Lab Members

Principal Investigator: Dr. Akeisha Belgrave

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics & Biological Sciences

Harrisburg University of Science & Technology

326 Market Street, RM 1032

Harrisburg, PA 17101

Email: abelgrave@harrisburgu.edu

Phone: 717-901-5100 ext 1636

Curriculum Vitae

Postoctoral Research (Princeton University; Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrative Genomics, Shaevitz Lab), Ph.D in Biomedical Science (University of Connecticut Health Center; Cell Analysis & Modeling Department, Wolgemuth Lab), B.S Optical Engineering (Norfolk State University).

Laboratory Research Assistant: Erica Ward

Harrisburg University of Science & Technology

326 Market Street, RM 1055

Harrisburg, PA 17101

Email: eward@harrisburgu.edu

Phone: 717-901-5100

HU Alumni, Biochemistry 2016, Two years at Penn State (Postle Lab) and 1.5 years as a Production Chemist at GI Supply.

Independent Project: Relating bacterial cell wall synthesis to Bacterial Antibiotic susceptibility

Mia Falcone

Undergraduate Researcher, Junior (Biochemistry)

Email: mfalcone@my.harrisburgu.edu

Project: Analyzing peptidoglycan elasticity in Escherichia coli using hyperosmotic shock studies

This project is an ongoing independent research project and serves as Mia's senior research project at Harrisburg University. This project involves testing the effect of growth rate on Peptidoglycan elasticity using osmotic shock studies.

Research Advisor(s): Dr. Akeisha Belgrave

Mike Lazar

Undergraduate Researcher, Senior (Biotechnology)

Email: mlazar@my.harrisburgu.edu

Project: The Construction of an indoor mesocosm to create a controlled environment for aquatic Biofilm formation.

This project is an ongoing independent research project and serves as Mike's Internship at Harrisburg University.

Research Advisor(s): Dr. Akeisha Belgrave and Dr. Leena Patterkine (Program Lead for Biotechnology at HU)

Morgan Olszewski

Undergraduate Researcher, Senior (Biochemistry)

Email: MOlszewski@my.harrisburgu.edu

Project: Using Fluorescent probes to highlight Peptidoglycan crosslink density with changes to bacteria growth rate.

This project will serve as Morgan's senior research project at Harrisburg University.

Research Advisor(s): Dr. Akeisha Belgrave & Dr. Catherine Santai

Gabrielle Donahoe

Laboratory Technician, Junior (Biochemistry)

Email: gdonahoe@my.harrisburgu.edu

Past Students:

Rebecca Muller - Relating bacterial cell wall synthesis to Bacterial Antibiotic susceptibility. Past Research Assistant in the Lab 2018 - 2019
Adam Burgis - The Relationship between Dietary Calcium Absorption and Bone. (Project I)
Brittni Linn - Influence of Heavy Metals on E.coli Biofilm Formation and its Detection using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Phase-Contrast Microscopic Techniques.(Project II)
Lynay Carter - Effect of acidic conditions on Escherichia coli.
Micah Burton - Identifying the effectiveness of the plant extracts of garlic and ginseng for inhibiting biofilms of Escherichia coli and Myxococcus xanthus. Micah completed his research in the lab and will be pursuing a PhD at Princeton University in the Molecular Biology program from Fall 2019.
Tyler Lender - Investigation of Myxococcus xanthus motility on varying substrates.
Marie Jean_Marie - Effects of Heavy metals on Plant growth of Phaseolus vulgaris (The common Bean plant)
Sybil Akpor-Mensah - Linking antibiotic mode of action to changes in bacterial shape.
Kareem Simon - Understanding the growth and motility of Myxococcus xanthus at varying growth rates
Anson Browne - Probing the effect of probiotics on the life span of C. elegans.
Karli Rathof - The Effects of Acid Mine Drainage Byproducts on the Formation of Aquatic Biofilm
Megan Velasquez - Modeling the dependence of the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on biofilm formation
Naomi Calderon - Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study the effects of hyperglycemia on preterm labor.
Jasmin Cruz - Understanding the role of D-alanine in Biofilm formation through changes in PG cross-link density.
Alicia Browne - A study towards eradication of plaque biofilm using various essential oils.
Laura Batista - Understanding how changes in growth Rate affect Gram-Negative Bacteria Cross-Link Density

Collaborators:

Salim Timo Ph.D.- Assistant Professor − Researcher, INRS—Institut Armand-Frappier, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec

Michael VanNieuwenhze Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington

Contact: abelgrave@harrisburgu.edu

326 Market Street | Harrisburg PA 17101

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