Brian J. Wilkinson / Curriculum Vitae

BRIAN J. WILKINSON

EDUCATION

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.	BSc (Hons)	1967 Biochemistry
University of Sheffield, U.K.	PhD	1971 Microbiology
University of Kentucky	Post Doc.	Microbial Biochemistry

POSITIONS HELD
1970-72 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky,
Laboratory of D.C. White.

1972-73 Research Associate, T.H. Morgan School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky,
Laboratory of M.I.H. Aleem.

1973-76 Broodbank Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge,
U.K. Laboratory of D.J. Ellar.

1976-78 Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Minnesota.

1979-81 Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Chemistry, Illinois State University.

1981-85 Associate Professor of Microbiology and Chemistry, Illinois State University.

1985- Professor of Microbiology and Chemistry, Illinois State University.

1986 January-July Sabbatical, Department of Chemistry, Hull University, U.K.

1996- University Distinguished Professor

EXPERIENCE & HONORS
Research on various aspects of bacterial cell surfaces and bacterial stress biology 1967-

Medical Research Council Scholarship 1967-70

Brookbank Fellowship (awarded in open competition) 1973-76

Elected to Fellowship in American Academy of Microbiology 1980

Reviewer of manuscripts and grant proposals for various journals and agencies

Member Special N.I.H. Study Section 1985

Chairman Research Review Committee (1989-91), Research Policy and Allocations Committee (1991-93),
American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate

Chair, Division K Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, American Society for Microbiology, 1995-96

University Distinguished Professor, 1996-

Member, Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1999-01, 2002-04

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS PAST FIVE YEARS (FROM A TOTAL OF 88)
Vijarankul, U., M. J. Nadakavukaren, D. O. Bayles, B. J. Wilkinson and R. K. Jayaswal. 1997. Characterization of an NaCl-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus mutant and rescue of the NaCl-sensitive phenotype by glycine betaine but not other compatible solutes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1889-1897.

Annous, B.A., L. A. Becker, D. O. Bayles, D. P. Labeda, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1997.
The critical role of anteiso C15:0 fatty acid in the growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3887-3894.

Qoronfleh, M. W., C. A. Bortner, P. Schwartzberg and B. J. Wilkinson. 1998. Enhanced
levels of Staphylococcus aureus stress protein GroEL and DnaK homologs early in infection of human epithelial cells. Infect. Immun. 66:3024-3027.

Qoronfleh, M. W., J. E. Gustafson, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1998. Conditions that induce
Staphylococcus aureus heat shock proteins also inhibit autolysis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 166:103-107.

Jackson, M. A., J. S. Frymier, B. J. Wilkinson, P. Zorner, and S. Evans. 1999. Growth
requirements for the production of stable cells of the bioherbicidal bacterium Xanthomonas campestris. J. Indust. Microbiol. And Biotechnol. 21: 237-241.

Bayles, D. O., and B. J. Wilkinson. 2000. Osmoprotectants and cryoprotectants for
Listeria monocytogenes. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 30: 23-27.

Edgcomb, M. R., S. Sirimanne, B. J. Wilkinson, P. Drouin, and R. (P.D.) Morse. 2000.
Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the membrane fluidity of the foodborne pathogenic psychrotroph Listeria monocytogenes. Biochim. et Biophys. Acta. 1463:31-42.

Pfeltz, R. F., V. K. Singh, J. L. Singh, M. A. Batten. C. S. Baranyk, M. J.
Nadakavukaren, R. K. Jayaswal, and B. J. Wilkinson. 2000. Characterization of passage-selected vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus of diverse parental backgrounds. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 44: 294-303.

Singh, V. K., R. K. Jayaswal, and B. J. Wilkinson. 2001. Cell wall-active antibiotic stress proteins of Staphylococcus aureus identified using a proteomic approach. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 199:79-84.

Pfeltz, R. F., J. L. Schmidt, and B. J. Wilkinson. 2001. A microdilution plating method
for population analysis of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci. Microbial Drug
Res.7: 289-295.

Singh, V.K., J. Moskovitz, B.J. Wilkinson, and R.K. Jayaswal. 2001. Molecular
characterization of a chromosomal locus in Staphylococcus aureus that
contributes to oxidative defence and is highly induced by the cell-wall-active
antibiotic oxacillin. Microbiology 147: 3037-3045.

Jones, S. L., P. Drouin, B. J. Wilkinson, and R. (P.D.II) Morse. 2002. Correlation of membrane fluidity with temperature-dependent growth characteristics of parent and a cold-sensitive, branched-chain fatty acid deficient mutant of Listeria monocytogenes. Archives of Microbiology 177: 217-222.

Moskovitz, J., V.K. Singh, J. Requena, BJ. Wilkinson, R.K. Jayaswal, and E.R. Stadtman. 2002. Purification and characterization of methionine sulfoxide reductases from mouse and Staphylococcus aureus and their substrate specificity. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 290:62-65.

Liu, S., J.E. Graham, L. Bigelow, P.D. Morse II, and B.J. Wilkinson. 2002. Identification of Listeria monocytogenes genes expressed in response to growth at low temperature. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1697-1705.

Price, C.T.D., V.K. Singh, R.K. Jayaswal, B.J. Wilkinson, and J.E. Gustafson. 2002. Pine oil-based cleaner resistant Staphylococcus aureus: reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and oxacillin and involvement of SigB. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 5417-5421.

Singh, V.K., J.L. Schmidt, R.K. Jayaswal, and B.J. Wilkinson. 2002. Impact of sigB mutation on Staphylococcus aureus oxacillin and vacnomycin resistance varies with parental background and method of assessment. Intl. J. Antimicrob. Agents. In press.

Book Chapter
Wilkinson, B.J. 1997. The biology of staphylococci. In K.B. Crossley and G.L. Archer (eds.) Staphylococci in human disease. Churchill Livingston, New York, NY.

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