Susan L. Bjerke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Stoffer 203 F
(785) 670-2078 office
susan.bjerke@washburn.edu

Ph.D., University of Iowa (2005)

Courses Taught:

BI 100 Introduction to Biology
BI 206 Introduction to Microbiology
BI 206 Introduction to Microbiology Lab
BI 301 General Microbiology
BI 301 General Microbiology Lab
BI 362 Immunology
BI 370 Virology
BI 389 Biology Literature Review
BI 390 Biology Seminar

Research Interests:

• Envelopment protein function
• Herpesvirus Type I nuclear egress

Recent Scholarly Works:

Roller, R.J., Bjerke, S.L., Haugo, A.C. and Hanson, S. 2010. Analysis of a charge-cluster mutation of herpes simplex virus type I UL34 and its extragenic suppressor suggest a novel interaction between pUL34 and pUL31 that is necessary for membrane curvature around capsids. Journal of Virology 84(8): 3921-34.

Leach, N., Bjerke, S.L., ... Roller, R.J. 2007. Emerin is hyperphosphorylated and redistributed in herpes simplex virus type 1-infected cells in a manner dependent on both UL34 and US3. Journal of Virology 81(19): 10792-803.

Bjerke, S.L. and Roller, R.J. 2006. Roles for herpes simplex virus type 1 UL34 and US3 proteins in disrupting the nuclear lamina during herpes simplex virus type 1 egress. Virology 347(2): 261-76.

Bjerke, S.L., ... Roller, R. 2003. Effects of Charged Cluster Mutations on the Function of HSV-I UL34 Protein. Journal of Virology 77(13): 7601-7610.

Other Interests:

Piano, ice skating, baseball, Kansas City Royals, clarinet, singing, hiking, snow