Sean P. Leonard

Engineered symbionts activate honey bee immunity and limit pathogens

Sean P. Leonard, J. Elijah Powell, Peng Geng et al. · Science · 2020 · 261 citations · Full text

Genome-wide screen identifies host colonization determinants in a bacterial gut symbiont

J. Elijah Powell, Sean P. Leonard, Waldan K. Kwong et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 162 citations · Full text

Dysbiosis, Engineering, Colonization Determinants +21

Obligate bacterial endosymbionts limit thermal tolerance of insect host species

Bo Zhang, Sean P. Leonard, Yiyuan Li et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2019 · 159 citations · Full text

Genetics, Entomology, Endosymbiosis +18

Discovery of Next-Generation Antimicrobials through Bacterial Self-Screening of Surface-Displayed Peptide Libraries

Ashley T. Tucker, Sean P. Leonard, Cory D. DuBois et al. · Cell · 2018 · 152 citations · Full text

Engineering, Next-generation Antimicrobials, Peptide Engineering +10

Genetic Engineering of Bee Gut Microbiome Bacteria with a Toolkit for Modular Assembly of Broad-Host-Range Plasmids

Sean P. Leonard, J. Elijah Powell, Peng Geng et al. · ACS Synthetic Biology · 2018 · 142 citations · Full text

Modular Assembly, Engineering, Bacteriology +16