Dr. Bailey Didriksen
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Research focus areas: Understanding how microbial diversity impacts intestinal homeostasis, and how specific microbes contribute to the intestinal environment.
Areas of Expertise
- Biology
- Endocrinology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
Areas of Interest
- Immunology
- Intestinal immunity
- Intestinal homeostasis
- Microbiota
Degrees
- B.S. (2021) - Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD)
- PhD. (2026) - University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Dissertation
Didriksen, B.J. 2026. Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Sensors of Microbial Signals and Dietary Vitamin A. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati.
Publications
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Didriksen, B.J., Eshleman, E.M., Rice, T., Waddell, A., Negi, S., Engleman, L., Hashimoto-Hill, S., Karns, R., Frey, M.R., and Alenghat, T. 2026. Dietary vitamin A restricts intestinal tuft cell differentiation. Cell Report 45. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117802
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Eshleman, E.M., Rice, T., Waddell, A., Kumar, S., Didriksen, B.J., Engleman, L., Vidyant, S., Sayed, M., Karns, R., Lim, H., Denson, L., and Alenghat, T. 2026. Tuft cells protect against intestinal inflammation through histone deacetylase 3. Mucosal Immunology 19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2026.100356
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Didriksen, B.J., Eshleman, E.M., Alenghat, T. 2024. Epithelial regulation of microbiota-immune cell dynamics. Mucosal Immunology 17:303-313. doi: 10.1016/j.mucimm.2024.02.008
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Eshleman, E.M., Shao, T., Woo, V., Rice, T., Engleman, L., Didriksen, B.J., Whitt, J., Haslam, D.B., Way, S., and Alenghat, T. 2023. Intestinal epithelial HDAC3 and MHC class II coordinate microbiota-specific immunity. The Journal of Clinicial Investigation 133. doi: 10.1172/JCI162190
