Gontjes

Kyle Gontjes (Graduate Student)

I am interested in what drives the evolution and spread of antibiotic-resistant organisms

Thiede SN, Steinberg H, Benedict E, Sansom S, Aroutcheva A, Gontjes KJ, Winner K, Royzenblat S, Pirani A, Weinstein RA, Zawitz C, Moore NM, Popovich KJ, Snitkin ES. 2025. Antibiotic-resistance plasmid amplified among MRSA cases in an urban jail and its connected communities. Nat Commun. 17: 420. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67113-9.
Gontjes KJ, Singh A, Sansom SE, Boyko JD, Smith SA, Lautenbach E, Snitkin E. 2025. Phylogenetic context of antibiotic resistance provides insights into the dynamics of resistance emergence and spread. J Infect Dis. 232: e992-e1002. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf478.
Gontjes KJ, Pirani A, Narayanan DB, Lojek LJ, Han J, Tolomeo P, Goldstein EJ, Lautenbach E, Snitkin E. 2025. Preprint: Identifying drivers of β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor resistance emergence and spread before their clinical deployment.