Department of Molecular Biology
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dr. Mark Gomelsky
Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
University of Wyoming
Ag C Bldg., Room 6007
Laramie, WY 82071
E-mail: gomelsky@uwyo.edu
Phones: (307) 766-3522 office
(307) 766-3517 lab
Fax: (307) 766-3875
Education
B.S.
1986
Chemical Technology
Moscow Institute for Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia
M.S.
1988
Industrial Microbiology
Moscow Institute for Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia
Ph.D.
1991
Biological Sciences (Bacterial Genetics)
Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
Positions and Employment
1991-92
Junior Research Scientist, State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia
1992
Visiting Scientist. Unit of Regulation of Gene Expression, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
1993-99
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas
1999-present
Assistant (1999), Associate (2005), Full (2011) Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
2007
Visiting Professor. Department of Biomolecular Mechanisms, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
Professional Activities
- Editorial Boards:
J Bacteriol (2005-present)
Appl Environ Microbiol (2009-present)
Mol Microbiol (2014-present)
- Grant and manuscript review (last 5 years)
NSF review panels: 2010, 2011, 2014.
Reviewer ad hoc:
Agencies: NIH, NSF, DOE, USDA, ESF (European Science Foundation); The Wellcome Trust, UK, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK; French Research Agency; Council for the Earth and Life sciences, The Netherlands; Swiss National Science Foundation; Austrian Research Foundation; Biomedical Research Council of Singapore.
Journals: Biochemistry, Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol, Infect Immun, J Am Chem Soc, J Bacteriol, J Biol Chem, mBio, Microbiol, Mol Microbiol, Nature, Nature Commun, Nature Meth, Nature Struct Biol, Photochem Photobiol Sci, PLoS Biology, PLoS Genetics, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Sci Reports, Structure.
- ASM
Morrison Rogosa Awards Committee (2006-2013); Rocky Mountain Branch of ASM: Secretary & Treasurer (2006-08), President-Elect (2011-12), President (2012-13).
- Meeting organization
2003, 2011: International Symposium "Metabolic Diversity and Genomic Complexity" (Houston, TX), Organizing Committee; 2004: 104th ASM General Meeting (New Orleans, LA); Co-convener, Division K Symposium "Novel protein domains in microbial signal transduction: from genomics to biology"; 2013: 113th ASM General Meeting (Denver, CO), Convener, "A light guide to microbial photobiology: from physiology to synthetic biology".
- Invited talks (last 5 years)
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Gomelsky Laboratory
Bacterial signal transduction (nucleotide second messengers)
Synthetic biology
Optogenetics
Metabolic engineering
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