Andrew Herbig , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Stoffer 203E
(785) 670-1769 office
andrew.herbig@washburn.edu

Ph.D., Cornell University (2001)

Courses Taught:

BI 100 Introduction to Biology - Health Emphasis
BI 102 General Cellular Biology Laboratory
BI 204 Introduction to Microbiology Lecture
BI 205 Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory
BI 301 General Microbiology Lecture and Laboratory
BI 325 Microbiology of Human Disease Lecture and Laboratory
BI 390 Biology Seminar
BI 395 Biology Research

Research Interests:

• Oxidative Stress Response in Bacillus subtilis
• Magnesium Transport in Bacillus subtilis

Recent Scholarly Works:

• Herbig, A. F., A. J. Bird, S. Swierczek, K. McCall, M. Mooney, C. Wu, D. R. Winge, and D. J. Eide. 2005. Zap1 activation domain 1 and its role in controlling gene expression in response to cellular zinc status. Mol. Microbiol. 57(3):834-846.
  
  
• Herbig, A. F. and J. D. Helmann. 2002. Metal Ion Uptake and Oxidative Stress. In Bacillus subtilis and Its Relatives: From Genes to Cells. ASM Press.
  
  
• Fuangthong M., A. F. Herbig, N. Bsat, and J. D. Helmann. 2002. Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis fur and perR genes by PerR: not all members of the PerR regulon are peroxide inducible. J Bacteriol. 184(12):3276-86.
  
  
• Herbig, A. F. and J. D. Helmann. 2001. Roles of metal ions and hydrogen peroxide in modulating the interaction of the Bacillus subtilis PerR peroxide regulon repressor with operator DNA. Mol. Microbiol. 41(4):849-859.
  
  
• Bsat, N., A. F. Herbig, L. Casillas-Martinez, P. Setlow, and J. D. Helmann. 1998. Bacillus subtilis contains multiple Fur homologues: identification of the iron uptake and peroxide regulon (PerR) repressors. Mol. Microbiol. 29(1):189-198.
  

Other Interests:

Music, violin, history, tennis