George S. Bullerjahn

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Bowling Green State University
College of Arts & Sciences
Biological Sciences
ProfessorAppointed: 1998
Bowling Green State University
College of Arts & Sciences
Photochemical Sciences
Principal MemberAppointed: 1988
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Mailing Address

Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
United States

Contact Information

BULLERJ@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Virginia, Biology, 1984.
A.B., Dartmouth College, Biology, 1977.

Expertise and Research Interests

Our research focuses on the physiology of cyanobacteria and bacterial stress responses. The influence of trace metal nutrition and photosynthetic performance is a current interest, along with understanding protein-protein interactions in photosynthetic electron transport.

Other Expertise

Much of our work is centered on the development of stress-responsive cyanobacterial bioreporters. Such strain produce a luminescent signal which can be viewed as a proxy for the physiological status of the endemic phytoplankton in natural environments.

Future Research

Our work will continue to focus on development of multichannel , (GFP, Lux, Luc) bioreporter strains having broad dynamic range in the detection of trace metals, N and P in natural environments. Expanding the technology to include diatoms is a future goal.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Bacteriology, Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Physiology, Phytochemistry.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Basic, Basic, Basic)
Russian: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Limnology and Oceanography
American Society for Microbiology
International Association for Great Lakes Research

Previous Positions

1996-2000, Chair, Bowling Green State University, College of Arts & Sciences, Biological Sciences
1993-1998, Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University, College of Arts & Sciences, Biological Sciences
1988-1993, Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, College of Arts & Sciences, Biological Sciences
1984-1988, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri-Columbia, Biological Sciences
1977-1983, Graduate Student, University of Virginia, Biological Sciences

Funding Received

  • NOAA/Ohio Sea Grant: Phosphonates in Lake Erie: an unrecognized source for phytoplankton and microbes?, $100,230, 2008 to 2010.
  • NOAA/Ohio Sea Grant: Phylogenetic analysis and physiological characterization of photosynthetic picoplankton in Lake Erie (with RML McKay), $116,607, 2007 to 2009.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Design and characterization of cyanobacterial bioreporters to measure nutrient availability in marine systems, $356,144, 2007 to 2010.

Publications

  • Hulsker R, Baranova MV, Bullerjahn GS, Ubbink M (2008) Dynamics in the transient Prochlorothrix hollandica plastocyanin-cytochrome f complex, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130, 1985-1991
  • Boyanapalli R, Bullerjahn GS, Pohl C, Croot PL, Boyd PW, McKay RML (2007) Luminescent whole-cell cyanobacterial bioreporter for measuring Fe availability in diverse marine environments, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 1019-1024
  • Ivanikova NV, Popels LC, McKay RML, Bullerjahn GS (2007) Lake Superior supports novel clusters of cyanobacterial picoplankton, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 4055-4066
  • Hassler CS, Twiss MR, McKay RML, Bullerjahn GS (2006) Optimization of a cyanobacterial (Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942) bioreporter to measure bioavailable iron, Journal of Phycology, 42, 324-335
  • Ivanikova NV, McKay RML, Bullerjahn GS (2005) Construction and characterization of a cyanobacterial bioreporter capable of assessing nitrate assimilatory capacity in freshwaters, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 3, 86-93
  • Hervas M, Myshkin E, Vintonenko N, De la Rosa MA, Bullerjahn GS, Navarro JA (Mar 2003) Mutagenesis of prochlorothrix plastocyanin reveals additional features in, Journal of Bioligical Chemistry, 278 (10), 8179-83
  • Durham KA, Porta D, McKay RM, Bullerjahn GS (1 Jan 2003) Expression of the iron-responsive irpA gene from the cyanobacterium, Archives of Microbiology, 179 (2), 131-4
  • Crowley PB, Vintonenko N, Bullerjahn GS, Ubbink M (Dec 2002) Plastocyanin-cytochrome f interactions: the influence of hydrophobic patch, Biochemistry, 41 (52), 15698-705

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