Dr. Brittany Bennett
Postdoctoral AssociatePostdoctoral Associate: University of Southern California
brittany.bennett@hawaii.edu
Education
PhD Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Minnesota 2017
Areas of Study
Environmental Microbiology
Research Overview
Mechanisms of bacterial ferrous iron toxicity and resistance
Awards
Viksnins, Harris & Padys MICaB Award (2012), MICaB Student Service Award (2015), National Institutes of Health Biotechnology Training Grant (2014‒2016)
Research Publications
- Essock-Burns T, Bennett BD, Arencibia D, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Medeiros M, McFall-Ngai MJ, Ruby EG (2021) Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Regulation Induces Morphological Change in a Key Host Tissue during the Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Symbiosis. mBio :e0240221 · Pubmed · DOI
- Koch EJ, Bongrand C, Bennett BD, Lawhorn S, Moriano-Gutierrez S, Pende M, Vadiwala K, Dodt HU, Raible F, Goldman W, Ruby EG, McFall-Ngai M (2020) The cytokine MIF controls daily rhythms of symbiont nutrition in an animal-bacterial association. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117((44)):27578-27586 PMC7959500 · Pubmed · DOI
- Bennett BD, Essock-Burns T, Ruby EG (2020) HbtR, a Heterofunctional Homolog of the Virulence Regulator TcpP, Facilitates the Transition between Symbiotic and Planktonic Lifestyles in Vibrio fischeri. mBio 11((5)): PMC7468203 · Pubmed · DOI
- Lynch JB, Schwartzman JA, Bennett BD, McAnulty SJ, Knop M, Nyholm SV, Ruby EG (2019) Ambient pH Alters the Protein Content of Outer Membrane Vesicles, Driving Host Development in a Beneficial Symbiosis. Journal of bacteriology 201((20)): PMC6755730 · Pubmed
