouse model of autism spectrum disorder
Zolkipli-Cunningham, Naviaux, Nakayama, Hirsch, Monk, Li, Wang, Le, Meinardi, Blake, Naviaux
PLOS ONE
- Metabolic features of recurrent major depressive disorder in remission, and the risk of future recurrence
Mocking, Naviaux, Li, Wang, Monk, Bright, Figueroa, Schene, Ruhé, Assies, Naviaux
Translational Psychiatry
- Rapid resistance development to three antistaphylococcal therapies in antibiotic-tolerant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
Miller, Monk, Szubin, Berti
PLOS ONE
2020
- A biochemically-interpretable machine learning classifier for microbial GWAS
Kavvas, Yang, Monk, Heckmann, Palsson
Nature Communications
- A workflow for generating multi-strain genome-scale metabolic models of prokaryotes
Norsigian, Fang, Seif, Monk, Palsson
Nature Protocols
- Adaptations of Escherichia coli strains to oxidative stress are reflected in properties of their structural proteomes
Mih, Monk, Fang, Catoiu, Heckmann, Yang, Palsson
BMC Bioinformatics
- Computation of condition-dependent proteome allocation reveals variability in the macro and micro nutrient requirements for growth
Lloyd, Monk, Yang, Ebrahim, Palsson
- Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis: An Approach to Elucidate Pathogenicity at the Metabolic Level
Botero, Monk, Rodríguez Cubillos, Rodríguez Cubillos, Restrepo, Bernal-Galeano, Reyes, González Barrios, Palsson, Restrepo, Bernal
Frontiers in Genetics
- High-Quality Genome-Scale Models From Error-Prone, Long-Read Assemblies
Broddrick, Szubin, Norsigian, Monk, Palsson, Parenteau
Frontiers in Microbiology
- High‐quality genome‐scale metabolic modelling of Pseudomonas putida highlights its broad metabolic capabilities
Nogales, Mueller, Gudmundsson, Canalejo, Duque, Monk, Feist, Ramos, Niu, Palsson
Environmental Microbiology
- Impact of insertion sequences on convergent evolution of Shigella species
Hawkey, Monk, Billman-Jacobe, Palsson, Holt
PLOS Genetics
- Improved Dried Blood Spot-Based Metabolomics: A Targeted, Broad-Spectrum, Single-Injection Method
Li, Naviaux, Monk, Wang, Naviaux
Metabolites
- MEMOTE for standardized genome-scale metabolic model testing
Lieven, Beber, Olivier, Bergmann, Ataman, Babaei, Bartell, Blank, Chauhan, Correia, Diener, Dräger, Ebert, Edirisinghe, Faria, Feist, Fengos, Fleming, García-Jiménez, Hatzimanikatis, van Helvoirt, Henry, Hermjakob, Herrgård, Kaafarani, Kim, King, Klamt, Klipp, Koehorst, König, Lakshmanan, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lewis, Liu, Ma, Machado, Mahadevan, Maia, Mardinoglu, Medlock, Monk, Nielsen, Nielsen, Nogales, Nookaew, Palsson, Papin, Patil, Poolman, Price, Resendis-Antonio, Richelle, Rocha, Sánchez, Schaap, Malik Sheriff, Shoaie, Sonnenschein, Teusink, Vilaça, Vik, Wodke, Xavier, Yuan, Zakhartsev, Zhang
Nature Biotechnology
- Machine learning with random subspace ensembles identifies antimicrobial resistance determinants from pan-genomes of three pathogens
Hyun, Kavvas, Monk, Palsson
PLOS Computational Biology
- Machine learning with random subspace ensembles identifies antimicrobial resistance determinants from pan-genomes of three pathogens
Hyun, Kavvas, Monk, Palsson
PLOS Computational Biology
- Metabolic and Behavioral Features of Acute Hyperpurinergia and the Connection to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Zolkipli-Cunningham, Naviaux, Nakayama, Hirsch, Monk, Li, Wang, Le, Meinardi, Blake, Naviaux
- Pangenome analytics reveal two-component systems as conserved targets in ESKAPEE pathogens
Rajput, Seif, Choudhary, Dalldorf, Poudel, Monk, Palsson
- Reconstruction and Validation of a Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of Streptococcus oralis (iCJ415), a Human Commensal and Opportunistic Pathogen
Jensen, Norsigian, Fang, Nielsen, Christensen, Palsson, Monk
Frontiers in Genetics
- Systems biology analysis of the Clostridioides difficile core-genome contextualizes microenvironmental evolutionary pressures leading to genotypic and phenotypic divergence
Norsigian, Danhof, Brand, Oezguen, Midani, Palsson, Savidge, Britton, Spinler, Monk
npj Systems Biology and Applications
2019
- 596. Distinct, Segregated Daptomycin-Susceptible and Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus Populations Associated with Tricuspid-Valve Infective Endocarditis
Miller, Dey, Smolenski, Kulkarni, Sakoulas, Monk, Szubin, David. Berti
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- A computational knowledge-base elucidates the response of Staphylococcus aureus to different media types
Seif, Monk, Mih, Tsunemoto, Poudel, Zuniga, Broddrick, Zengler, Palsson
PLOS Computational Biology
- BOFdat: Generating biomass objective functions for genome-scale metabolic models from experimental data
Lachance, Lloyd, Monk, Yang, Sastry, Seif, Palsson, Rodrigue, Feist, King, Jacques
PLOS Computational Biology
- Cellular responses to reactive oxygen species are predicted from molecular mechanisms
Yang, Mih, Anand, Park, Tan, Yurkovich, Monk, Lloyd, Sandberg, Seo, Kim, Sastry, Phaneuf, Gao, Broddrick, Chen, Heckmann, Szubin, Hefner, Feist, Palsson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Characterization of CA-MRSA TCH1516 exposed to nafcillin in bacteriological and physiological media
Poudel, Tsunemoto, Meehan, Szubin, Olson, Lamsa, Seif, Dillon, Vrbanac, Sugie, Dahesh, Monk, Dorrestein, Pogliano, Knight, Nizet, Palsson, Feist
Scientific Data
- Comparative Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling of Metallo-Beta-Lactamase–Producing Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates
Norsigian, Attia, Szubin, Yassin, Palsson, Aziz, Monk
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
- Metabolic features of Gulf War illness
Naviaux, Naviaux, Li, Wang, Monk, Bright, Koslik, Ritchie, Golomb
PLOS ONE
- Profiling the effect of nafcillin on HA-MRSA D712 using bacteriological and physiological media
Rajput, Poudel, Tsunemoto, Meehan, Szubin, Olson, Lamsa, Seif, Dillon, Vrbanac, Sugie, Dahesh, Monk, Dorrestein, Knight, Nizet, Palsson, Feist, Pogliano
Scientific Data
- Reduced Production of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles Predicts Mortality in ST45/USA600 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Dey, Gudipati, Giuliano, Zervos, Monk, Szubin, Jorgensen, Sakoulas, Berti
Antibiotics
- SMAD3 directly regulates cell cycle genes to maintain arrest in granulosa cells of mouse primordial follicles
Granados-Aparici, Hardy, Franks, Sharum, Waite, Fenwick
Scientific reports
- Strain-Specific Metabolic Requirements Revealed by a Defined Minimal Medium for Systems Analyses of Staphylococcus aureus
Machado, Weng, Dillon, Seif, Holland, Pekar, Monk, Nizet, Palsson, Feist
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Systems Biology and Pangenome of Salmonella O-Antigens
Seif, Monk, Machado, Kavvas, Palsson
mBio
- Systems-level analysis of NalD mutation, a recurrent driver of rapid drug resistance in acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Yan, Estanbouli, Liao, Kim, Monk, Rahman, Kamboj, Palsson, Qiu, Xavier
PLOS Computational Biology
- Using Machine Learning To Predict Antimicrobial MICs and Associated Genomic Features for Nontyphoidal Salmonella
Nguyen, Long, McDermott, Olsen, Olson, Stevens, Tyson, Zhao, Davis
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2018
- Escherichia coli B2 strains prevalent in inflammatory bowel disease patients have distinct metabolic capabilities that enable colonization of intestinal mucosa
Fang, Monk, Mih, Du, Sastry, Kavvas, Seif, Smarr, Palsson
BMC Systems Biology
- Gapless, Unambiguous Genome Sequence for Escherichia coli C, a Workhorse of Industrial Biology
Pekar, Phaneuf, Szubin, Palsson, Feist, Monk
Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Genome-scale metabolic reconstructions of multiple Salmonella strains reveal serovar-specific metabolic traits
Seif, Kavvas, Lachance, Yurkovich, Nuccio, Fang, Catoiu, Raffatellu, Palsson, Monk
Nature Communications
- Machine learning and structural analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pan-genome identifies genetic signatures of antibiotic resistance
Kavvas, Catoiu, Mih, Yurkovich, Seif, Dillon, Heckmann, Anand, Yang, Nizet, Monk, Palsson
Nature Communications
- Metagenomics-Based, Strain-Level Analysis of Escherichia coli From a Time-Series of Microbiome Samples From a Crohn's Disease Patient
Fang, Monk, Nurk, Akseshina, Zhu, Gemmell, Gianetto-Hill, Leung, Szubin, Sanders, Beck, Li, Sandborn, Gray-Owen, Knight, Allen-Vercoe, Palsson, Smarr
Frontiers in Microbiology
- The Staphylococcus aureus Two-Component System AgrAC Displays Four Distinct Genomic Arrangements That Delineate Genomic Virulence Factor Signatures
Choudhary, Mih, Monk, Kavvas, Yurkovich, Sakoulas, Palsson
Frontiers in Microbiology
- Thermodynamic favorability and pathway yield as evolutionary tradeoffs in biosynthetic pathway choice
Du, Zielinski, Monk, Palsson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Updated and standardized genome-scale reconstruction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, iEK1011, simulates flux states indicative of physiological conditions
Kavvas, Seif, Yurkovich, Norsigian, Poudel, Greenwald, Ghatak, Palsson, Monk
BMC Systems Biology
- iCN718, an Updated and Improved Genome-Scale Metabolic Network Reconstruction of Acinetobacter baumannii AYE
Norsigian, Kavvas, Seif, Palsson, Monk
Frontiers in Genetics
2017
- Machine learning in computational biology to accelerate high-throughput protein expression
Sastry, Monk, Tegel, Uhlen, Palsson, Rockberg, Brunk
Bioinformatics
- The aldehyde dehydrogenase, AldA, is essential for L-1,2-propanediol utilization in laboratory-evolved Escherichia coli
Aziz, Monk, Andrews, Nhan, Khaw, Wong, Palsson, Charusanti
Microbiological Research
- iML1515, a knowledgebase that computes Escherichia coli traits
Monk, Lloyd, Brunk, Mih, Sastry, King, Takeuchi, Nomura, Zhang, Mori, Feist, Palsson
Nature Biotechnology
- ssbio: A Python Framework for Structural Systems Biology
Mih, Brunk, Chen, Catoiu, Sastry, Kavvas, Monk, Zhang, Palsson
2016
- Characterizing Strain Variation in Engineered E. coli Using a Multi-Omics-Based Workflow
Brunk, George, Alonso-Gutierrez, Thompson, Baidoo, Wang, Petzold, McCloskey, Monk, Yang, O’Brien, Batth, Martin, Feist, Adams, Keasling, Palsson, Lee
Cell Systems
- Comparative genome-scale modelling of Staphylococcus aureus strains identifies strain-specific metabolic capabilities linked to pathogenicity
Bosi, Monk, Aziz, Fondi, Nizet, Palsson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Multi-omics Quantification of Species Variation of Escherichia coli Links Molecular Features with Strain Phenotypes
Monk, Koza, Campodonico, Machado, Seoane, Palsson, Herrgård, Feist
Cell Systems
- Systems biology of the structural proteome
Brunk, Mih, Monk, Zhang, O’Brien, Bliven, Chen, Chang, Bourne, Palsson
BMC Systems Biology
- What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira
Fouts, Matthias, Adhikarla, Adler, Amorim-Santos, Berg, Bulach, Buschiazzo, Chang, Galloway, Haake, Haft, Hartskeerl, Ko, Levett, Matsunaga, Mechaly, Monk, Nascimento, Nelson, Palsson, Peacock, Picardeau, Ricaldi, Thaipandungpanit, Wunder, Yang, Zhang, Vinetz
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2015
- Model-driven discovery of synergistic inhibitors against E. coli and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium targeting a novel synthetic lethal pair, aldA and prpC
Aziz, Khaw, Monk, Brunk, Lewis, Loh, Mishra, Nagle, Satyanarayana, Dhakshinamoorthy, Luche, Kitchen, Andrews, Palsson, Charusanti
Frontiers in Microbiology
- Model-driven discovery of underground metabolic functions in Escherichia coli
Guzmán, Utrilla, Nurk, Brunk, Monk, Ebrahim, Palsson, Feist
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Systems biology definition of the core proteome of metabolism and expression is consistent with high-throughput data
Yang, Tan, O’Brien, Monk, Kim, Li, Charusanti, Ebrahim, Lloyd, Yurkovich, Du, Dräger, Thomas, Sun, Saunders, Palsson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Using Genome-scale Models to Predict Biological Capabilities
O’Brien, Monk, Palsson
Cell
2014
- Constraint-based models predict metabolic and associated cellular functions
Bordbar, Monk, King, Palsson
Nature Reviews Genetics
- Optimizing genome-scale network reconstructions
Monk, Nogales, Palsson
Nature Biotechnology
- Predicting microbial growth
Monk, Palsson
Science
2013
- Genome-scale metabolic reconstructions of multiple Escherichia coli strains highlight strain-specific adaptations to nutritional environments
Monk, Charusanti, Aziz, Lerman, Premyodhin, Orth, Feist, Palsson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2011
- Wdr5 Mediates Self-Renewal and Reprogramming via the Embryonic Stem Cell Core Transcriptional Network
Ang, Tsai, Lee, Monk, Su, Ratnakumar, Ding, Ge, Darr, Chang, Wang, Rendl, Bernstein, Schaniel, Lemischka
Cell