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Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss


Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
Miami University
44 Pearson Hall
Oxford, Ohio, 45056

morganr2@muohio.edu




Hello, this is the MORGAN-KISS LAB site in Department of Microbiology at Miami University.



Lab Members

Rachael Morgan-Kiss, PI
Weidong Kong, Postdoctoral Fellow
Sarah Jaffri, Graduate Student
Jenna Dolhi, Graduate Student
Rocky Patil, Graduate Student
Audrey Lloyd, Undergraduate
Triratana Sanguanbun, Undergraduate
Nicholas Ketchum, Undergraduate
Alex Loomis, Undergraduate


Former Members
Scott Bielewicz, Clinical Lab Technician, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Patrick Feasel, Medical school, Wright State
Donald Holter, Graduate School, Ohio State University

Research Interests

<font=6>Adaptation of Photosynthetic Microorganisms to Extreme Environments


1. Development of "Non-Model" Photosynthetic Microorganisms

2. Distribution and function of Psychrophilic Phototrophs in their Natural Environments

3. Making Links Between Laboratory Models with in situ Studies

4. Application of Cold-Tolerant and Cold-adapted Algae to Produce Algal Biomass

ADAPTATION TO POLAR NIGHT IPY Polar Night Project at John Priscu's website

POLAR PALOOZA

Lab Fun








Education and Training

University of Victoria, Victoria Canada, Biology, B.Sc. 1995

[Norm Huner's Lab]University of Western Ontario, London Canada, Plant Physiology, Ph.D. 2000

[John Cronan's Lab]University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Microbiology, Postdoctoral Fellow. 2001-2005

[John Priscu's Group]Research Consultant, McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research Site, Taylor Dry Valleys, Antarctica 2005

[Tom Hanson's Lab]University of Delaware, Newark, Microbiology, Research Associate. 2006-2007

Publications

In 2010

  1. Jaraula CMB, Brassell SC, Morgan-Kiss RM, Doran PT, Kenig F (2010) Origin and tentative identification of tri to pentaunsaturated keytones in sediments of Lake Fryxell, East Antarctica. Organic Geochemistry. 41:386-397 [link]
  2. Kiss AJ, Devries AL, Morgan-Kiss RM (2010) Comparative analysis of crystallins and lipids from the lens of Antarctic toothfish and cow. Journal of Comparative Physiology B In press [link]
  3. Feasel PC, Dolhi JM, Jaffri S, Hanson TE, Morgan-Kiss RM (2010) Low temperature adaptation of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxgyenase in the model photopsychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis UWO241 (CHLOROPHYCEAE, CHLOROPHYTA). Extremophiles. In review File:S1-ln797422295844769-1939656818Hwf1268954151IdV15706809307974222PDF HI0001.pdf
  4. Bielewicz S., Kong W., Bell E.,Iddo F., Priscu JC and Morgan-Kiss RM (2010) Distribution of micro-eukaryotes during the transition to polar night in a permanently ice-covered Antarctic lake. ISME Journal In review File:MorganKiss ISME WholeMS.pdf

In 2009


  1. Hanson TE, Morgan-Kiss RM, Chan, LK, Hiras, J (2009) Beyond the genome: functional studies of phototrophic sulfur oxidation. In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Springer, In Press
  2. Jiang Y, Morgan-Kiss RM, Campbell, J, Chan, CH, Cronan, J (2009) Expression of Vibrio harveyi Acyl-ACP synthetase allows entry of exogenous fatty acids into the Escherchia coli fatty acid and lipid A synthetic pathways. Biochemistry. Accepted
  3. Morgan-Kiss RM, Chan LK, Weber TS, Modla S. Czymmek K, Hanson TE (2009) Chlorobaculum tepidum regulates chlorosome structure and function in response to temperature and electron donor availability. Photosynth. Res. 99:11-21[link]
  4. Chan LK, Morgan-Kiss RM, Hanson TE (2009) Functional analysis of three sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase homologs in Chlorobaculum tepidum. Journal of Bacteriology 191:1026-1034[link]

In 2008

  1. Chan LK, Weber TS, Morgan-Kiss RM, Hanson TE (2008) A Genomic region required for phototrophic thiosulfate oxidation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). Microbiol. 154:818-829
  2. Morgan-Kiss RM, Ivanov AG, Modla S, Czymmek K, Hüner NPA, Priscu JC, Lisle JT, Hanson, TE (2008) Identity and physiology of a new psychrophilic eukaryotic green alga, Chlorella BI sp., isolated from a transitory pond near Bratina Island, Antarctica. Extremophiles 12(5): 701-711 [link]
  3. Morgan-Kiss RM, Cronan Jr. JE (2008) The Lactococcus lactis FabF fatty acid synthetic enzyme can functionally replace both the FabB and FabF proteins of Escherichia coli and the FabH protein of Lactococcus lactis. Arch. Microbiol. 190:427-437[Link]
  4. Chan LK, Morgan-Kiss R and Hanson TE. Genetic and proteomic studies of sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum). In Sulfur metabolism in phototrophic organisms. Edited by R. Hell, C. Dahl, T. Leustek and D. Knaff. New York, N.Y.: Springer 2008; 363-379.

In 2007

  1. Chan LK, Morgan-Kiss R, Hanson TE (2007) Sulfur oxidation in Chlorobium tepidum (syn. Chlorobaculum tepidum): genetic and proteomic analyses. . In C Dahl, CG Friedrich, eds, Microbial Sulfur Metabolism. Springer, New York, N.Y., pp 117-126

In 2006

  1. Morgan-Kiss RM, Priscu JC, Pocock T, Gudnaite-Savich L, Hüner NPA (2006) Adaptation and acclimation of photosynthetic microorganisms to permanently cold environments. Microbiol. Molec. Biol. Rev. 70:222-252.[Link]
  2. Gudynaite-Savitch L, Gretes M, Morgan-Kiss RM, Savich LV, Simmonds J, Kohalmi SE, Huner NPA (2006) Cytochrome f from the Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis UWO241: structure, sequence, and complementation in the mesophile, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molec. Genet. Genom. 275:387-398


In 2005

  1. Morgan-Kiss RM, Ivanov A. G., Pocock T., Gudynaite-Savitch L., Hüner N. P. (2005) The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas raudensis Ettl (UWO241) (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) exhibits a limited capacity to photoacclimate to red light. J Phycol. 41 (4): 791-80
  2. Ivanov AG, Krol M., Apostolova E., Morgan-Kiss RM, Naydenova N, Huner NPA, Sane PV (2005) Oligomerization state of LHCII modulates the redox properties of the acceptor side of photosysytem II in Costata 2/133 mutant of pea, Physiol. Molec. Biol. Plants 11: 199-207.


In 2004

  1. Morgan-Kiss RM, Cronan Jr. JE (2004) The Escherichia coli fadK (ydiD) gene encodes an aerobically-regulated short-chain acyl-CoA synthetase. J. Biol. Chem. 279:37324-37333.


In 2003

  1. Campbell JW, Morgan-Kiss RM, Cronan Jr. JE (2003) A new Escherichia coli metabolic competency: growth on fatty acids by a novel anaerobic β-oxidation pathway. Molec. Microbiol. 47:793-805.


In 2002

  1. Morgan-Kiss RM, Ivanov AG, Hüner NPA (2002) The Antarctic psychrophile, Chlamydomonas subcaudata, is deficient in state I-state II transitions. Planta 214:435-445.
  2. Morgan-Kiss RM, Wadler C, Cronan Jr., JE (2002) Long-term and homogeneous regulation of the Escherichia coli araBAD promoter by use of a lactose transporter of relaxed specificity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99:7373-7377.[link]

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