Department of Microbiology

About the Department

The Department of Microbiology in the College of Biological Sciences at UC Davis has a long and distinguished history, which began in 1952 when the Department of Bacteriology was formed. The Department is home to a diverse faculty whose research reflects the interdisciplinary nature of microbiology. Current faculty members utilize molecular genetics to study the biology of individual microbes and also use microbial and non-microbial models for the study of specific cellular processes, including recombination, stress responses, aging, cancer, DNA repair, and adaptive mutation. Research on various aspects of microbial development, host-microbe interactions, microbial metabolism, gene regulation and genomics are ongoing in a diverse range of bacteria and eukaryotic microbes.

Contact Information

Department of Microbiology
University of California
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Phone - (530) 752-2626
Fax - (530) 752-9014

Doug Nelson (Chair)
266 Briggs Hall
dcnelson@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-6183

Marina Rumiansev (MSO)
354 Briggs Hall
mkrumiansev@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-7467

Recent Publications

Lin, H.-Y., P. J. Bledsoe, and V. Stewart. 2007. Activation of yeaR-yoaG transcription by the nitrate-responsive regulator NarL is independent of oxygen responsive regulator Fnr in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 189:7539-7548
Stewart, V. , and P. J. Bledsoe. 2008. Substitutions at auxiliary operator O3 enhance repression by nitrate-responsive regulator NarL at synthetic lac control regions in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 190:428-433
Parales, R.E., K.-S. Ju, J. Rollefson, and J.L. Ditty. 2008. Bioavailability, transport and chemotaxis of organic pollutants. pp. 145-187. In: Microbial Bioremediation. E. Diaz, (ed.) Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK.
I. Sarand, S. Osterberg, S. Holmqvist, P. Holmfeldt, E. Skarfstad, R. E. Parales, and V. Shingler. 2008. Metabolism-dependent taxis towards (methyl)phenols is coupled through the most abundant of three polar localized Aer-like proteins of Pseudomonas putida. Environ. Microbiol.10:1320-1334.
Morigasaki, S., Shimada, K., Ikner, A., Yanagida, M. and Shiozaki, K. 2008.
Glycolytic Enzyme GAPDH Promotes Peroxide Stress Signaling through Multistep Phosphorelay to a MAPK Cascade.
Molecular Cell 30:108-113.
Wu, Y., Kantake, N., Sugiyama, T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. 2008. Rad51 protein controls Rad52-mediated DNA annealing. In press. (published online March 12, 2008 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M801097200).
Dawson, S.C., Hoeng, J.C., House, S.A., Sagolla, M.S., Pham, J,K., Mancuso, J.J., Löwe, J., Cande, W.Z. (2008). High resolution crystal structure and in vivo function of a kinesin-2 homolog in Giardia intestinalis. Mol. Biol. Cell (in press).
Dawson, S. C., Pham, J. K., House, S. A., Slawson, E. E., Cronembold, D., Cande, W.Z. (2008) Stable transformation of an episomal protein-tagging shuttle vector in the piscine diplomonad Spironucleus vortens. BMC Microbiology (in press

Recent Awards/Fellowships

David Woessner (Microbiology Graduate Group, Dawsonlab) was awarded a Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Training Grant (T32)
Jonathan Pham (Microbiology Graduate Group, Dawsonlab) was awarded a Floyd and MarySchwall Fellowship in Medical Research (2008-2010)

Lab Petitions

MIC-102L: MIC-101 or MIC-102L? (Fall 2008)
MIC-155L: Spring 2008 Petition


About the Department The Department of Microbiology in the College of Biological Sciences at UC Davis has a long and distinguished history, which began in 1952 when the Department of Bacteriology was formed. The Department is home to a diverse faculty whose research reflects the interdisciplinary nature of microbiology. Current faculty members utilize molecular genetics to study the biology of individual microbes and also use microbial and non-microbial models for the study of specific cellular processes, including recombination, stress responses, aging, cancer, DNA repair, and adaptive mutation. Research on various aspects of microbial development, host-microbe interactions, microbial metabolism, gene regulation and genomics are ongoing in a diverse range of bacteria and eukaryotic microbes.	Contact Information Department of Microbiology University of California One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 Phone - (530) 752-2626 Fax - (530) 752-9014 Doug Nelson (Chair) 266 Briggs Hall dcnelson@ucdavis.edu (530) 752-6183 Marina Rumiansev (MSO) 354 Briggs Hall mkrumiansev@ucdavis.edu (530) 752-7467

Recent Publications Lin, H.-Y., P. J. Bledsoe, and V. Stewart. 2007. Activation of yeaR-yoaG transcription by the nitrate-responsive regulator NarL is independent of oxygen responsive regulator Fnr in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 189:7539-7548 Stewart, V. , and P. J. Bledsoe. 2008. Substitutions at auxiliary operator O3 enhance repression by nitrate-responsive regulator NarL at synthetic lac control regions in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 190:428-433 Parales, R.E., K.-S. Ju, J. Rollefson, and J.L. Ditty. 2008. Bioavailability, transport and chemotaxis of organic pollutants. pp. 145-187. In: Microbial Bioremediation. E. Diaz, (ed.) Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK. I. Sarand, S. Osterberg, S. Holmqvist, P. Holmfeldt, E. Skarfstad, R. E. Parales, and V. Shingler. 2008. Metabolism-dependent taxis towards (methyl)phenols is coupled through the most abundant of three polar localized Aer-like proteins of Pseudomonas putida. Environ. Microbiol.10:1320-1334. Morigasaki, S., Shimada, K., Ikner, A., Yanagida, M. and Shiozaki, K. 2008. Glycolytic Enzyme GAPDH Promotes Peroxide Stress Signaling through Multistep Phosphorelay to a MAPK Cascade. Molecular Cell 30:108-113. Wu, Y., Kantake, N., Sugiyama, T., and Kowalczykowski, S.C. 2008. Rad51 protein controls Rad52-mediated DNA annealing. In press. (published online March 12, 2008 as doi:10.1074/jbc.M801097200). Dawson, S.C., Hoeng, J.C., House, S.A., Sagolla, M.S., Pham, J,K., Mancuso, J.J., Löwe, J., Cande, W.Z. (2008). High resolution crystal structure and in vivo function of a kinesin-2 homolog in Giardia intestinalis. Mol. Biol. Cell (in press). Dawson, S. C., Pham, J. K., House, S. A., Slawson, E. E., Cronembold, D., Cande, W.Z. (2008) Stable transformation of an episomal protein-tagging shuttle vector in the piscine diplomonad Spironucleus vortens. BMC Microbiology (in press Recent Awards/Fellowships David Woessner (Microbiology Graduate Group, Dawsonlab) was awarded a Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Training Grant (T32) Jonathan Pham (Microbiology Graduate Group, Dawsonlab) was awarded a Floyd and MarySchwall Fellowship in Medical Research (2008-2010) Lab Petitions MIC-102L: MIC-101 or MIC-102L? (Fall 2008) MIC-155L: Spring 2008 Petition