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University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

2021-01-10 to present | Research Assistant Scientist (Oral Biology)
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Alejandro R. Walker

University of Florida: Gainesville, Fl, US

2018-05-14 to 2021-01-10 | Postdoctoral Associate (Oral Biology)
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Alejandro R. Walker

University of Florida: Gainesville, Fl, US

2016-11-15 to 2018-05-14 | Postdoctoral Associate (Biostatistics)
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Alejandro R. Walker

West Virginia University: Morgantown, Wv, US

2014-11 to 2016-06 | Postdoctoral Fellow - Bioinformatics (Biology)
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Alejandro R. Walker

University of Florida: Gainesville, Fl, US

2009-01 to 2014-10 | Graduate Research Assistant (Forest Resources and Conservation)
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University of Florida: Gainesville, FL, US

2009-01 to 2014-08 | Doctor of Philosophy (Forest Resources and Conservation)
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Works (21)

Glycerol metabolism contributes to competition by oral streptococci through production of hydrogen peroxide

Journal of Bacteriology
2024-09-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jb.00227-24
Contributors: Zachary A. Taylor; Ping Chen; Payam Noeparvar; Danniel N. Pham; Alejandro R. Walker; Todd Kitten; Lin Zeng; Michael J. Federle
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Glycerol Metabolism Contributes to Competition by Oral Streptococci through Production of Hydrogen Peroxide

2024-06-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.28.598274
Contributors: Zachary A. Taylor; Ping Chen; Payam Noeparvar; Danniel N. Pham; Alejandro R. Walker; Todd Kitten; Lin Zeng
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Posteruptive Loss of Enamel Proteins Concurs with Gain in Enamel Hardness

2024-05-28 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.23.595034
Contributors: Hakan Karaaslan; Alejandro R. Walker; Ana Gil-Bona; Baptiste Depalle; Felicitas B. Bidlack
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Glucose Phosphotransferase System Modulates Pyruvate Metabolism, Bacterial Fitness, and Microbial Ecology in Oral Streptococci

Journal of Bacteriology
2023-01-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/jb.00352-22
Contributors: Lin Zeng; Alejandro R. Walker; Robert A. Burne; Zachary A. Taylor; Michael J. Federle
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The Effect of Amino Sugars on the Composition and Metabolism of a Microcosm Biofilm and the Cariogenic Potential against Teeth and Dental Materials

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
2022-11-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/jfb13040223
Contributors: Lin Zeng; Alejandro Riveros Walker; Patricia dos Santos Calderon; Xinyi Xia; Fan Ren; Josephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw
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Glucose PTS Modulates Pyruvate Metabolism, Bacterial Fitness, and Microbial Ecology in Oral Streptococci

2022-09-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.21.508965
Contributors: Lin Zeng; Alejandro R. Walker; Robert A. Burne; Zachary A. Taylor
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Activation of TnSmu1, an integrative and conjugative element, by an ImmR-like transcriptional regulator in Streptococcus mutans

2022-05-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.11.491493
Contributors: Shawn King; Allison Quick; Kalee King; Alejandro R. Walker; Robert C. Shields
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Characterization of a Bacterial Kinase That Phosphorylates Dihydrosphingosine to Form dhS1P

Microbiology Spectrum
2022-04-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00002-22
Contributors: Dev K. Ranjit; Zachary D. Moye; Fernanda G. Rocha; Gregory Ottenberg; Frank C. Nichols; Hey-Min Kim; Alejandro R. Walker; Frank C. Gibson, III; Mary E. Davey; Justin R. Kaspar
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Investigating CRISPR spacer targets and their impact on genomic diversification of Streptococcus mutans

2022-04-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.14.488371
Contributors: Alejandro R. Walker; Robert C. Shields
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Spontaneous Mutants of Streptococcus sanguinis with Defects in the Glucose-Phosphotransferase System Show Enhanced Post-Exponential-Phase Fitness

Journal of Bacteriology
2021-10-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00375-21
Contributors: Lin Zeng; Alejandro R. Walker; Kyulim Lee; Zachary A. Taylor; Robert A. Burne; Michael J. Federle
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Direct interactions with commensal streptococci modify intercellular communication behaviors of Streptococcus mutans

The ISME Journal
2021-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00789-7
Contributors: Justin R Kaspar; Kyulim Lee; Brook Richard; Alejandro R Walker; Robert A Burne
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Repurposing the Streptococcus mutans CRISPR-Cas9 System to Understand Essential Gene Function.

PLoS pathogens
2020-03-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008344
PMID: 32150575
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Alejandro R. Walker
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Novel Probiotic Mechanisms of the Oral Bacterium Streptococcus sp. A12 as Explored with Functional Genomics.

Applied and environmental microbiology
2019-10-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/aem.01335-19
PMID: 31420345
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Alejandro R. Walker

Identification of city specific important bacterial signature for the MetaSUB CAMDA challenge microbiome data.

Biology direct
2019-07-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13062-019-0243-z
PMID: 31340852
PMC: PMC6657067
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Alejandro R. Walker

Membrane proteomic analysis reveals overlapping and independent functions of Streptococcus mutans Ffh, YidC1, and YidC2.

Molecular oral microbiology
2019-06-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/omi.12261
PMID: 31034136
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Alejandro R. Walker

Expanding the Vocabulary of Peptide Signals in Streptococcus mutans.

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
2019-06-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00194
PMID: 31245303
PMC: PMC6563777
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Alejandro R. Walker

Predicting survival times for neuroblastoma patients using RNA-seq expression profiles.

Biology direct
2018-05-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13062-018-0213-x
PMID: 29848365
PMC: PMC5977759
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Alejandro R. Walker

Unraveling bacterial fingerprints of city subways from microbiome 16S gene profiles.

Biology direct
2018-05-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13062-018-0215-8
PMID: 29789016
PMC: PMC5964687
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Alejandro R. Walker

Enhanced Single Seed Trait Predictions in Soybean (Glycine max) and Robust Calibration Model Transfer with Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy.

Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
2016-01-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05508
PMID: 26771201
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Alejandro R. Walker

Discovering candidate genes that regulate resin canal number in Pinus taeda stems by integrating genetic analysis across environments, ages, and populations.

The New phytologist
2014-09-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13074
PMID: 25266813
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Alejandro R. Walker

Association genetics of oleoresin flow in loblolly pine: discovering genes and predicting phenotype for improved resistance to bark beetles and bioenergy potential.

The New phytologist
2013-03-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12240
PMID: 23534834
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Alejandro R. Walker

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