Selected recent publications:

• Boissy R, Ahmed A, Janto B, Earl J, Hall BG, Hogg JS, Pusch GD, Hiller LN, Powell E, Hayes J, Yu S, Kathju S, Stoodley P, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Hu FZ. Comparative supragenomic analyses among the pathogens staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pneumoniae, and haemophilus influenzae using a modification of the finite supragenome model. BMC Genomics [Internet]. 2011;12
• Nistico L, Kreft R, Gieseke A, Coticchia JM, Burrows A, Khampang P, Liu Y, Kerschner JE, Post JC, Lonergan S, Sampath R, Hu FZ, Ehrlich GD, Stoodley P, Hall-Stoodley L. Adenoid reservoir for pathogenic biofilm bacteria. J Clin Microbiol [Internet]. 2011;49(4):1411-20.
• Satish L, Johnson S, Abdulally A, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Kathju S. Cloning and expression of rabbit CCT subunits eta and beta in healing cutaneous wounds. Cell Stress and Chaperones [Internet]. 2010;15(6):819-26. A
• Kathju S, Lasken RS, Satish L, Johnson S, Stoodley P, Post JC, Ehrlich GD. Multiple displacement amplification as an adjunct to PCR-based detection of staphylococcus aureus in synovial fluid. BMC Research Notes [Internet]. 2010;3
• Satish L, Johnson S, Wang JH-, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Kathju S. Chaperonin containing T-complex polypeptide subunit eta (CCT-eta) is a specific regulator of fibroblast motility and contractility. PLoS ONE [Internet]. 2010;5(4)
• Hiller NL, Ahmed A, Powell E, Martin DP, Eutsey R, Earl J, Janto B, Boissy RJ, Hogg J, Barbadora K, Sampath R, Lonergan S, Post JC, Hu FZ, Ehrlich GD. Generation of genic diversity among streptococcus pneumoniae strains via horizontal gene transfer during a chronic polyclonal pediatric infection. PLoS Pathogens [Internet]. 2010;6(9)
• Ehrlich GD, Ahmed A, Earl J, Hiller NL, Costerton JW, Stoodley P, Post JC, Demeo P, Hu FZ. The distributed genome hypothesis as a rubric for understanding evolution in situ during chronic bacterial biofilm infectious processes. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol [Internet]. 2010;59(3):269-79.
• Stoodley P, Braxton Jr. EE, Nistico L, Hall-Stoodley L, Johnson S, Quigley M, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Kathju S. Direct demonstration of staphylococcus biofilm in an external ventricular drain in a patient with a history of recurrent ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure. Pediatr Neurosurg [Internet]. 2010;46(2):127-32.
• Kerschner JE, Erdos G, Hu FZ, Burrows A, Cioffi J, Khampang P, Dahlgren M, Hayes J, Keefe R, Janto B, Post JC, Ehrlich GD. Partial characterization of normal and haemophilus influenzae-infected mucosal complementary DNA libraries in chinchilla middle ear mucosa. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology [Internet]. 2010;119(4):270-8.
• Satish L, Hogg J, Johnson S, Oswald D, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Kathju S. Expression of receptor for activated C kinase 1 in healing skin and mucosal wounds. Ann Plast Surg [Internet]. 2010;64(2):238-41.
• Liu Y-C, Post JC. Biofilms in pediatric respiratory and related infections. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports [Internet]. 2009;9(6):449-55.
• Kathju S, Nistico L, Hall-Stoodley L, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Stoodley P. Chronic surgical site infection due to suture-associated polymicrobial biofilm. Surgical Infections [Internet]. 2009;10(5):457-61.
• Shen K, Krakora SM, Cunningham M, Singh M, Wang X, Hu FZ, Post JC, Ehrlich GD. Medical treatment of craniosynostosis: Recombinant noggin inhibits coronal suture closure in the rat craniosynostosis model. Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research [Internet]. 2009;12(3):254-62.
• Hall-Stoodley L, Nistico L, Sambanthamoorthy K, Dice B, Nguyen D, Mershon WJ, Johnson C, Ze Hu F, Stoodley P, Ehrlich GD, Post JC. Characterization of biofilm matrix, degradation by DNase treatment and evidence of capsule downregulation in streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates. BMC Microbiology [Internet]. 2008;8
• Satish L, Abdulally A, Oswald D, Johnson S, Hu FZ, Post JC, Ehrlich GD, Kathju S. Differential expression of chaperonin containing T-complex polypeptide (CCT) subunits during fetal and adult skin wound healing. Cell Stress and Chaperones [Internet]. 2008;13(4):527-33.

Contact Information:

Dr. James Christopher Post
Phone: (412) 359-8169
Email:cpost@wpahs.org