Dr. Elizabeth A. Karr

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University of Oklahoma
Arts & Sciences
Botany & Microbiology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2007
University of Oklahoma
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Botany and Microbiology
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2007

Mailing Address

770 Van Vleet Oval
Room 135
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (405) 325-5133
lizkarr@ou.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Microbiology, 2003.
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, 2003.

Expertise and Research Interests

Archaea, Gene expression, protein/DNA interactions, molecular biology, biofuels

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Botany, Microbiology.

Additional Terms:

Archaea, Environmental Microbiology, Ethanol, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Transcription.

Memberships

American Society of Microbiology

Previous Positions

2003-2007, Post-doctoral fellow, Ohio State University
1999-2003, Research Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Microbiology

Funding Received

  • University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences: Junior Faculty Award, $6,000.00, 2009 to 2009.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): NSF Starter Grant, $50,000, 2008 to 2009.
  • University of Oklahoma Research Council: PI Research Investment Award, $8,200.00, 2008 to 2009.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbial Biology, $100,000.00, 2005 to 2007.

Publications

  • Karr EA, Sandman K, Lurz R, Reeve JN (Apr 2008) TrpY regulation of trpB2 transcription in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus., Journal of bacteriology, 190 (7), 2637-41 Abstract
  • Cubonová L, Sandman K, Karr EA, Cochran AJ, Reeve JN (Jun 2007) Spontaneous trpY mutants and mutational analysis of the TrpY archaeal transcription regulator., Journal of bacteriology, 189 (11), 4338-42 Abstract
  • Karr EA, Ng JM, Belchik SM, Sattley WM, Madigan MT, Achenbach LA (Feb 2006) Biodiversity of methanogenic and other archaea in the permanently frozen Lake Fryxell, Antarctica., Applied and environmental microbiology, 72 (2), 1663-6 Abstract
  • Karr EA, Sattley WM, Rice MR, Jung DO, Madigan MT, Achenbach LA (Oct 2005) Diversity and distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in permanently frozen Lake Fryxell, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica., Applied and environmental microbiology, 71 (10), 6353-9 Abstract
  • Jung DO, Achenbach LA, Karr EA, Takaichi S, Madigan MT (Oct 2004) A gas vesiculate planktonic strain of the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodoferax antarcticus isolated from Lake Fryxell, Dry Valleys, Antarctica., Archives of microbiology, 182 (2-3), 236-43 Abstract
  • Karr EA, Sattley WM, Jung DO, Madigan MT, Achenbach LA (Aug 2003) Remarkable diversity of phototrophic purple bacteria in a permanently frozen Antarctic lake., Applied and environmental microbiology, 69 (8), 4910-4 Abstract
  • M. T. Madigan, D. O. Jung, E. A. Karr, W. M. Sattley, L. A. Achenbach, M. van der Meer, Diversity of anoxygenic phototrophs in contrasting extreme environments In W. In (eds), , Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park, Montana State University, Thermal Biology Institute (bookchapter)

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Last Updated: 6/15/2009

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