Dan Broder, Ph.D.

email: dbroder@biomail.ucsd.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Microbiology, 2003. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Thesis research with Dr. Charles G. Miller.

• M.S. Microbiology, 1999. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

• B.S. Microbiology, minor chemistry, 1996. California State University Chico.

Current work:

My project with Dr. Pogliano is to further develop a model for an alternate mechanism of engulfment that requires the zipper-like interaction between the forespore protein, SpoIIQ, and the mother cell protein, SpoIIIAH.

Thesis work:

My thesis work with Dr. Charles G. Miller was an examination of protein breakdown in Salmonella typhimurium. Specifically, I examined the role of divalent cations on the specificity of degradation of small, aspartate-containing peptides by the cell’s complement of metalloaminopeptidases.

Publications:

Broder, D. H. and Pogliano, K. 2006. Forespore engulfment mediated by a ratchet-like mechanism. Cell. Accepted for publication.

Broder, D.H. and Miller, C.G. 2003. Peptidase T. In: Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (Barret, A.J., Rawlings, N.D., and Woessner, J.F. Jr., Eds.), Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Co. Ltd., London.

Broder D.H., Miller C.G. 2003. DapE can function as an aspartyl peptidase in the presence of Mn2+. J. Bacteriol. 185(16):4748-54.

Hakansson, K., Broder, D., Wang, A.H., Miller, C.G. 2000. Crystallization of peptidase T from Salmonella typhimurium. Acta. Crystallogr. D. Biol. Crystallogr. 56(Pt 7):924-6.

Interests:

Music. I like listening to all types of music, but I particularly enjoy acoustic music like bluegrass, old timey, celtic and jazz. I play electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, and a little banjo and I perform occasionally with a local bluegrass band called 117 West.

I also like skiing, camping, and hiking.