Publications

Papers in refereed Journals

Kirkup, B.C., Riley, M.A. (2004).  Antibiotic-mediated antagonism leads to a bacterial game of rock-paper-scissors in vivo. Nature, 428:412-4.

Reviews

Gillor, O., Kirkup, B.C., Riley, M.A. (2004) Colicins and microcins: The next generation antimicrobials. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 54: 129-146.

Kirkup, B.C. (2006) Bacteriocins as Oral and Gastrointestinal Antibiotics: Theoretical Considerations, Applied Research, and Practical Applications. Curr. Med. Chem. 13, in press.



Research Interests

  1. ‣Microbial Ecology with emphasis on structure function relationships in microbial communities.

  2. ‣Ecology of antagonism and communication.

  3. ‣Ecology of symbionts and pathogens.



Education

2004 - Ph.D. Yale University, Ecology and Evolution

1997 -  A.M. Harvard University, Molecular, Cellular,    Developmental Biology

1996 - B.A. Harvard University, Organismic and     Evolutionary Biology

 

Ben Kirkup


Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

MIT 48-114

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA  02139

Phone: (617) 253-5450   Fax: (617) 253-8850

Email: bckirkup(at)mit.edu