Marilyn Wells

Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Physics

Teaching Experience

PHYS 1401, General Physics I

PHYS 1405, Conceptual Physics I

PHYS 1407, Conceptual Physics II

PHYS 1410, Applied Physics

UTeach Natural Sciences Physics/Mathematics 7-12 Teaching Certification

Professional Publications

"Physiological concentrations of calcium interact with alginate and extracellular DNA in the matrices of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  biofilms to impede phagocytosis  by neutrophils", Wells, M., Currie, H., Gordon, V. Langmuir 2023

"Structure-preserving fixation allows scanning electron microscopy to reveal biofilm microstructures and interactions with immune cells", Wells, M., Mikesh, M., Gordon, V., Journal of Microscopy 2023

"Perspective: the viscoelastic properties of biofilm infections and mechanical interactions with phagocytic immune cells". Wells, M., Schneider, R., Bhattarai, B., Currie, H., Chavez, B., Christopher, G., Rumbaugh, K., Gordon, V. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2023

"High-throughput assays show timescale of phagocytic success depends on target toughness". Bakhtiari, L., Wells, M., Gordon, V., Biophysics Reviews 2021

"Specific disruption of established Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using polymer-attacking enzymes". Kovach, K., Fleming, D., Wells, M., Rumbaugh, K., Gordon, V., Langmuir 2020