Ajai Arvind Dandekar MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease
Assistant Professor, Medicine, U of WA Sch of Med
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1959 Ne Pacific StSeattle, WA 98195
Phone+1 206-685-8551
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Education & Training
University of WashingtonFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011- University of WashingtonResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
WA State Medical License 2007 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Inactivation of MexT inPAO1 destabilizes cooperation and favors the emergence of a unique quorum sensing variant.Kiana R Bellamoroso, Maxim Kostylev, Nicole E Smalley, E Peter Greenberg, Ajai A Dandekar
Journal of Bacteriology. 2026-05-21 - Novel dual regulatory roles of RpoA in quorum sensing regulation and social behavior switching in.Huali Chen, Yonglin Liang, Xiaoqing Zhou, Wenjie Cai, Huifang Qiu
Mbio. 2026-05-13 - 1 citationsMagnesium depletion by Candida albicans unleashes two unusual modes of colistin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with different fitness costs.Yu-Ying Phoebe Hsieh, Ian P O'Keefe, Zeqi Wang, Wanting Sun, Hyojik Yang
Plos Biology. 2026-03-01
Journal Articles
- Evolution of the Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Quorum-Sensing HierarchyAjai A Dandekar, Daniel Y Kim, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- The Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Orphan Quorum Sensing Signal Receptor QscR Regulates Global Quorum Sensing Gene Expression by Activating a Single Linked OperonAjai Dandekar, MD, mBio
Grant Support
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa sociomicrobiologyUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2024–2028
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa sociomicrobiologyUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2024–2028
- Quinolone and acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing in chronic P. aeruginosa infectionsUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2023–2028
- Pathogenesis Of Mhv-Induced DemyelinationNational Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke2002–2005
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