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Mark Mimee

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentMicrobiology
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    The Mimee Lab leverages synthetic biology to engineer the microbiome, exploring strategies to modify commensal bacteria and bacteriophage for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.By genetically manipulating commensal microbes, we seek to create living devices that can serve as biosensors to probe the structure and function of the microbiome and as cell-based therapeutics for infectious and inflammatory disease. Additionally, we develop approaches to augment the natural properties of viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophage, to create novel therapies for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Our long-term vision is to implement these synthetic biology technologies to chart new basic and translational studies to exploit the microbiota for human health.

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    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA08/2019Synthetic Biology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USAPhD06/2018Microbiology
    McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaBSc06/2011Microbiology & Immunology

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    1. Hayashi N, Lai Y, Fuerte-Stone J, Mimee M, Lu TK. Cas9-assisted biological containment of a genetically engineered human commensal bacterium and genetic elements. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 07; 15(1):2096. PMID: 38453913; PMCID: PMC10920895.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    2. Fogarty EC, Schechter MS, Lolans K, Sheahan ML, Veseli I, Moore RM, Kiefl E, Moody T, Rice PA, Yu MK, Mimee M, Chang EB, Ruscheweyh HJ, Sunagawa S, Mclellan SL, Willis AD, Comstock LE, Eren AM. A cryptic plasmid is among the most numerous genetic elements in the human gut. Cell. 2024 Feb 29; 187(5):1206-1222.e16. PMID: 38428395; PMCID: PMC10973873.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    3. Kemter AM, Patry RT, Arnold J, Hesser LA, Campbell E, Ionescu E, Mimee M, Wang S, Nagler CR. Commensal bacteria signal through TLR5 and AhR to improve barrier integrity and prevent allergic responses to food. Cell Rep. 2023 10 31; 42(10):113153. PMID: 37742185; PMCID: PMC10697505.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Inda-Webb ME, Jimenez M, Liu Q, Phan NV, Ahn J, Steiger C, Wentworth A, Riaz A, Zirtiloglu T, Wong K, Ishida K, Fabian N, Jenkins J, Kuosmanen J, Madani W, McNally R, Lai Y, Hayward A, Mimee M, Nadeau P, Chandrakasan AP, Traverso G, Yazicigil RT, Lu TK. Sub-1.4 cm3 capsule for detecting labile inflammatory biomarkers in situ. Nature. 2023 Aug; 620(7973):386-392. PMID: 37495692.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    5. Arnold J, Glazier J, Mimee M. Genetic Engineering of Resident Bacteria in the Gut Microbiome. J Bacteriol. 2023 07 25; 205(7):e0012723. PMID: 37382533; PMCID: PMC10367592.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    6. Fogarty EC, Schechter MS, Lolans K, Sheahan ML, Veseli I, Moore R, Kiefl E, Moody T, Rice PA, Yu MK, Mimee M, Chang EB, Mclellan SL, Willis AD, Comstock LE, Eren AM. A highly conserved and globally prevalent cryptic plasmid is among the most numerous mobile genetic elements in the human gut. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 25. PMID: 36993556; PMCID: PMC10055365.
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    7. Fuerte-Stone J, Mimee M. Host happy hour: Phage cocktail targets IBD-associated microbes. Cell Host Microbe. 2022 10 12; 30(10):1352-1353. PMID: 36228584.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. Bousbaine D, Fisch LI, London M, Bhagchandani P, Rezende de Castro TB, Mimee M, Olesen S, Reis BS, VanInsberghe D, Bortolatto J, Poyet M, Cheloha RW, Sidney J, Ling J, Gupta A, Lu TK, Sette A, Alm EJ, Moon JJ, Victora GD, Mucida D, Ploegh HL, Bilate AM. A conserved Bacteroidetes antigen induces anti-inflammatory intestinal T lymphocytes. Science. 2022 08 05; 377(6606):660-666. PMID: 35926021; PMCID: PMC9766740.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. McClure S, Enam F, Arnold J, Mimee M. Proceedings from the 3rd International Conference on Microbiome Engineering. Biotechnol Prog. 2022 05; 38(3):e3241. PMID: 35092364; PMCID: PMC9286688.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    10. Mimee M, Nagler CR. Engineered yeast tune down gut inflammation. Nat Med. 2021 Jul; 27(7):1150-1151. PMID: 34183835.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    11. Yehl K, Yang AC, Ando H, Mimee M, Torres MT, de la Fuente-Nunez C, Lu TK, Lemire S. Engineering Phage Host-Range and Suppressing Bacterial Resistance through Phage Tail Fiber Mutagenesis. Cell. 2019 10 03; 179(2):459-469.e9. PMID: 31585083; PMCID: PMC6924272.
      Citations: 118     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Inda ME, Mimee M, Lu TK. Cell-based biosensors for immunology, inflammation, and allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 09; 144(3):645-647. PMID: 31376406.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    13. Mimee M, Nadeau P, Hayward A, Carim S, Flanagan S, Jerger L, Collins J, McDonnell S, Swartwout R, Citorik RJ, Bulovic V, Langer R, Traverso G, Chandrakasan AP, Lu TK. An ingestible bacterial-electronic system to monitor gastrointestinal health. Science. 2018 05 25; 360(6391):915-918. PMID: 29798884; PMCID: PMC6430580.
      Citations: 123     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    14. Mimee M, Citorik RJ, Lu TK. Microbiome therapeutics - Advances and challenges. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2016 10 01; 105(Pt A):44-54. PMID: 27158095; PMCID: PMC5093770.
      Citations: 77     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    15. Mimee M, Tucker AC, Voigt CA, Lu TK. Programming a Human Commensal Bacterium, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to Sense and Respond to Stimuli in the Murine Gut Microbiota. Cell Syst. 2016 Mar 23; 2(3):214. PMID: 27135367.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    
    16. Mimee M, Tucker AC, Voigt CA, Lu TK. Programming a Human Commensal Bacterium, Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, to Sense and Respond to Stimuli in the Murine Gut Microbiota. Cell Syst. 2015 Jul 29; 1(1):62-71. PMID: 26918244; PMCID: PMC4762051.
      Citations: 124     Fields:    
    17. Citorik RJ, Mimee M, Lu TK. Sequence-specific antimicrobials using efficiently delivered RNA-guided nucleases. Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Nov; 32(11):1141-5. PMID: 25240928; PMCID: PMC4237163.
      Citations: 263     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    18. Citorik RJ, Mimee M, Lu TK. Bacteriophage-based synthetic biology for the study of infectious diseases. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2014 Jun; 19:59-69. PMID: 24997401; PMCID: PMC4125527.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    19. Thanabalasuriar A, Bergeron J, Gillingham A, Mimee M, Thomassin JL, Strynadka N, Kim J, Gruenheid S. Sec24 interaction is essential for localization and virulence-associated function of the bacterial effector protein NleA. Cell Microbiol. 2012 Aug; 14(8):1206-18. PMID: 22432415.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    20. Thanabalasuriar A, Koutsouris A, Weflen A, Mimee M, Hecht G, Gruenheid S. The bacterial virulence factor NleA is required for the disruption of intestinal tight junctions by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Cell Microbiol. 2010 Jan; 12(1):31-41. PMID: 19712078; PMCID: PMC2850276.
      Citations: 53     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
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