Jonathan E. Visick
Associate Professor (2000)
BS, Brigham Young Univ. (1984) MS, Univ. of Washington (1987) PhD, Univ. of Washington (1991) Post-doctoral research, UCLA (1994-1998)
Teaching: |
Microbiology, Genetics, Virology & Immunology, Biology II |
Research: |
Protein repair in aging E. coli bacteria |
Publications: |
Visick, J. E.. 2006. Compensation for summer research with undergraduates: issues and options. CUR Quarterly 26:182-184.
Hicks, W. M.*, M. V. Kotlajich*, and J. E. Visick. 2005. Recovery from long-term stationary phase and stress survival in Escherichia coli require the L-isoaspartyl protein carboxyl methyltransferase at alkaline pH. Microbiol. 151:2151-2158.
Visick, J. E., J. K. Ichikawa, and S. Clarke. 1998. Mutations in the Escherichia coli surE gene increase isoaspartyl accumulation in a strain lacking the pcm repair methyltransferase but suppress stress-survival phenotypes. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 167:19-25.
Visick, J. E., H. Cai, and S. Clarke. 1998. The L-isoaspartyl protein repair methyltransferase enhances survival of aging Escherichia coli subjected to secondary environmental stresses. J. Bacteriol. 180:2623-2629.
Visick, J. E., and S. Clarke. 1997. RpoS- and OxyR-independent induction of HPI catalase at stationary phase in Escherichia coli and identification of rpoS mutations in common laboratory strains. J. Bacteriol. 179:4158-4163.
Visick, J. E., and S. Clarke. 1995. Repair, refold, recycle: how bacteria can deal with spontaneous and environmental damage to proteins. Mol. Microbiol. 16:835-845.
Visick, J. E., and H. R. Whiteley. 1991. Effect of a 20-kilodalton protein from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis on production of the CytA protein by Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 173:1748–1756.
Adams, L. F., J. E. Visick, and H. R. Whiteley. 1989. A 20-kilodalton protein is required for efficient production of the Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis 27-kilodalton crystal protein in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 171:521-530.
* indicates undergraduate student collaborators
External Funding: |
NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) grant from the National Institute on Aging, 2008-2010.
Council on Undergraduate Research Summer Fellowship, 2002.
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program Grant: support for student stipends for interdisciplinary research in biology and chemistry, 2005-2008.