Iron Mavens Labs

"A Maven knows all the answers, if you ask the right questions". Author Unknown

"We are shaped by each other. We adjust not to the reality of a world, but to the reality of other thinkers". Joseph Chilton Pearce

The "iron mavens" is a section of The Payne Lab Web page. If you want to include your information in this page, please be sure to send an e-mail to Stephanie Craig

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Laurie A. Achenbach. Department of Microbiology. Southern Illinois University. Iron Regulation of Gene Expression of Fusarium solani and K. pneumoniae. e-mail

Luis A. Actis. Department of Microbiology. Miami University at Ohio. Iron Acquisition by Acinetobacter baummanii and H. influenzae. e-mail

John F. Alderete. Department of Microbiology. University of Texas Health Sciences Center. STDs and Trichomonosis. Iron metabolism in Trichomonas vaginalis. e-mail

Simon C. Andrews. School of Animal and Microbial Sciences. University of Reading, UK. Iron Storage and Regulation in E. coli. Iron Transport in H. pylori. e-mail

Sandra K. Armstrong. Department of Microbiology. University of Minnesota, School of Medicine. Iron Acquisition and Iron-regulated Gene Expression in Pathogenic Bacteria. e-mail

Robert A. Bonnah. Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. Alteration of host cell iron homeostasis by Pathogenic Neisseria. e-mail.

Volkmar Braun. Mikrobiologie/Membranphysiologie. Universitat Tüebingen, Germany. Iron Transport Through Regulated Channels of the E. coli Outer Membrane and Cytoplasmic Membrane. Surface Signaling in Ferric Citrate Transport Gene Transcription Initiation. Iron Transport Systems in Serratia marcescens. e-mail

Timothy J. Brickman. Department of Microbiology. University of Minnesota, School of Medicine. Genetic Regulation of the Iron Starvation Stress Response in Pathogenic Bacteria. e-mail

Benjamin Rowe Byers. Department of Microbiology. The University of Mississippi Medical Center. Iron, Siderophores, and Microbial Virulence. e-mail

Stephen B. Calderwood. Department of Medicine. Infectious Disease Division. Massachusetts General Hospital. Molecular Pathogenesis of Diarrhea caused by V. cholerae, Shigella and EHEC. e-mail

Nicholas P. Cianciotto. Department of Microbiology-Immunology. Northwestern University. Molecular Pathogenesis of Legionella pneumophila. e-mail

Cynthia N. Cornelissen. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Virginia Commonwealth University. Structure, Function and Regulation of the Gonococcal Transferrin Receptor. e-mail

James W. Coulton. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. McGill University, Canada. Proteins exported to the Outer-membrane of Gram Negative Bacteria. e-mail

Jorge H. Crosa. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. Oregon Health Sciences University. Molecular Mechanism of Iron Acquisition by Bacterial Pathogens in DNA Replication. e-mail

David W. Dyer. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center. Iron Acquisition by Pathogenic Bacteria during Growth in the Human Host. e-mail

Charles F. Earhart. Department of Microbiology. University of Texas at Austin. Iron Assimilation by E. coli and Bacterial Surface Engineering. e-mail

Dominique Expert. Laboratoire de Pathologie Vegétale, INA-INRA. France. Iron Acquisition Pathways in Erwinia chrysanthemi. e-mail

Caroline A. Genco. Department of Medicine. Boston Medical Center. Iron Acquisition in the Pathogenic Neisseria and P. gingivalis. e-mail

Marie Lou Guerinot. Department of Biological Sciences. Dartmouth College. Iron Uptake Mechanisms in Plant and Bacterial Cells.e-mail

Abdul N. Hamood. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Regulation of Toxin A and Pyochelin Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. e-mail

Eric J. Hansen. Department of Microbiology. U.T.Southwestern Medical Center. Identification of Virulence Factors of both M.catarrhalis and H.ducreyi. e-mail

Klaus Hantke. Mikrobiologie II. Universitat Tüebingen, Germany. Iron Transport in Bacteria. Regulation of Iron Metabolism in Bacteria. e-mail

Randall K. Holmes. Molecular Biology Program. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Toxins.Gene Regulation in Pathogenic Bacteria. e-mail

Phillip E. Klebba. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. University of Oklahoma.Outer Membrane Protein Structure and Function.e-mail. The Laboratory of Iron and Vaccines: (Click on the figure)

B. Craig Lee. Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre, Canada. Iron Acquisition Mechanisms of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. e-mail

Michael W. Lehker. Department of Biological Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. Gene Structure and Regulation of Iron-Regulated Immunogens in Trichomonas vaginalis. e-mail

Manuel L. Lemos. Department of Microbiology & Parasitology. University of Santiago de Compostela. Spain. Iron uptake mechanisms in bacterial fish pathogens and their relationship with virulence. e-mail

Sally A. Leong. USDA/ARS and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Molecular Biology of Iron Transport in Fungi. e-mail

Victor de Lorenzo. Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia. CSIC. Spain. Interaction of the protein Fur of E. coli with divalent metal ions and with its target DNA. e-mail

Duncan E. McRee. Department of Molecular Biology. Scripps Research Institute. Study of Metalloprotein Structure. e-mail

Timothy A. Mietzner. Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry. University of Pittsburg School of Medicine. Mechanisms by which N. gonorrhoeae obtain growth essential Iron from the Human Host. e-mail

Mark A. McIntosh. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. University of Missouri School of Medicine. Iron-mediated Regulation of Gene Expression.e-mail

John B. Neilands. Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. University of California, Berkeley. (Professor Emeritus). Comparative Biochemistry of Microbial Iron Assimilation. e-mail

Ben R. Otto. Department of Molecular Microbiology. Institute of Molecular Biological Sciences. Vrije Universiteit. The Netherlands. Heme-binding Proteins of E. coli and its Role in Virulence. e-mail

Shelley M. Payne. Department of Microbiology. University of Texas at Austin. Genetics and Regulation of Iron Transport Systems of Shigella and Vibrio species. e-mail

Robert D. Perry. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Kentucky. Hemin and Iron Metabolism in Yersinia pestis. e-mail

R. Keith Poole. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Queen's University, Canada. Role of Iron Transport in the Pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. e-mail

Kathleen Postle. Department of Microbiology. Washington State University. Studies on the Energy Transducing Protein, TonB, of E. coli. e-mail

Anthony B. Schryvers. Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre, Canada. Transferrin and Lactoferrin Receptors in Human and Veterinary Pathogens. e-mail

Simon D. Silver. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. University of Illinois. College of Medicine. Genetics of Heavy Metal Resistance in Bacteria. e-mail

P.A. Sokol. Department of Medicine. University of Calgary Health Sciences Centre, Canada. Virulence Mechanisms of Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. e-mail

Mike P. Schmitt. Division of Bacterial Products. Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA. Utilization of Host Iron Sources by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

Ann Smith. Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. School of Biological Sciences. University of Missouri-Kansas City. Regulation of Expression of Proteins by Heme. e-mail

P. Frederick Sparling. Department of Medicine. School of Medicine. University of North Carolina. Bacterial Outer Membranes in Meningococci and Gonococci. e-mail

Igor Stojiljkovic. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Emory University.Characterization of Heme/Hemoglobin Acquisition Systems. e-mail

Terrence L. Stull. Department of Pediatrics. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Iron Acquisition by H. influenzae. e-mail

Marcelo E. Tolmasky. Department of Biological Science. California State University, Fullerton. Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenic Bacteria. Plasmid-mediated Iron-Uptake System of Vibrio anguillarum. e-mail

Jan P. M. Tommassen. Department of Molecular Cell Biology. Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Iron-limitation induced proteins in N. meningitidis. e-mail

Dick van der Helm. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. University of Oklahoma. The Crystal Structure, Conformations, and Configurations of Siderophores. e-mail

Arnoud H.M. van Vliet. Erasmus MC, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Iron-responsive and metal-responsive gene regulation in Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni. e-mail

Michael L. Vasil. Molecular Biology Program. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Pathogenesis. e-mail

Hans J. Vogel. Department of Biological Sciences. University of Calgary. Molecular Aspects of Regulatory and Metal-Ion Binding Proteins. e-mail

Christopher T. Walsh. Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School. Studies in Enterobactin Biosynthesis. e-mail

Cécile Wandersman. Departement des Biotechnologies. Unité de Physiologie Cellulaire, Institut Pasteur, France. Protein Secretion by Gram-Negative Bacterial ABC Exporters. e-mail

Eugene D. Weinberg. Department of Biology and Program in Medical Science. Indiana University (Professor Emeritus). Acquisition of Iron and Other Nutrients in vivo. e-mail

Peter H. Williams. Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Leicester University, UK. Iron Transport Systems in Enteric Pathogens. e-mail

Günther Winkelmann. Mikrobiology-Biotechnology. Universitat Tüebingen, Germany. Molecular Characterization of Siderophores.Iron Transport in Fungi e-mail