Merrell Laboratory
 

Beth M. Carpenter, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

USUHS, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

bcarpenter @ usuhs.mil

Education

• 2010 - Doctor of Philosophy, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
   Advisor: Dr. D. Scott Merrell

• 2003 - Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
   

Laboratory Work Experience

• 2010-Present - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

• 2003-2004 - Laboratory Technician, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Division of Bacteriology

• 2001-2003 - Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Catholic University of America

Publications

Carpenter B.M., Gancz H., Benoit S.L., Evans S., Olsen C.H., Michel S.L., Maier R.J., Merrell D.S. Mutagenesis of conserved amino acids of Helicobacter pylori fur reveals residues important for function. J Bacteriol. 192(19):5037-52, 2010.

Miles S., Carpenter B.M., Gancz H., Merrell D.S. Helicobacter pylori apo-Fur regulation appears unconserved across species. J Microbiol. 48(3):378-86, 2010.

Carpenter B.M., Gancz H., Gonzalez-Nieves R.P., West A.L., Whitmire J.M., Michel S.L., Merrell D.S. A single nucleotide change affects Fur-dependent regulation of sodB in H. pylori. PLoS One. 4(4):e5369, 2009.

Carpenter B.M., Whitmire J.M., Merrell D.S. This is not your mother's repressor: the complex role of fur in pathogenesis. Infect Immun. 77(7):2590-601, 2009.

Carpenter B.M., McDaniel T.K., Whitmire J.M., Gancz H., Guidotti S., Censini S., Merrell D.S. Expanding the Helicobacter pylori genetic toolbox: modification of an endogenous plasmid for use as a transcriptional reporter and complementation vector. Appl Environ Microbiol. 73(23):7506-14, 2007.