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My research focuses on biofilms. These stubborn microbial communities affect many human activities from health to industry. But they also have benign applications such as wastewater treatment. By studying biofilms I've widen my scope to many disciplines
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Last day at the Center for Biofilm Engineering in Bozeman, Montana. Photo by Peg Dirckx |
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NEW: J.B. Xavier, E. Martinez-Garcia, K.R. Foster (In press, 2009) "Social evolution of spatial patterns in bacterial biofilms: when conflict drives disorder." The American Naturalist [picture][pdf]
C.D. Nadell*, J.B. Xavier*, S.A. Levin, K.R. Foster (2008) "The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms." PLoS Biology [pdf]
J.B. Xavier, K.R. Foster (2007) "Cooperation and conflict in microbial biofilms." PNAS 104(3):876-881 [pdf] [editorial commentary] [cover]
J.B. Xavier, M.K. de Kreuk, C. Picioreanu, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht (2007) "Multi-Scale Individual-Based Model of Microbial and Bioconversion Dynamics in Aerobic Granular Sludge." Environmental Science and Technology [pdf]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu, S. Abdul-Rani, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, P. S. Stewart (2005) "Biofilm control strategies based on the enzymatic disruption of the EPS matrix – a modelling study." Microbiology-SGM 151(12): 3817-32 [pdf] [issue cover] [Highlight in Nature Rev Micro]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu and M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht. (2005) "A framework for multidimensional modelling of activity and structure of multispecies biofilms". Environmental Microbiology 7(8):1085-103 [pdf]
* - shared first co-authorship
C.D. Nadell*, J.B. Xavier*, K.R. Foster (2009) "The Social Evolution of Biofilms." FEMS Micro Rev 33(1):206-24 [abstract]
C.D. Nadell*, J.B. Xavier*, S.A. Levin, K.R. Foster (2008) "The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms." PLoS Biology [open access]
K.R. Foster, J.B. Xavier (2007) "Cooperation: Bridging Ecology and Sociobiology." Current Biology 17(9):R319-R321 [abstract]
J.B. Xavier, K.R. Foster (2007) "Cooperation and conflict in microbial biofilms." PNAS 104(3):876-881 [abstract] [editorial commentary] [cover]
* - shared first co-authorship
J.B. Xavier, M.K. de Kreuk, C. Picioreanu, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht (2007) "Multi-Scale Individual-Based Model of Microbial and Bioconversion Dynamics in Aerobic Granular Sludge." Environmental Science and Technology [ abstract]
M.K. De Kreuk, C. Picioreanu, M. Hosseini, J.B. Xavier, M.C.M. Van Loosdrecht (2007) "Kinetic Model of a Granular Sludge SBR – Influences on Nutrient Removal. "Biotechnology & Bioengineering 97(4):801-15 [abstract]
S. Ebrahimi, C. Picioreanu, J. B. Xavier, R. Kleerebezem, M. Kreutzer, F. Kapteijn, J.A. Moulijn and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht, (2005) "Biofilm growth pattern on honeycomb monolith packings: Effect of shear rate and substrate transport limitations". Catalysis Today. 105:448-454 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu and M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht (2004). "A modelling study of the activity and structure of biofilms in biological reactors." Biofilms. 1(4):377-391 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu, S. Abdul-Rani, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, P. S. Stewart (2005) "Biofilm control strategies based on the enzymatic disruption of the EPS matrix – a modelling study. "Microbiology. 151(12): 3817-32 [abstract][issue cover][research highlight in Nature Reviews Microbiology]
D. S. Blehert, R. J. Palmer, J. B. Xavier, J. S. Almeida and P. E. Kolenbrander (2003) "Autoinducer 2 Production by Streptococcus gordonii DL1 and the Biofilm Phenotype of a luxS Mutant Are Influenced by Nutritional Conditions". Journal of Bacteriology. 185(16):4851–4860 [abstract]
A. Bohn, B. Zippel, J.S. Almeida, J.B. Xavier (2007) "Stochastic modeling for characterisation of biofilm development with discrete detachment events (sloughing)." Wat. Sci. Technol. 55(8-9):257–264 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu and M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht. (2005) "A framework for multidimensional modelling of activity and structure of multispecies biofilms". Environmental Microbiology. 7(8):1085-103 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu and M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht. (2005) "A general description of detachment for multidimensional modelling of biofilms". Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91(6):651-669 [abstract]
C. Picioreanu, J. B. Xavier and M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht (2004). "Advances in Mathematical Modeling of Biofilm Structure." Biofilms. 1(4):337-349 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu and M. C.M. van Loosdrecht (2004) "Assessment of three-dimensional biofilm models through direct comparison with confocal microscopy imaging." Water Science and Technology. 49(11-12):177-185 [abstract]
L. N. Mueller, J.F.C. de Brouwer, J.S. Almeida, L.J. Stal, J.B. Xavier (2006) "Analysis of a marine phototrophic biofilm by confocal laser scanning microscopy using the new image quantification software PHLIP." BMC Ecology [open access]
R. GrayMerod, L. Hendrickx, L. N. Mueller, J. B. Xavier and S. Wuertz. (2005) "Effect of nucleic acid stain Syto9 on nascent biofilm architecture of Acinetobacter sp. BD413". Water Science and Technology. 52(7): 195–202 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, D. C. White and J. S. Almeida (2003) "Automated biofilm morphology quantification from confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging". Water Science and Technology. 47(5):31-37 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, A. Schnell, S. Wuertz, R. Palmer, D.C. White and J.S. Almeida (2001) "Objective threshold selection procedure (OTS) for segmentation of scanning laser confocal microscope images". Journal of Microbiological Methods. 47:169-180 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, R. Malhó, M.A.M. Reis and J.S. Almeida (2000) "Description of Biofilm formation by determination of developmental axis". Water Science and Technology. 41:121-127 [abstract]
J. B. Xavier, C. Picioreanu, J. S. Almeida and M. C. M. Van Loosdrecht (2003). "Monitorização e modelação da estrutura de biofimes." Boletim de Biotecnologia. 76: 2-13 [open access]
