Jannell Bazurto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Florida Atlantic University
I am a bacterial physiologist with a rich background in using mutant analysis to understand cellular metabolism in model bacteria. I performed my thesis work at the University of Wisconsin with Diana Downs, where I studied metabolic integration of thiamine biosynthesis in Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli. During my postdoctoral work, with Christopher Marx at the University of Idaho, I integrated omics approaches into my work to characterize experimentally evolved mutants to understand the formaldehyde stress response in Methylobacterium extorquens.
Research Staff
Jaye McEvoy, Research technician
Chandler Hellenbrand, Research technician
Undergraduate Students
Madison Shackelford, Undergraduate researcher
Abigail Jackson, Undergraduate researcher
Jennifer Lorenzana, Undergraduate researcher
Andrea Li, Undergraduate researcher
Hannah Ryks, Lab assistant
Evan Lin, Lab assistant
High School Mentee
Jalen Nelson