Miranda J. Wallace, PhD

Education

• PhD: Integrated Biomedical Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN (2019)
• BS: Chemistry, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (2007)’BS: Chemistry, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (2007)

Research Interests

• I am interested in next-generation approaches to understand antibiotic resistance in bacteria, as well as the development of novel methods for delivering biologic therapies to treat infections and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.

Publications

Wallace MJ, Jean S, Wallace MA, Burnham CD, Dantas G, 2022. Comparative Genomics of Bacteroides fragilis Group Isolates Reveals Species-Dependent Resistance Mechanisms and Validates Clinical Tools for Resistance Prediction. mBio13:e03603-21.https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03603-21

Jean S, Wallace MJ, Dantas G, Burnham CD, 2022. Time for Some Group Therapy: Update on Identification, Antimicrobial Resistance, Taxonomy, and Clinical Significance of the Bacteroides fragilis Group. J Clin Microbiol60:e02361-20.https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02361-20

Wallace, M. J., Fishbein, S. R. S., & Dantas, G. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance in enteric bacteria: current state and next-generation solutions. Gut Microbes, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2020.1799654

Miranda J. Wallace, Suresh Dharuman, Dinesh M. Fernando, Stephanie M. Reeve, Clifford T. Gee, Jiangwei Yao, Elizabeth C. Griffith, Gregory A. Phelps, William C. Wright, John M. Elmore, Robin B. Lee, Taosheng Chen, and Richard E. Lee. ACS Infectious Diseases. 2020 6 (3), 467-478 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00406

Griffith EC, Wallace MJ, Wu Y, Kumar G, Gajewski S, Jackson P, Phelps GA, Zheng Z, Rock CO, Lee RE and White SW (2018) The Structural and Functional Basis for Recurring Sulfa Drug Resistance Mutations in Staphylococcus aureus Dihydropteroate Synthase. Front. Microbiol. 9:1369. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01369