Research Bio
Kathleen Ryan is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology. The Ryan lab studies mechanisms such as phosphorylation, localization, and proteolysis that regulate protein activity in bacteria. Our model system is the Gram-negative freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, in which post-translational regulation plays an important role in cell cycle transitions, stress responses, intrinsic antibiotic resistance, and the differentiation of one cell type into another. We are currently focused on cell envelope biosynthesis and stress responses that protect its integrity, including mechanisms which allow Caulobacter to survive without the essential outer membrane molecule lipid A.
Research Expertise and Interest
bacterial envelope properties, envelope biogenesis, signal transduction pathways, stress responses, protein phosphorylation, proteolysis, protein localization
Teaching
Internship [HUM 197 - 1]
Directed Group Studies in Plant Biology [PLANTBI 198 - 002]
Research Review in Plant and Microbial Biology [PLANTBI 292 - 032]
Graduate Supervised Independent Study [PLANTBI 296 - 001]
Graduate Research [PLANTBI 299 - 042]
Individual Study for Graduate Students [PLANTBI 602 - 036]
General Microbiology [MCELLBI C112 - 001]
Directed Group Studies in Plant Biology [PLANTBI 198 - 002]
Research Review in Plant and Microbial Biology [PLANTBI 292 - 030]
Graduate Supervised Independent Study [PLANTBI 296 - 001]
Individual Study for Graduate Students [PLANTBI 602 - 030]
General Microbiology [PLANTBI C112 - 001]
Research Review in Plant and Microbial Biology [PLANTBI 292 - 032]
Graduate Supervised Independent Study [PLANTBI 296 - 001]
Graduate Research [PLANTBI 299 - 042]
Individual Study for Graduate Students [PLANTBI 602 - 036]