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Stu Thompson

Professor

Stu Thompson

Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Medicine: Infectious Disease

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Administration
Department of The »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ School

Dental College of Georgia
Department of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences

Bio

Dr. Thompson studies bacterial pathogenesis, with a current emphasis on the gastrointestinal pathogens Campyplobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori, including the molecular mechanisms underlying gene regulation, motility, and biofilm formation.

  • (706) 721-7277
  • (706) 721-4517
  • CB 2607

Education

  • Ph.D., Genetics, General University of North Carolina -, 1992

  • BS, Microbiology, General Purdue University, 1982

Awards & Honors

  • Outstanding Young Faculty Award in Basic Science Medical College of Georgia Faculty Senate, 2001

  • Young Investigator Award 10th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter, and Related Organisms, 1999

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • BIOM 8240

    Intro to Imm/Inf Disease

Teaching Interests

Bacterial pathogenesis; Bacterial genetics

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • The role of cydB gene in the biofilm formation by Campylobacter jejuni, 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Campylobacter jejuni CbrR is a novel regulator of flagellar motility. Bacterial Locomotion and Sensory Transduction (BLAST XVII), 2023
    Abstract
  • Campylobacter jejuni CbrR is a novel regulator of flagellar motility. , 2022
    Other
  • Campylobacter jejuni annotated diguanylate cyclase CbrR is a novel regulator of flagellar motility., 2022
    Other
  • The Campylobacter jejuni Response Regulator and Cyclic-Di-GMP Binding CbrR Is a Novel Regulator of Flagellar Motility, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

Campylobacter infections; Helicobacter pylori; bacterial pathogenesis; gene regulation; flagellar motility; biofilms

Department Service

  • Webmaster, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2001 - 2013

    Role: Other

  • Faculty Search Committee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2007 - 2008

    Role: Committee Chair

  • Faculty Search Committee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2006

    Role: Committee Member

  • Faculty Search Committee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2005

    Role: Committee Chair

  • Faculty search committee, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2002

    Role: Committee Member

College Service

  • The »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ School, Dissertation Reader for Nicole Lopez, Ph.D. student 2021 - 2021

    Role: Committee Member

  • Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Ph.D. Advisory Committee for Linah Shahoumi 2016 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member

  • Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Ph.D. Advisory Committee for Mohamed Meghil 2016 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member

  • Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Ph.D. Advisory Committee for Ranya Elsayed 2016 - 2019

    Role: Committee Member

  • Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Master’s in Oral Biology Thesis Committee for Mitul Patel - 2016

    Role: Committee Member

University Service

  • PSRP Pilot Study Research Program 2022 - Present

    Role: Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal

  • Subcommittee on COVID-19 human subject research studies 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Volunteer, »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Healing Arts Program (guitar and vocals), »Æ¹Ï¶ÌÊÓƵ Cancer Center Clinic and Infusion Clinic 2017 - Present

    Role: Other

  • Institutional Biosafety Committee 2002 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Institutional Biosafety Committee 2017 - 2027

    Role: Chairperson

Professional Service

  • Institutional Biosafety Committee, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia 2022 - Present

    Role: Member

  • External Institutional Biosafety Committee review, WCG Biosafety 2020 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 2010 - Present

    Role: Editor, Associate Editor

  • U.S. Department of Defense, Military Infectious Disease Research Program (MIDRP). Bacterial Diseases (B) 1999 - 2025

    Role: Reviewer

  • National Institutes of Health, Center for Scientific Review, Ad hoc reviewer 2024/10 PCMB: Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology. 2024 - 2024

    Role: Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer