James E. Galagan, PhD
Professor
Boston University College of Engineering
Biomedical Engineering

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, University of California, Davis



Dr. Galagan’s research is focused on Systems Biology of microbial organisms, specficially Mycobacterium tuberculosis – the causative agent of tuberculosis – and the fungus Neurospora crassa. The Galagan Lab is an interdisciplinary group that combines computational biology, genomics, and experimental lab work. Specific interests and projects include:

• Using a genomics, computational modeling, and experimental systems-identification techniques to reconstruct the gene regulatory network of M. tuberculosis.
• Developing and experimentally validating computational models of microbial metabolism for M. tuberculosis and N. crassa.
• Using high-throughput sequencing and comparative sequence analysis to study the functional evolution of M. tuberculosis.
• Developing computational methods for genomic data analysis (including gene prediction, gene expression analysis, and polymorphism discovery)
• Developing experimental methods for microbial systems identification and analysis, drawing on electrical and mechanical systems identification methods

Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Virology, Immunology & Microbiology


Faculty
Boston University
National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Associate Director of Systems Biology
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab


Associate Director of Microbial Genome Analysis
Broad Institute


Member
Boston University
Genome Science Institute




Novel Biosensors based on Mining Bacterial Transcription Factors
07/01/2020 - 03/31/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: James E. Galagan, PhD
NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering
5R01EB029795-04

Biosensors for Physiological Monitoring from Bacterial Mining
05/01/2021 - 09/30/2024 (PI)
Department of Defense/ONR


Continuous Multiplexed Sensing from Sweat and ISF with A Next Generation Wearable
05/10/2023 - 04/30/2024 (PI)
Defense and Security Accelerator


Novel progesterone biosensor for monitoring fertility health
08/01/2021 - 12/29/2023 (Subcontract PI)
BioSens8 National Science Fdn
IIP-2126992

Biological and Physiological Monitoring and Modeling
08/01/2022 - 07/30/2023 (PI)
Department of Defense/ONR


Development of a Wearable Physiological Status Monitor
09/25/2018 - 03/31/2023 (Multi-PI)
PI: James E. Galagan, PhD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Federal Medical School


Biosensor Engineering from Metagenomic Screening
09/14/2021 - 09/13/2022 (PI)
Department of Defense/ONR


Global Mapping and Analysis of Bacterial Transcriptional Regulatory Network
06/01/2015 - 05/31/2022 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences
5R01GM114812-04

Development of a Wearable Physiological Status Monitor
09/25/2018 - 09/24/2021 (Subcontract PI)
Uniformed Services University Health Sciences HJF AdvOfMilitaryMed


Chemical and biochemical determinants of phosphorothioate stability and location in bacterial genomes
08/01/2017 - 07/31/2020 (Subcontract PI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Science Fdn
CHE-1709364

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Novel Biosensors based on Mining Bacterial Transcription Factors 5R01EB029795-04
2023 Novel Biosensors based on Mining Bacterial Transcription Factors 5R01EB029795-03
2022 Novel Biosensors based on Mining Bacterial Transcription Factors 5R01EB029795-02
2020 Novel Biosensors based on Mining Bacterial Transcription Factors 1R01EB029795-01
2018 Global mapping and analysis of a bacterial transcriptional regulatory network 5R01GM114812-04 4
2018 Systems Biology of the Circadian Clock Output Network 5R01GM113673-04 3
2017 Global mapping and analysis of a bacterial transcriptional regulatory network 5R01GM114812-03 4
2017 Systems Biology of the Circadian Clock Output Network 5R01GM113673-03 3
2016 Predictive modeling of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulatory and metabolic networks 1R56AI119491-01A1
2016 Global mapping and analysis of a bacterial transcriptional regulatory network 5R01GM114812-02 4
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  1. Lally P, Tierrafría VH, Gómez-Romero L, Stringer A, Collado-Vides J, Wade JT, Galagan JE. A Cryptic Prophage Transcription Factor Drives Phenotypic Changes via Host Gene Regulation. bioRxiv. 2024 Sep 21. PMID: 39345586; PMCID: PMC11430063; DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.21.614188;
     
  2. Lally P, Gómez-Romero L, Tierrafría VH, Aquino P, Rioualen C, Zhang X, Kim S, Baniulyte G, Plitnick J, Smith C, Babu M, Collado-Vides J, Wade JT, Galagan JE. Predictive Biophysical Neural Network Modeling of a Compendium of in vivo Transcription Factor DNA Binding Profiles for Escherichia coli. bioRxiv. 2024 May 24. PMID: 38826350; PMCID: PMC11142182; DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.23.594371;
     
  3. Sankar K, Kuzmanovic U, Schaus SE, Galagan JE, Grinstaff MW. Strategy, Design, and Fabrication of Electrochemical Biosensors: A Tutorial. ACS Sens. 2024 May 24; 9(5):2254-2274.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38636962
     
  4. Grazon C, Garanger E, Lalanne P, Ibarboure E, Galagan JE, Grinstaff MW, Lecommandoux S. Transcription-Factor-Induced Aggregation of Biomimetic Oligonucleotide-b-Protein Micelles. Biomacromolecules. 2023 Nov 13; 24(11):5027-5034.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37877162
     
  5. Muellers SN, Tararina MA, Kuzmanovic U, Galagan JE, Allen KN. Structural Insights into the Substrate Range of a Bacterial Monoamine Oxidase. Biochemistry. 2023 Feb 07; 62(3):851-862. PMID: 36662673
     
  6. Grazon C, Chern M, Lally P, Baer RC, Fan A, Lecommandoux S, Klapperich C, Dennis AM, Galagan JE, Grinstaff MW. The quantum dot vs. organic dye conundrum for ratiometric FRET-based biosensors: which one would you chose? Chem Sci. 2022 Jun 07; 13(22):6715-6731.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35756504; PMCID: PMC9172442; DOI: 10.1039/d1sc06921g;
     
  7. Tierrafría VH, Rioualen C, Salgado H, Lara P, Gama-Castro S, Lally P, Gómez-Romero L, Peña-Loredo P, López-Almazo AG, Alarcón-Carranza G, Betancourt-Figueroa F, Alquicira-Hernández S, Polanco-Morelos JE, García-Sotelo J, Gaytan-Nuñez E, Méndez-Cruz CF, Muñiz LJ, Bonavides-Martínez C, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Galagan JE, Wade JT, Collado-Vides J. RegulonDB 11.0: Comprehensive high-throughput datasets on transcriptional regulation in Escherichia coli K-12. Microb Genom. 2022 May; 8(5). PMID: 35584008; PMCID: PMC9465075; DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000833;
     
  8. Sankar K, Baer R, Grazon C, Sabatelle RC, Lecommandoux S, Klapperich CM, Galagan JE, Grinstaff MW. An Allosteric Transcription Factor DNA-Binding Electrochemical Biosensor for Progesterone. ACS Sens. 2022 Apr 22; 7(4):1132-1137.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35412319; PMCID: PMC9985479; DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.2c00133;
     
  9. Zamani M, Dupaty J, Baer RC, Kuzmanovic U, Fan A, Grinstaff MW, Galagan JE, Klapperich CM. Paper-Based Progesterone Sensor Using an Allosteric Transcription Factor. ACS Omega. 2022 Feb 22; 7(7):5804-5808.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35224340; PMCID: PMC8867790; DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05737;
     
  10. Kolluri N, Kamath S, Lally P, Zanna M, Galagan J, Gitaka J, Kamita M, Cabodi M, Lolabattu SR, Klapperich CM. Development and Clinical Validation of Iso-IMRS: A Novel Diagnostic Assay for P. falciparum Malaria. Anal Chem. 2021 02 02; 93(4):2097-2105.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33464825; PMCID: PMC7859932; DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03847;
     
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This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 95 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2008

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In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Computational Biology
Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Systems Biology
Tuberculosis
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