Pre-prints
2. Barber F, Yuan Z, Akbary Z, Biboy J, Vollmer W, Rojas ER. Wall teichoic acids regulate peptidoglycan synthesis by paving cell wall microstructure (2024) bioRxiv: 2024.09.02.610702.
1. Bardetti P, Barber F, Rojas ER. Non-linear stress-softening of the bacterial cell wall confers cell shape homeostasis (2024) bioRxiv: 2024.09.03.611099.
Peer-reviewed articles
23. Fitzmaurice DR, Amador A, Starr T, Hocky GM, Rojas ER. ฮฒ-barrel proteins dictate the effect of core oligosaccharide composition on outer membrane mechanics (2025) Biophysical Journal. 124:1-13.
22. Benn G,…,Starr T, Fitzmaurce D, Combs AN, Wuhr M, Rojas ER, Khalid S, Hoogenboom BW, Silhavy TJ. OmpA controls order in the outer membrane and shares the mechanical load (2024) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(50):e2416426121.
21. Ohairwe ME, Zivanovic BE, Rojas ER. A fitness landscape instability governs the morphological diversity of tip-growing cells (2024) Cell Reports. 113961.
Press: NYU
20. Mason G, Footer MJ, Rojas ER. Mechanosensation induces persistent bacterial growth during bacteriophage predation (2023) Mbio. 14(6):e02766-22.
19. Kado T, Akbary Z, Motooka D, Sparks IL, Melzer ES, Nakamura S, Rojas ER, Morita YS, Siegrist MS. A cell wall synthase accelerates plasma membrane partitioning in mycobacteria (2023) Elife. 12:e81924.
18. Williams MC, Reker AE, Margolis SR, Liao J, Wiedmann M, Rojas ER, Meeske AJ (2023) Restriction endonuclease cleavage of phage DNA enables resuscitation from Cas13-induced bacterial dormancy. Nature Microbiology 1-10.
17. al-Mosleh S, Gopinathan A, Santangelo C, Huang KC, Rojas ER (2022) Feedback linking cell envelope stiffness, curvature, and synthesis enables robust rod-shaped bacterial growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(41):e2200728119.
16. Gomez D, Penฬa Ccoa WJ, Singh Y, Rojas ER, Hocky GM (2021) Molecular Paradigms for Biological Mechanosensing. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 125(44):12115-12124.
15. Cesar S, Anjur-Dietrich M, Yu B, Li E, Rojas ER, Neff N, Cooper TF, Huang KC (2020) Bacterial Evolution in High-Osmolarity Environments. mBio.
11(4):e01191-20.
14. Rojas ER (2020) The mechanical properties of bacteria and why they matter. In: Physical Microbiology, Springer. 1-14.
13. Knapp BD, Odermatt P, Rojas ER, Cheng W, He X, Huang KC, Chang F (2019) Decoupling of rates of protein synthesis from cell expansion leads to supergrowth. Cell Systems. 9(5):434-445.
12. Oudah Y, Rojas ER, Riordan DP, Capostagno S, Kuo CS, Krasnow MA (2019) A subpopulation of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells are reserve stem cells regulated by the tumor suppressors Rb, p53, and Notch. Cell. 179(2): 403โ416.
11. Masuda I, Matsubara R, Christian T, Rojas ER, Yadavalli SS, Zhang L, Goulian M, Foster LF, Huang KC, Hou Y-M (2019) TrmD-Mediated tRNA Methylation Controls Bacterial Multi-Drug Resistance. Cell Systems. 8(4):302:314.
10. Rojas ER, et al (2018) The Outer Membrane is an Essential Mechanical Element in Gram-negative Bacteria. Nature. 559:617โ621
Press: Current Biology, Small Things Considered, Stanford Gazette, Nature Microbiology Community, Allen Institute
9. Rojas ER, Huang KC (2018) Regulation of Microbial Growth by Turgor Pressure. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 42:62-70
8. Rojas ER, Huang KC, Theriot JA (2017) Homeostatic Cell Growth Is Accomplished Mechanically through Membrane Tension Inhibition of Cell-Wall Synthesis. Cell Systems. 5:578-590
7. Zhou X*, Halladin DK*, Rojas ER*, et al (2015) Mechanical crack propagation drives millisecond daughter cell separation in Staphylococcus aureus. Science. 348(6234):574-578
Press: Physics Today
6. Rojas ER, Theriot JA, Huang KC (2014) Response of Escherichia coli growth rate to osmotic shock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 111(21): 7807-7812
Press: Stanford Gazette
5. Misra G, Rojas ER, Gopinathan A, Huang KC (2013) Mechanical consequences of cell-wall turnover in the elongation of Gram-positive bacterium. Biophysical Journal. 104(11): 2342-2352
Press: Biophysical Journal
4. Campas O*, Rojas ER*, Dumais J, Mahadevan L (2011) Strategies for cell shape control in tip-growing cells. American Journal of Botany. 99(9):1577-1582
3. Rojas ER, Hotton S, Dumais J (2011) Chemically mediated mechanical expansion of the pollen tube cell wall. Biophysical Journal. 101(8):1844-1853
2. Bernal R, Rojas ER, Dumais J (2007) The mechanics of tip growth morphogenesis: what we have learned from rubber balloons. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures 2: 1157-1168
1. Islam MF, Rojas ER, Bergey DM, Johnson AT, Yodh AG (2003) High weight fraction surfactant solubilization of single-wall carbon nanotubes. Nano Letters. 3: 269-273
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