Robert Fredrick Potter, PhD, D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact Information3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Education
BA (Molecular & Cell Biology), University of California - Berkeley, 2015
PhD (Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis), Washington University St. Louis, 2020
Specialty Certification
Postgraduate Training
Clinical & Public Health Microbiology Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, 2020-2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, 2022-2024
Awards and Honors
Rose Hills Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Rose Hills Foundation, Whittier, CA, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA., 2013
Rose Hills Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Rose Hills Foundation, Whittier, CA, University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA., 2014
Outstanding Poster Distinction, Molecular & Cell Biology Department Honors Symposium, University of California- Berkeley, CA., 2015
Travel Grant, 2nd American Society For Microbiology (ASM) Conference on Rapid Applied Microbial Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Pipelines, ASM, Washington, DC., 2017
Best Trainee Presentation, 5th Annual Global Health and Infectious Disease Trainee Oral Symposium, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO., 2017
Bayer Crop Science Graduate Fellowship, Bayer Crop Science, St. Louis, MO, Washington University in St, Louis, St. Louis, MO., 2017-2020
Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Research Grant, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians & Scientists., 2021-2022
Best Lightning Talk, Trainee Research Day, Division of Laboratory & Genomic Medicine, Washington University school of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO., 2021
Best 2020-2021 Grand Rounds Talk, Division of Laboratory & Genomic Medicine, Washington University school of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO., 2021
Research Scholar, American Urologic Association., 2022
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Top Five Contributing Ad Hoc Reviewer, 2022-2023
Scholar Travel Support, Urology Care Foundation, 2023
Travel Award, Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance, 2023
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society for Microbiology, 2017 - Present
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, 2020 - Present
Endourological Society, 2022 - Present
American Urologic Association, 2022 - Present
Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance, 2023 - Present
Web Links
Selected Publications
Comparative Genomics Reveals the Correlations of Stress Response Genes and Bacteriophages in Developing Antibiotic Resistance of Staphylococcus saprophyticus.
Zhang K, Potter RF, Marino J, Muenks CE, Lammers M, Dien Bard J, Dingle TC, Humphries R, Westblade L, Burnham CA, Dantas G., mSytems 8(6): e0069723, 2023, PMID:38051037
Uncharacterized and Lineage-Specific Accessory Genes within the Proteus mirabilis Pan-Genome Landscape
Potter RF, Zhang K, Reimler B, Marino J, Muenks CE, Alvarado K, Wallace MA, Westblade L, McElvania E, Yarbrough ML, Hunstad DA, Dantas G, Burnham CA., mSystems 8(4): e0015923, 2023, PMID:37341494
Dual Membrane-spanning Anti-Sigma Factors Regulate Vesiculation in Gut Bacteroidota
Pardue EJ, Sartorio M, Jana B,Scott N, Beatty W, Ortiz-Marquez J, van Opijnen T, Hsu F, Potter RF, Feldman M, bioRxiv, 2023, PMID:37503209
Evaluation of the NG-Test CARBA 5 Lateral Flow Assay with an IMP-27-Producing Morganella morganii and Other Morganellaceae
Tarlton N, Wallace MA, Potter RF, Zhang K, Dantas G, Dubberke E, Burnham CA, Yarbrough ML, Microbiology Spectrum 11(3): e0079323, 2023, PMID:37199652
Evaluation of Variability in Interpretation of Disk Diffusion Testing for Cefiderocol Using Different Brands of Mueller-Hinton Agar
Potter RF, Wallace MA, Muenks CE, Alvarado K, Yarbrough ML, Burnham CA, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 8(3): 523-534, 2023, PMID:36738243
Outpatient Clonal Propagation and Rapid Regional Establishment of an Emergent Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannnii Lineage Sequence Type 499
Calix JJ, Stockler de Almeida MC, Potter RF, Wallace MA, Burnham CA, Dantas G, Journal of Infectious Disease 227(5): 631-640, 2023, PMID:36301240
E. coli Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections are Associated with Distinctive Virulence and Biofilm Gene Determinants
Zou Z, Potter RF, McCoy 4th JH, Wildenthal JA, Katumba GL, Mucha PJ, Dantas G, Henderson JP, Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight 8(2): e161461, 2023, PMID:36512427
Urine Cultures
Potter RF and Yarbrough ML, Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook, 4th Edition, 2023
Genomic Surveillance of Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Reveals an Additive Effect of Carbapenemase Production on Carbapenem Resistance
Diorio-Toth L, Irum S, Potter RF, Wallace MA, Arslan M, Munir T, Andleeb S, Burnham CA, Dantas G, Microbiology Spectrum 10(3): e0076622, 2022, PMID:35638817
Multiplatform Assessment of Saliva for SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Detection in Symptomatic Healthcare Personnel and Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department
Potter RF, Ransom ER, Wallace MA, Johnson C, Kwon JH, Babcok H, Eby C, Anderson NW, Parikh B, Burnham CA, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 7(3): 727-736, 2022, PMID:34491341
