Prof. Alan D Grossman

Grossman’s research combines a range of approaches (including genetic, molecular, physiological, biochemical, cell-biological, and genomic) to study how bacteria sense internal and external conditions, and control basic cellular processes. Focused on the organism Bacillus subtilis, Grossman's current work seeks to define mechanisms controlling DNA replication and cellular responses to replication stress. His lab also studies mechanisms controlling horizontal gene transfer, the primary means by which antibiotic resistances are spread between bacteria.