David Hendrixson, PhD

Associate Professor
Microbiology
Graduate Program: Molecular Microbiology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-633-1385
Office Fax: 214-648-5905

david.hendrixson@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

My research program is involved in analyzing genetics of bacteria and requirements of bacteria to interact with appropriate hosts.  The primary research interests of the laboratory are focused towards Campylobacter jejuni, a leading cause of diarrheal disease throughout the world, and Helicobacter pylori, a primary cause of gastritis, gastric ulcers, and gastric cancer.  My laboratory identifies factors required by these bacteria for infection of hosts and analyzes the regulated expression of these factors.  Further detalis regarding my research program can be found at:  http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/hendrixsonlab/Hendrixson_Lab/Hendrixson_Lab_Home.html.

Education

Graduate SchoolWashington University School Ofmedicine,St Louis, Biology (1999)
UndergraduateUniversity of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Microbiology (1994)

Research Interests

Bacterial Genetics
Bacterial Pathogenesis
Bacterial-Host Interactions
Campylobacter jejuni
Helicobacter pylori

Publications

Featured
A specificity determinant for phosphorylation in a response regulator prevents in vivo cross-talk and modification by acetyl phosphate.

Boll JM, Hendrixson DR, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011 Nov;

Featured
Analysis of the LIV system of Campylobacter jejuni reveals alternative roles for LivJ and LivK in commensalism beyond branched-chain amino acid transport.

Ribardo DA, Hendrixson DR, Journal of bacteriology, 2011 Nov; 193 (22):6233-43

Featured
Polar Flagellar Biosynthesis and a Regulator of Flagellar Number Influence Spatial Parameters of Cell Division in Campylobacter jejuni.

Balaban M, Hendrixson DR, PLoS pathogens, 2011 Dec; 7 (12):e1002420

Featured
Structural diversity of bacterial flagellar motors.

Chen S, Beeby M, Murphy GE, Leadbetter JR, Hendrixson DR, Briegel A, Li Z, Shi J, Tocheva EI, Müller A, Dobro MJ, Jensen GJ, The EMBO journal, 2011 ; 30 (14):2972-81

Featured
Structural diversity of bacterial flagellar motors.

Chen S, Beeby M, Murphy GE, Leadbetter JR, Hendrixson DR, Briegel A, Li Z, Shi J, Tocheva EI, Müller A, Dobro MJ, Jensen GJ, The EMBO journal, 2011 ; 30 (14):2972-81

A specificity determinant for phosphorylation in a response regulator prevents in vivo cross-talk and modification by acetyl phosphate.

Boll JM, Hendrixson DR, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011 Nov;

Analysis of the LIV system of Campylobacter jejuni reveals alternative roles for LivJ and LivK in commensalism beyond branched-chain amino acid transport.

Ribardo DA, Hendrixson DR, Journal of bacteriology, 2011 Nov; 193 (22):6233-43

Change is good: variations in common biological mechanisms in the epsilonproteobacterial genera Campylobacter and Helicobacter.

Gilbreath JJ, Cody WL, Merrell DS, Hendrixson DR, Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2011 Mar; 75 (1):84-132

Change is good: variations in common biological mechanisms in the epsilonproteobacterial genera Campylobacter and Helicobacter.

Gilbreath JJ, Cody WL, Merrell DS, Hendrixson DR, Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2011 Mar; 75 (1):84-132

Polar Flagellar Biosynthesis and a Regulator of Flagellar Number Influence Spatial Parameters of Cell Division in Campylobacter jejuni.

Balaban M, Hendrixson DR, PLoS pathogens, 2011 Dec; 7 (12):e1002420