Summary

Professional Biography

• 2017 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, w88 casino, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
• 2014 - 2017: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, w88 online casino of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, USA:
• 2008 - 2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, w88 online casino of South Alabama, College of Medicine, Mobile, AL, USA
• 2003 - 2008: Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT, USA
• 2001 - 2003: w88 online casino Scientist and Project Leader, Quorex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA
• 2000 - 2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, w88 online casino of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
• 1999 - 2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Microbiology, w88 online casino College London, London, United Kingdom

w88 online casino Interests

w88 online casino in the Brett laboratory is focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms used byBurkholderia pseudomallei(melioidosis) andBurkholderia mallei(glanders) to evade clearance by host defenses. In particular, we are interested in determining how the lipopolysaccharides and capsular polysaccharides expressed by these organisms contribute to this process. Our laboratory has over 20 years of experience working with these important bacterial pathogens and has gained significant expertise in areas relating to Burkholderia genetics, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, carbohydrate purification/characterization, glycoconjugate synthesis and the analysis of humoral/cellular immune responses. The main goal of our w88 online casino is to identify correlates of antigen-induced immunity againstB. pseudomalleiandB. malleiand use this w88 online casino to develop safe, affordable and effective melioidosis/glanders vaccines. Our laboratory is currently funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to develop and test i) melioidosis and glanders subunit vaccine candidates and ii) serological assays to rapidly diagnose active cases of melioidosis.

Current Lab Members

• Sineenart Sengyee, Ph.D., w88 online casino Assistant Professor
• Federico Urbano-Munoz, Staff w88 online casino Associate III
• Jacob Loughry, Staff w88 online casino AssociateII
• Sarah Weiby, CMB Graduate Student

Past Lab Members

• Teresa Shaffer Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
• Lindsey Schmidt, Ph.D., Graduate Student
• Caitlyn Orne, Ph.D.

Education

• 1998 - Ph.D., Bacterial Pathogenesis, w88 online casino of Calgary, Canada
• 1993 - B.Sc., Biochemistry, w88 online casino of Victoria, Canada