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Dr. Brian Wilkinson

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Office
SLB Science Laboratory Building 427
Office Hours
M-F 9-5
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Biography

Professor of Microbiology working on Staphylococcus aureus antibiotic resistance and Listeria monocytogenes working on low temperature growth

Ph D Microbiology

University of Sheffield

Grants and Contracts

Branched-chain fatty acids and membrane function in Listeria monocytogenes
Craig Gatto, Brian James Wilkinson.
National Institutes of Health. September 1 2013 - August 31 2016
Branched-chain fatty acids and membrane function in Listeria monocytogenes
Brian James Wilkinson.
National Insitutes of Health- R15. September 01 2012 - August 31 2015
Extension to studies of decreased susceptibility to telavancin
Brian James Wilkinson.
Astellas Pharma US. March 2010 - February 2011
Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiling of the Response of Staphylococcus aureus to Telavancin
Radheshyam Jayaswal, Brian James Wilkinson.
Astellas Pharma US Inc. January 1 2009 - January 1 2010
Membrane fluidity and S. aureus antimicrobial susceptibility
Brian James Wilkinson.
National Institutes of Health-R15. October 2009 - September 2012
A switch from the hVISA to the VISA mechanism
Brian James Wilkinson.
National Institutes of Health. May 2008 - May 2012
Mode of action of Daptomycin
Radheshyam Jayaswal, Brian James Wilkinson.
Cubist. April 1 2008 - March 31 2009
Role of yycGF in daptomycin resistance in S. aureus
Brian James Wilkinson.
Cubist Pharmaceutical Co.. January 2008 - March 2011

Intellectual Property

Lactobacillus strain and bacteriocin
United States 8,470,583
Brian James Wilkinson, S Liu, .

Presentations

Branched-chain amino acids
Brian James Wilkinson.
ASM, Boston, MA, June, 2016
Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Brian James Wilkinson.
ASM, Boston, MA, June, 2016
Growth-medium dependent plasticity of Staphylococcus aureus membrane fatty acid profile and carotenoid content
S Sen, B J Wilkinson.
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May, 2015
C6 branched-chain carboxylic acids result in increased growth, novel unnatural fatty acids and altered membrane properties in a Listeria monocytogenes branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase mutant
S Sen, S Sirobhushnam, L Fernandez-Flores, M P Hantak, C Gatto, Brian James Wilkinson, .
Annual Meeting, Online, May, 2013
Characterization of butyrate kinase from Listeria monocytogenes
S Sirobhushnam, L P Saunders, S Sen, R K Jayaswal, C Gatto, Brian James Wilkinson.
Annual Meeting, Online, May, 2013
Tole of twin-arginine translocase (Tat) system in iron-uptake in Listeria monocytogenes
K B Tiwari, Brian James Wilkinson, R K Jayaswal.
Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May, 2013
C6-Branched-chain carboxylic acids result in increased growth, novel 'unnatural' fatty acids and altered membrane properties in a Listeria monocytogenes branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase mutant
Brian James Wilkinson.
Gram-positive Bacterial Pathogens, Omaha, NE, October, 2012
Chromatin immune-precipitation identifies genes under direct VraSR regulation in Staphylococcus aureus
M Sengupta, V Jain, Brian James Wilkinson, Radheshyam Jayaswal.
111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA, , 2011
Studies on the mechanism of decreased susceptibility to telavancin in a laboratory-derived Staphylococcus aureus mutant
Y Song, S R Gill, C S Lunde, B M Benton, Brian James Wilkinson.
Intersci. Conf. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother, Online, , 2011
Cold pressed terpeneless valencia orange oil: a potential topical anti-staphylococcal agent
A Muthaiyan, D Biswas, P G Crandall, Brian James Wilkinson, S C Ricke.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol, Online, , 2010
Anti-staphylococcal activity and mode of action of cold pressed terpeneless valencia orange oil
A Muthaiyan, D Biswas, E M Martin, P G Crandall, Brian James Wilkinson, S C Ricke.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2010
Transcriptional profiling of Listeria monocytogenes responses to cold shock and cold acclimation
A Singh, M Julotok, Brian James Wilkinson.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2010
Transcriptional profiling studies of the mode of action of telavancin
Y Song, C S Lunde, B M Benton, Brian James Wilkinson.
Intersci. Conf. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother, Online, , 2010
The Staphylococcus aureus Tea Tree Oil Stimulon
J A Cuaron, S Dulal, J Rivera, V Nagarajan, S Yang, A K Singh, Radheshyam Jayaswal, Brian James Wilkinson, J E Gustafson.
110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, San Diego, California, May, 2010
The Staphylococcus aureus ethanol stimulon
J M Pando, J Rivera, J A Cuaron, S Yang, A K Singh, W Yu, Brian James Wilkinson, J E Gustafson.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol, Online, , 2009
Comparative metabolomics of the psychrotolerant bacterium Listeria monocytogenes 10403S grown at 37˚C and 8˚C
A Singh, Z Li, A V Ulanov, Radheshyam Jayaswal, Brian James Wilkinson.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2009
Comparison of vancomycin stimulons of clonally related clinical vancomycin-susceptible and hetero vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains
R Lamichhane-Khadka, S Zaman, J Winters, J Cuaron, N Ledala, A K Singh, Y Song, Brian James Wilkinson, J E Gustafson.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2009
Susceptibility of methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus to orange essential oils
A Muthaiyan, P G Crandall, Brian James Wilkinson, S C Ricke.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2009
The diclofenac stimulon of Staphylococcus aureus
J M Dupree, S A Matyi, A K Singh, S Yang, S Zaman, S Horan, V Nagarajan, M O Elasri, Brian James Wilkinson, J E Gustafson.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2009
Transcriptomes of daptomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Y Song, A Rubio, Radheshyam Jayaswal, J A Silverman, Brian James Wilkinson.
Annu. Mtg. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Online, , 2009
Aspects of the regulatory mechanisms in the alkali-tolerance response (ALTR) of Listeria monocytogenes
E S Giotis, A Muthaiyan, I Blair, Brian James Wilkinson, D A McDowell.
Biomicroworld Conference, Lisbon, , 2009
Putative Third Player Identified in VraSR Mediated Regulation of Cell-Wall Associated Genes
Mrittika Sengupta, Vaibhav Jain, Atul Singh, Brian James Wilkinson, Radheshyam Jayaswal.
Gordon Research Conference, Waterville, New Hampshire, , 2009
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) Assays Identify VraSR Regulated Genes in Staphylococcus aureus
Mrittika Sengupta, Vaibhav Jain, V Jain, Atul Singh, Brian James Wilkinson, Radheshyam Jayaswal.
109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2009
β-Ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase III (FabH) of Listeria monocytogenes has Increased Preference for the Precursor of Anteiso Fatty Acids over Iso Branched-Chain Fatty Acid Precursors at Low Temperature
Mrittika Sengupta, Vaibhav Jain, Atul Singh, Craig Gatto, Radheshyam Jayaswal, C O Rock, Brian James Wilkinson.
109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2009