Paul G. Egland
Microbiology
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Paul G. Egland ,
Ph.D. |
Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2004
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-1999
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Ph.D. in Microbiology, 1997
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
B.A. in Biology, 1991
Luther College, Decorah, IA
Courses Taught
Biological Principles I
Cell Biology
Introductory Microbiology
General Microbiology
Research Interests
The focus of my research is the communication that occurs between different species of bacteria that compose human dental plaque. This communication includes physical contact between cells and metabolic interactions between organisms in the dental plaque biofilm. My current research focus is communication that occurs between two members of the plaque community, Veillonella atypica and Streptococcus gordonii . When these organisms are growing together , S. gordonii induces expression of an amylase gene that is not expressed when the organisms are grown separately. My goals are to identify the mechanism of signaling between these species and find the genes involved. Another goal is to determine the importance of the changes in expression to development of the dental plaque biofilm.
Bart Johnson
Publications
Rickard A.H., R.J. Palmer, Jr., D.S. Blehert, S.R. Campagna, M.F. Semmelhack, P.G. Egland, B.L. Bassler, and P.E. Kolenbrander. 2006. Autoinducer 2: a concentration-dependent signal for mutualistic bacterial biofilm growth. Mol Microbiol 60:1446-1456.
Kolenbrander P.E., P. G. Egland, P. I. Diaz, R. J. Palmer, Jr., 2005. Genome-genome interactions: bacterial communities in initial dental plaque. Trends Microbiol 13:11-15.
Egland, P. G ., R. J. Palmer, Jr., and P. E. Kolenbrander, 2004. Interspecies communication in Streptococcus gordonii–Veillonella atypica biofilms: Signaling in flow conditions requires juxtaposition. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 101:16917-16922.
Kolenbrander, P.E., R. F. Lerud, D. S. Blehert, P. G. Egland , J. S. Foster, and R. J. Palmer, Jr. 2003. The role of coaggregation in oral biofilm formation. In: Biofilms in Medicine, Industry and Environmental Biotechnology, V. O'Flaherty, A. Moran, P. Lens and P. Stoodley (ed.), IWA Publishing, London, UK. p.32-46.
Kolenbrander PE, Andersen RN, Blehert DS, P. G. Egland , J. S. Foster, R. J. Palmer Jr,. 2002. Communication among oral bacteria. Microbiol Mol Bio Review 66:486-505.
Egland P. G ., L. D. Dû, P. E. Kolenbrander. 2001. Identification of independent Streptococcus gordonii SspA and SspB functions in coaggregation with Actinomyces naeslundii. Infect Immun 69:7512-7516.
Invited Talks
South Dakota Academy of Science Signal Transduction Symposium, April 13, 2007
Invited seminar, St. Olaf College Department of Biology, April 30, 2007.
Poster Presentations with Augustana Students (student names are in italics)
Bart Johnson and Paul Egland. Poster Title: The Transcription Factor RegG is Required for Expression from the Veillonella atypica- induced Amylase Gene of Streptococcus gordonii. BRIN Student Research Poster Session, August 2007. USD School of Medicine, Vermillion, SD.
Kimberly Heinemann and Paul Egland. Poster Title: Involvement of the Transcriptional Regulator RegG in Streptococcus gordonii - Veillonella atypica Symbiosis. South Dakota Academy of Science, April 2007. Brookings, SD.
Kelley Vannatta and Paul Egland. Poster Title: Metabolic Interactions between the Dental Plaque Bacteria Streptococcus gordonii and Veillonella atypica. Augustana Symposium, April 22, 2006. Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD.
Amanda Johnson, Michael Mullin and Paul Egland . Poster Title: Bird Migration and Spread of Avian Flu. Augustana Symposium, April 22, 2006. Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD.
Kelley Vannatta and Paul Egland. Poster Title: Metabolic Interactions between the Dental Plaque Bacteria Streptococcus gordonii and Veillonella atypica. South Dakota Academy of Science, April 2006. Chamberlain, SD.
Kelly Vannatta and Paul Egland. 2005. Poster Title: Metabolic Interactions between the Dental Plaque Bacteria Streptococcus gordonii and Veillonella atypica. BRIN Student Research Poster Session, August 2005. USD School of Medicine, Vermillion, SD.
Kimberly Heinemann
Comments? Questions? Please contact steven.matzner@augie.edu
Last modified Thursday, August 2, 2007.
