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Courtesy of Lisa Bowers
Campus Phone: 
641-269-4436
Fax: 
641-269-4984
Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.): 
Position: 
Assistant Professor of Biology
On-Campus Address: 
Science 1203
Education / Degrees: 
Postdoctoral Fellow 2007-2010, University of California - Berkeley, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
Ph.D. 2007, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Microbiology
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
The Bam complex subunit BamE (SmpA) is required for membrane integrity, stalk growth and normal levels of outer membrane β-barrel proteins in Caulobacter crescentus.Ryan, K.R., Taylor, J.A, and Bowers, L.M. 2009. Microbiology 156: 742-756.
Who's in charge here? Regulating cell cycle regulators.Bowers, L.M., Shapland, E.B, Ryan, K.R., 2008. Curr Opin Microbiol. 11. 547-52.
Cooperative binding mode of the inhibitors of R6K replication, π dimers. Bowers, L.M., and Filutowicz, M.S., 2008. J Mol Biol. 337(3). 609-15.
Mechanisms of origin activation by monomers of the R6K-encoded π protein. Bowers, L.M., Krüger, R., Filutowicz, M.S., 2007. J Mol Biol. 368. 928-938.
Bacterial expression system with tightly regulated gene expression and plasmid copy number.Bowers, L.M., LaPoint, K., Anthony, L.C., Pluciennik, A., and Filutowicz, M.S., 2004. Gene. 340, 11-18.
Curriculum Vitae/Resume: 
Courses Taught: 
BIO-150: Introduction to Biological Inquiry
BIO-251: Molecules, Cells, and Organisms, with Lab
BIO-365: Microbiology, with Lab
BIO-380: Molecular Biology, with Lab