Drew Bridges PhD

Dr. Bridges focuses on how bacteria make developmental decisions based on extracellular sensory information. The laboratory studies the developmental program involved in the formation and disassembly of multicellular bacterial communities called biofilms. Previously, Dr. Bridges pioneered the use of new imaging approaches to investigate the full biofilm lifecycle in the global pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, from initial cell attachment to biofilm growth, to biofilm disassembly. These discoveries are relevant to infection and could inform the development of approaches to manipulate bacterial behavior, potentially leading to new strategies for controlling disease.