Balbina J. Plotkin, Ph.D.

My research broadly involves organismal phenotypic stress response and behavioral plasticity. My current research is an application of knowledge gleaned from developing ways to promote microbial and cancer cell adaptation to high stress anaerobic environments, such as those located in the lumens of the gastrointestinal tract, middle ear and mucosal surfaces.
Anaerobic Tumor Cell Metabolic Plasticity and Drug Resistance
Host Hormone Signaling in Microbial Biofilm Formation
Polymicrobic Microbiome Interactions