Pearson Bacteriology Lab

Welcome!

The Pearson Lab was founded in 2011 in the Microbiology Department at New York University Medical Center. In 2016, the lab moved to the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Michigan. The lab's current research projects center on:
-Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis during urinary tract infection by uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis
-E. coli virulence gene expression during clinical UTIs in postmenopausal women
-Regulatory gene networks in Proteus mirabilis

Recent News and Announcements

December 2025: Grant Spangler graduated from the M&I Master's program. Congratulations, Grant!

June 2025: Postdoc Dr. Surbhi Gupta presented her work at ASM Microbe 2025 in Los Angeles. She received travel awards from the Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance and MCIDT. Congratulations!

May 2025: Zaiye (Simon) Yan and Anderson Lab member Alyssa Clemens graduated from the M&I Master's program. Simon is pursuing his PhD with Dr. Jenny Rohn at University College London. We wish him the best!

December 2024: Dr. Madison Fitzgerald (co-mentored by Drs. Pearson and Mobley) received her doctoral hood at Winter Commencement at Crisler Arena. Congratulations, Madison!

December 2024: Grant Spangler joins the lab as a Master's student. Welcome!

October 2024: "Development of a suite of Proteus mirabilis-derived urea-inducible promoters" is published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.