Bryan Bellaire
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Bryan H. Bellaire
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Vet Microbiology & Preventive Medicine
(515) 294-1006
1136 Vet Med
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Expertise / Research Area
Our research is focused on understanding the microbial and cellular events that take place during persistent bacterial infections. Areas of investigation include Bacterial Pathogenesis of Brucella spp. in swine, bovine, canine and human hosts; Translational Medicine associated with developing novel antimicrobial delivery platform that will target persistent intracellular pathogens; Biosafety and Biodefense: illuminating molecular interactions between the human host and virulent Brucella spp. and Yersinia pestis.
Teaching
2006 - Present: Lecturer-Microbial Pathogenesis MICRO 553, VMPM 586
2006 - Present: Lecturer-Bacterial Pathogenesis: VMPM 528
2007 - Present: Lecturer-Innate Immunity in Bacterial Diseases VMPM 625
2007 - Present: Course Co-Organizer VMPM 604
Education
1995 B.S. Microbiology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
2001 Ph.D. Microbiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. Shreveport, LA.
Selected Publications
Bellaire, B.H., C.L. Baldwin, P.H. Elzer and R.M. Roop II. 1999. The siderophore 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid is not required for virulence of Brucella abortus in BALB/c mice. Infect. Immun. 67: 2615-2618.
Parent, M.A., Bellaire, B.H., Murphy, E.A., R.M. Roop II, P.H. Elzer and C.L. Baldwin. 2002. Brucella abortus siderophore 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) facilitates intracellular survival of the bacteria. Microb. Pathog. 32(5): 239-248.
Bellaire, B.H., P.H. Elzer, S.D. Hagius, J.V. Walker, N.J. Booth, M.D. Edmonds, C.L. Baldwin, R. Freeland and R.M. Roop II. 2003. Genetic organization and iron-Responsive regulation of the Brucella abortus 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid biosynthesis operon, a cluster of genes required for wild-type virulence in pregnant cattle. Infect Immun. 71(4): 1794-1803.
Bellaire, B.H., P.H. Elzer, C.L. Baldwin, and R.M. Roop II. 2003. Production of the siderophore 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid is required for wild-type growth of Brucella abortus in the presence of erythritol under low iron conditions in vitro. Infect Immun. 71(5): 2927-832.
RoopII, R.M., B.H. Bellaire, E. Anderson and J.T. Paulley. 2004. Iron metabolism in Brucella, p. 243-262. In I. Lopez-Goni and I. Moriyon (ed.), Brucella: Molecular and cellular biology. Horizon Scientific Press.
Roop II, R.M., B.H. Bellaire, M.W. Valderas, and J.A. Cardelli. 2004. Adaptation of the brucellae to their intracellular niche. Mol. Micro. 52(3): 621-630.
Valderas, M.W., R.B. Alcantara, J.B. Baumgartner, B.H. Bellaire, G.T. Robertson, W.L. Ng, J.M. Richardson, M.E. Winkler, and R.M. Roop II. 2005. Role of HdeA in acid resistance and virulence in Brucella abortus 2308. Vet. Micro. 20;107(3-4): 307-12.
Bellaire, B.H., R.M. Roop II, J.A. Cardelli. 2005. Opsonized virulent Brucella abortus replicate within non-acidic, endoplasmic reticulum negative, LAMP 1 positive phagosomes in human monocytes. Infect. Immun. 73(6): 3702-3713.
B.C. Reed, C. Cefalu, B.H. Bellaire, J.A. Cardelli, T. Louis, J. Salamon, M.A. Bloecher and R.C. Bunn. 2005. GLUT1CBP(TIP2/GIPC1) Interactions with GLUT1 and Myosin VI: Evidence Supporting an Adapter Function for GLUT1CBP Mol. Bol. Cell. 16(9): 4183-4201.
Roux, C.M., N.J. Booth, B.H. Bellaire, J.M. Gee, R.M. Roop II, M.E. Kovach, R.M. Tsolis, P.H. Elzer and D.G. Ennis. 2006. RecA and RadA proteins of Brucella abortus do not perform overlapping protective DNA repair functions following oxidative burst. J. Bacteriol. 188(14): 5187-5195.
Snider, J.L, B.H. Bellaire and J.A. Cardelli. Both CagA-Dependent and –Independent Signaling Pathways Contribute to Helicobacter pylori – Induced Motility of Gastric Carcinoma Cells. J. Cell Biol. Accepted: Feb 2007.
Ulery BD, Phanse Y, Sinha A, Wannemuehler MJ, Narasimhan B, Bellaire BH. 2009. Polymer chemistry influences monocytic uptake of polyanhydride nanospheres. Pharm Res. Mar;26(3):683-90.
Brucellosis in Large Animals. Co-Authors: S.C. Olsen, B.H. Bellaire, R.M. Roop II, and C.O. Thoen. In Pathogenesis of Bacterial Infections in Animals. Ed. Carlton Gyles, John Prescott, Glenn Songer and Charles Thoen.
Michael Carruthers, BH Bellaire and Chris Minion. 2011. Exploring the response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 EDL933 within Acanthamoeba castellanii by genome-wide transcriptional profiling. FEMS Letters.
Leadership
2000-2006: LSUHSC BSL3 Laboratory Manager
2006-present: ISU VMPM-BSL3 Laboratory Director
Honors & Awards
1994 Undergraduate Fellowship: Science and Engineering Research Semester Sponsored by the Department of Energy. January – May.
1997 Arnold Ravin – Murial Rogers Fellowship. 41st Annual Wind River Conference on Procaryotic Biology. June.
1998 The Donald E. Kahn Memorial Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation. 79th Annual Conference for Research Workers in Animal Diseases. November.
2000 McCleskey Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation in
Bacteriology. South Central Branch American Society for Microbiology.
2002 Outstanding Postdoctoral Poster Presentation. Ray A. Barlow Scientific Symposium.
2009 Honorary Member of Phi Zeta Veterinary Honors Society.
Memberships
American Society for Microbiology
Research Workers in Animal Diseases
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Cell Biology
