Dr. Teanna M. Staggs received her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1992. Her dissertation, entitled “fur regulation in Yersinia pestis”, the organism that causes Bubonic Plague, was funded through a National Institute of Health (NIH) grant. She continued in research as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the Microbiology Department working with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Treponema pallidum. Dr. Staggs also received a Bachelor’s in Biology from Hendrix College in Arkansas. She has been a professor at San Antonio College since 1994. At San Antonio College, Dr. Staggs teaches BIOL 2420 Microbiology for Allied Health Majors and has served as the Department Chair for the Department of Natural Sciences since 2004.

Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from LSU Medical Center

Minor in Biochemistry

Experience

24 years teaching experience at San Antonio College

Currently serving as the Chair of the Natural Scienes at SAC

Publications

Publications:

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1991. Identification and cloning of a fur regulatory gene in Yersinia pestis. J. Bacteriol. 173:417-425.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1992. Fur regulation in Yersinia species. Mol. Microbiol. 6(17):2507-2516.

Staggs, T.M., M. Greer, S. Holt, JB Baseman and V.V. Tryon. 1994. Identification of lactoferrin-binding proteins in Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum and Treponema denticola. Mol. Microbiol. 12(4):613-619.

Staggs, T.M., and R.D. Perry. 1994. Pleiotropic regulatory effect of a Yersinia pestis fur mutation. J. Bacteriol. 176(24)

Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation:

Staggs, T.M., H.A. Liggett, and R.D. Perry. Identification of an iron transport system (YFE) in Yersinia pestis.

Abstracts:

Staggs, T.M., M. Greer, S. Holt, JB Baseman and V.V. Tryon. 1994. Identification of lactoferrin-binding proteins in Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum and Treponema denticola. Gordon Conference on the Biology of Spirochetes. Ventura, CA.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1992. Fur regulation of surface proteins in Yersinia species. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1991. Complementation of the E. coli Fur- phenotype by Y. pestis fur. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. Dallas, TX.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1990. Identification of a fur gene in Y. pestis KIM. International Symposium on Iron transport , Storage and Metabolism II. Austin, TX.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1990. Complementation of the E. coli Fur- phenotype by Y. pestis fur. South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1989. Characterization of an iron responsive, fur-like regulatory mechanism in Yersinia pestis. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. New Orleans, LA.

Staggs, T.M. and R.D. Perry. 1988. Recognition of a Fur binding sequence in Yersinia pestis. Annual Meeting South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology and Midsouth Biochemists. Baton Rouge, LA.