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Rachel Whitaker

Harry E Preble Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor

UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Microbiology

Rachel Whitaker is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Harry E Preble Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor at Uiuc.

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Rachel Whitaker

UIUC

Harry E Preble Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor

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microbiology genome biology biology molecular ecology evolutionary biology evolutionary microbiology genetics molecular evolution virus research microbial ecology virology general virology genomics microorganisms microbial diversity environmental microbiology crispr bacteria genome editing applied microbiology microbial genetics viral evolution genetic variation evolutionary applications infection control nucleic acids theoretical biology adaptation phylogenomics microbial systematics viral dynamics yellowstone national park microbial virus virus-host interactions clinical microbiology prokaryotic system host-microbe interactions gene editing freshwater biology environmental dna molecular cell biology communicable diseases genetic diversity population genomics phage biology molecular microbiology bacteriophages virus phylogeny comparative genomics gene evolution infectious disease modelling off-target effects viral genetics computational genomics crispr-cas immunity dysbiosis cellular structure unicellular organism genetic admixture molecular evolutionary ecology microbial disease pathogen transmission gene flow crispr immunity essential genes slaa gene natural variation archaeal domain humic lakes chronic virus competition hyperthermophilic archaea geographic barriers global species richness microbial biogeography trait variation mobile elements bioinformatics infectious diseases microbial physiology

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Saccharolobus Islandicus Y08.82.36 Isolated From a Yellowstone Hot Spring. Microbiology Resource Announcements (2025)

Changyi ZhangEdward E. AndrewsThomas W. CowellNikki H. GedrimasRachel J. Whitaker

genomicsgenome biologyyellowstone hot springgeneticsbiologygeobiologysystematicsmolecular ecologygenome sequencinghot springphylogenomicsmolecular evolutionyellowstone national parksequence assemblyevolutionary biology

Conserved Cross-Domain Protein-To-Mrna Ratios Enable Proteome Prediction in Microbes. mBio (2025)

Mengshi ZhangChangyi ZhangAnayancy RamosRachel J. WhitakerMarvin Whiteley

microbiomemicrobial diversitymicrobial proteomicsmolecular ecologymolecular informaticsgenome biologyproteomicsmrna abundanceproteome researchprotein sciencebioinformaticsfunctional genomicsbiologytranscriptometranscriptomics technologygene expressionsystems biologyprotein bioinformaticsconversion factorsmicrobiologymetatranscriptomics

Evolutionary Trends in Bombella Apis Crispr-Cas Systems. mSystems (2025)

Carrie L. GanoteLílian CaesarDanny W. RiceRachel J. WhitakerIrene L. G. Newton

microbiomesymbiosisgenome biologymetagenomicsplo biologygeneticsbiologyevolutionary microbiologycrispr-cas systemsfungal pathogenscrispr systemsfood microbiologymicrobiologycrisprhost-microbe interactions

Host Competitive Asymmetries Accelerate Viral Evolution in a Microbe–Virus Coevolutionary System. Ecology Letters (2025)

Armun LiaghatMartin GuillemetRachel WhitakerSylvain GandonMercedes Pascual

virus researchevolutionary applicationshost competitive asymmetriesadaptationcompetitive asymmetriesgeneral virologyvirus phylogenycoevolutionviral dynamicsvirologybiological evolutionviral evolutiongreater asymmetriesinfectious diseasestheoretical biologyevolutionary biology

Reply to: Natively Expressed Acriii-1 Does Not Function as an Anti-Crispr Protein. Nature (2025)

Januka S AthukoralageStephen A McMahonChangyi ZhangSabine GrüschowShirley GrahamMart KrupovicRachel J WhitakerTracey M GlosterMalcolm F White

anti-crispr proteingene expressiongene editinggenome editingnucleic acidsmolecular biologybiological chemistrycrisprcell biology

Computational Analysis of Genes With Lethal Knockout Phenotype and Prediction of Essential Genes in Archaea. mBio (2024)

Kira S. MakarovaChangyi ZhangYuri I. WolfSvetlana KaramychevaRachel J. WhitakerEugene V. Koonin

genome biologyfunctional genomicsmolecular microbiologylkp genesbiologymicrobial geneticslethal knockout phenotypeessential genesbacteriacomputational biologymolecular informaticsmicrobiologybioinformatics

Metagenome-Assembled Genomes of Freshwater Hyphomicrobium Sp. G-191 and Methylophilus Sp. Enriched From Cedar Swamp, Woods Hole, Ma. Microbiology Resource Announcements (2024)

Yolanda HuangRebecca SchomerMaría José Rodríguez ReyesKyle CostaRebecca E. ParalesRachel WhitakerScott C. Dawson

genomicsgenome biologymicrobial diversitycedar swampbiological carbon fixationmetagenomicsapplied microbiologybiologyenvironmental microbiologymicrobial ecologymicroorganismsbacteriasole carbon sourcemetagenome-assembled genomesmicrobiology

Perspectives on the Future of Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity From the Council on Microbial Sciences of the American Society for Microbiology. mSphere (2024)

Denise M. AkobA. Elizabeth OatesPeter R. GirguisBrian D. BadgleyVaughn S. CooperRachel S. PoretskyBraden T. TierneyElena LitchmanRachel J. WhitakerKatrine L. WhitesonC. Jessica E. MetcalfSalma AkterDavid BaltrusMegan BehringerOlufunke Bolatito ShittuArpita BoseMonzur ChowdhuryAlison CrissCatalina Cuellar GempelerHsin-Hung David ChouDevin DrownDavid DuniganSaber EsmaeiliBritt KoskellaJay LennonTorey LooftConnie LovejoyThulani MakhalanyaneMaria Mercedes ZambranoJeffrey NewmanGaniyu Oladunjoye OyetiboTimothy Olubisi AdejumoAriane PeraltaJose R. Perez-JimenezGemma RegueraRenee RicherJorge W. Santo DomingoPatrick SchlossTom SharptonJoshua SteeleLisa SteinCameron ThrashAlaina WeinheimerLaura WilliamsElisha Wood CharlsonVincent YoungF. Murilo Zerbini

microbiomemicrobial diversityvirtual retreatapplied microbiologyenvironmental microbiologysynthetic ecologymicrobial ecologyamerican societyevolutionary microbiologymicroorganismsmicrobiology writecologymicrobiologymicrobial systematics

Phage-Mediated Resolution of Genetic Conflict Alters the Evolutionary Trajectory of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Lysogens. mSystems (2024)

Laura C. SuttenfieldZoi RaptiJayadevi H. ChandrashekharAmelia C. SteinleinJuan Cristobal VeraTed KimRachel J. Whitaker

evolutionary applicationsantimicrobial agentsantimicrobial resistancemicrobial pathogenesisphage-mediated resolutionapplied microbiologymicrobial geneticsphage biologymolecular ecologybacteriophagespathogenic bacteriaevolutionary microbiologygenetic conflict altersevolutionary trajectorymicrobial cell factorymicrobial consortiummicrobiologyevolutionary biology

Plasmid Transmission Dynamics and Evolution of Partner Quality in a Natural Population of Rhizobium Leguminosarum. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

David Vereau GorbitzChase SchwarzJohn G McMullenMario Cerón-RomeroRebecca T. DoyleJennifer A LauRachel J WhitakerCarin K VanderpoolKaty Heath

genomicssymbiosisgenome biologymolecular plant pathologyreference-quality genomespartner qualitygeneticsbiologymicrobial ecologymolecular ecologymicrobial geneticsevolutionary microbiologymolecular plant-microbe interactionsplasmid transmission dynamicsmolecular evolutionplant-microbe interactionsmicrobiology

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Rachel Whitaker

Harry E Preble Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Microbiology

Rachel Whitaker is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Harry E Preble Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Rachel Whitaker

UIUC

Harry E Preble Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Complete Genome Sequence of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Saccharolobus Islandicus Y08.82.36 Isolated From a Yellowstone Hot Spring. Microbiology Resource Announcements (2025)

Changyi ZhangEdward E. AndrewsThomas W. CowellNikki H. GedrimasRachel J. Whitaker

Conserved Cross-Domain Protein-To-Mrna Ratios Enable Proteome Prediction in Microbes. mBio (2025)

Mengshi ZhangChangyi ZhangAnayancy RamosRachel J. WhitakerMarvin Whiteley

Evolutionary Trends in Bombella Apis Crispr-Cas Systems. mSystems (2025)

Carrie L. GanoteLílian CaesarDanny W. RiceRachel J. WhitakerIrene L. G. Newton

Host Competitive Asymmetries Accelerate Viral Evolution in a Microbe–Virus Coevolutionary System. Ecology Letters (2025)

Armun LiaghatMartin GuillemetRachel WhitakerSylvain GandonMercedes Pascual

Reply to: Natively Expressed Acriii-1 Does Not Function as an Anti-Crispr Protein. Nature (2025)

Januka S AthukoralageStephen A McMahonChangyi ZhangSabine GrüschowShirley GrahamMart KrupovicRachel J WhitakerTracey M GlosterMalcolm F White

anti-crispr proteingene expressiongene editinggenome editingnucleic acidsmolecular biologybiological chemistrycrisprcell biology

Computational Analysis of Genes With Lethal Knockout Phenotype and Prediction of Essential Genes in Archaea. mBio (2024)

Kira S. MakarovaChangyi ZhangYuri I. WolfSvetlana KaramychevaRachel J. WhitakerEugene V. Koonin

Metagenome-Assembled Genomes of Freshwater Hyphomicrobium Sp. G-191 and Methylophilus Sp. Enriched From Cedar Swamp, Woods Hole, Ma. Microbiology Resource Announcements (2024)

Yolanda HuangRebecca SchomerMaría José Rodríguez ReyesKyle CostaRebecca E. ParalesRachel WhitakerScott C. Dawson

Perspectives on the Future of Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity From the Council on Microbial Sciences of the American Society for Microbiology. mSphere (2024)

Phage-Mediated Resolution of Genetic Conflict Alters the Evolutionary Trajectory of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Lysogens. mSystems (2024)

Laura C. SuttenfieldZoi RaptiJayadevi H. ChandrashekharAmelia C. SteinleinJuan Cristobal VeraTed KimRachel J. Whitaker

Plasmid Transmission Dynamics and Evolution of Partner Quality in a Natural Population of Rhizobium Leguminosarum. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

David Vereau GorbitzChase SchwarzJohn G McMullenMario Cerón-RomeroRebecca T. DoyleJennifer A LauRachel J WhitakerCarin K VanderpoolKaty Heath

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