Alex B Berezow

Alex B Berezow, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Editor

    RealClearScience.com

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
     
    B.Sc., Microbiology, Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL)
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  • Past Advisors:
     
    Richard P Darveau (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
     
    Doug Fix (as Undergraduate Student)
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  • Research:
    My Ph.D. project was to investigate lipid A structural changes as a mechanism of manipulating host innate immunity by Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.

    My project was to determine how changing the structure of the lipid A moiety of bacterial lipopolysaccharide affects the mammalian host innate immune response. It appears that many bacteria are able to alter their lipid A structure by removing fatty acids and/or phosphates. These alterations, which have been observed in many different bacterial species--from Porphyromonas gingivalis (associated with periodontitis) to Yersinia pestis (etiologic agent of plague)--manipulate the host's innate immune response. It has been hypothesized that this manipulation is one pathogenic mechanism by which these bacteria are able to evade the host's innate immune system.

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  • Other Experience:

    2010 Washington Sea Grant Science Writing Fellow

    2009-2010 UW Forum on Science Ethics and Policy (FOSEP)

    2007-2010 Husky Stadium Advisory Committee

    2007-2010 Tutor (Math and science)

    2008 UW Transportation Risk Assessment Committee

    2007-2008 Executive Senator, UW Grad/Prof Student Senate

    2005-2008 Senator, UW Grad/Professional Student Senate

    2005-2006 Teaching Assistant (Microbiology, Genetics)

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  • Honors:

    2006 Neal B. Groman Award for Excellence in Teaching (Univ. of Washington Dept. of Microbiology)

    2005 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention

    2004 University of Washington Top Scholar Award (Dept of Microbiology)

    2000-2004 Southern Illinois University Dean's List

    2000-2004 Southern Illinois University Chancellor's Scholar

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Alex Berezow's Publications (5)



Alex Berezow's Posters and Presentations (3)

  • The Similar, Penta-acylated LPS Structures of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Bacteroides Elicit Strikingly Different E-selectin Responses (poster)

    Alex B Berezow

    American Society for Microbiology, 108th General Meeting; 06/2008
  • Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns among Strains of Helicobacter pylori Isolated from Various Geographic Locales (poster)

    Alex B Berezow

    American Society for Microbiology, 103rd General Meeting; 05/2003
  • A Comparison of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in Strains of Helicobacter pylori Isolated from Various Geographic Locales (presentation)

    Alex B Berezow

    Leadership Alliance Symposium; 07/2002

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After completing my Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Washington, I became the Editor of RealClearScience.com.


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