Studied the virulence of the gram negative alphaproteobacteria of the genus Brucella on 3 different levels of analysis:
1) Identified 32 Hfq-associated noncoding RNAs.
2) Characterized newly described species in the genus Brucella.
3) Studied the function of the Glutamate Decarboxylase genes (GAD) in Brucella Microti.
