Connolly (Brileya), Kristen
Technical Operations Manager
Office: 367A Barnard Hall
Specialty: Anaerobic community ecophysiology
E-mail: kristen.connolly@montana.edu
Professional preparation:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Anna Louise Reysenbach Lab, Portland State University, 2012–2014
PhD, Microbiology, Montana State University, 2013
Dissertation: “Ecophysiology of Methanococcus maripaludis and Desulfovibrio vulgaris: The role of structure in relation to function”
Book chapters:
- Brileya KA, Reysenbach A-L, “The Archaeoglobi,” pp. 15–23.
- Reysenbach A-L, Brileya KA, “The Picrophilaceae,” pp. 319–321.
- Reysenbach A-L, Brileya KA, “The Thermoplasmataceae,” pp. 385–387.
In: The Prokaryotes-Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and the Archaea
Rosenberg E, DeLong EF, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson, F (eds.), 4th Ed. Springer-Verlag
Berlin Heidelberg.
Publications:
- Metcalf JA, Funkhouser-Jones LJ, Brileya K, Reysenbach A-L, Bordenstein SR
“Antibacterial gene transfer across the tree of life”
eLife, 2014, 3:e04266.
Biofilm related publications searchable by author via CBE Publications Database
Related press:
- CBE News, October 17, 2017: “CBE image selected for exhibit at NEMO science museum in Amsterdam”
- Vanderbilt University News, November 21, 2014: http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2014/11/lifes-extremists-may-be-an-untapped-source-of-antibacterial-drugs/
- Phenomena, National Geographic, October 24, 2014:
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/24/how-an-antibiotic-gene-jumped-all-over-the-tree-of-life/
