Anthony G. Garza . Assistant Professor Biofilm formation; bacterial development; stress resistance in bacteria agarza@syr.edu Office: 244 Life Sciences Complex (LSC) Phone: 315-443-4746; lab 443-1920 / fax: 315-443-2012 Education: • Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1995 • Postdoc, University of California, Davis, 1996-1998 • Postdoc, Stanford University, 1998-2000 Courses: • BIO 400 Environmental Microbiology • BIO 700 Signal Transduction Systems, Graduate Seminar Interdisciplinary Programs: •Faculty member, SU SB3 Program

RESEARCH

Garza Lab at Syracuse University: http://biology.syr.edu/garzaresearch.html

Funding:
• National Science Foundation: Coordinating Developmental Gene Expression in Myxococcus xanthus
• National Science Foundation Molecular Mechanisms of Sporulation in Myxococcus xanthus

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Dahl, J.L., Tengra, F.K., Yan, J., Dutton, D., Coyne, L., & Garza, A.G. (2007) Identification of Major Sporulation Proteins of Myxococcus xanthus Using a Proteomic Approach. J. Bacteriol 189: 3187-3197.

Tengra, F. K., Dahl, J.L., Dutton, D., Caberoy, N.B. Coyne, L., & Garza, A.G. (2006) CbgA, a protein involved in cortex formation and stress resistance in Myxococcus xanthus spores. J. Bacteriol 188: 8299-8302.

Brenner, P., Garza, A.G., & Singer, M. (2004) nsd, a locus that affects the Myxococcus xanthus cellular response to nutrient concentration J. Bacteriol.186: 3461-3471.

Caberoy, N.B., Welch, R.D., Jakobsen, J.S., Slater, S.C. & Garza, A.G. (2003) Global mutational analysis of NtrC-like activators in Myxococcus xanthus: identifying activator mutants defective for motility and fruiting body development J. Bacteriol.185: 6083-6094.

Julien, B.J., Kaiser, D. and Garza, A.G. (2000) Spatial control of cell differentiation in Myxococcus xanthus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97, 9098-9103.

Garza, A.G., Harris, B.Z., Pollack, J. S. & Singer,M. H. (2000) The asgE locus is required for cell-cell signaling during Myxococcus xanthus development. Mol. Microbiol. 35, 812-824.

Garza, A.G., Harris, B.Z., Greenberg, B.M. & Singer, M.H. (2000) Control of asgE expression during growth and development in Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 182, 6622-6629.