Post-Doctoral Scholar
benjamin.grodner at gmail.com
About Me As part of the Armbrust lab, I am researching the spatial variability of microbial strategies for iron acquisition in open ocean communities. Previously, as a PhD student in biomedical engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, I developed imaging techniques for mapping multispecies microbial biofilms, especially dental plaques. I received a B.S. in biological engineering from Montana State University in Bozeman, where I studied the transport of pathogens from surfaces via splash droplets. In my free time I enjoy running long distances and playing bass in bluegrass and rock bands.
Publications https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=00F4SMsAAAAJ&hl=en
Grodner B, Shi H, Farchione O, Vill AC, Ntekas I, Diebold PJ, Wu DT, Chen CY, Kim DM, Zipfel WR, Brito IL, De Vlaminck I. Spatial Mapping of Mobile Genetic Elements and their Cognate Hosts in Complex Microbiomes. Nature Microbiology (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01735-5 Shi H, Shi Q, Grodner B, Lenz JS, Zipfel WR, Brito IL, De Vlaminck I. Highly multiplexed spatial mapping of microbial communities. Nature (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2983-4 Grodner B,* Wu DT,* Hahm DS, Takayasu L, Wen N, Kim DM, Chen CY, De Vlaminck I. Mapping bacteria in peri-implant biofilms reveals spatial features of dysbiosis. bioRxiv (2024). https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.24.604873. * Indicates equal contribution Shi H,* Grodner B,* De Vlaminck I. Recent advances in tools to map the microbiome. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobme.2021.100289. * Indicates equal contribution Mantri M, Scuderi GJ, Abedini-Nassab R, Wang MFZ, McKellar D, Shi H, Grodner B, Butcher JT, De Vlaminck I. Spatiotemporal single-cell RNA sequencing of developing chicken hearts identifies interplay between cellular differentiation and morphogenesis. Nature Communications (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21892-z Carmody CD, Mueller RC, Grodner B, Chlumsky O, Wilking JN, McCalla SG. Chickensplash! Exploring the health concerns of washing raw chicken. Physics of Fluids (2022). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0083979