Jeffrey M. Boyd, Ph.D.
Rutgers University
Jeffrey M. Boyd is an associate professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
He grew up in the mid-west of the United States and received his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Preventative Medicine from Iowa State University in 1999. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Utah State University in 2005. He then was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin from 2005-2009 and University of Iowa during 2009-2010. He has been a faculty member at Rutgers University in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology since 2010.
The Boyd lab studies the physiology of gram-positive bacteria, with a primary focus on the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. The group is particularly interested in examining metal ion homeostasis, including determining how iron-sulfur proteins are maturated, the mechanisms by which microbes protect themselves from toxic metal ions and how an intracellular imbalance of metal ions can cause toxicity. The group also studies the physiological changes that occur upon the transitions between respiratory and fermentative growth, including biofilm formation and toxin production. Their penultimate goal is the use the knowledge gained to decease the burden of pathogenic bacteria.
He grew up in the mid-west of the United States and received his B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology and Preventative Medicine from Iowa State University in 1999. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Utah State University in 2005. He then was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin from 2005-2009 and University of Iowa during 2009-2010. He has been a faculty member at Rutgers University in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology since 2010.
The Boyd lab studies the physiology of gram-positive bacteria, with a primary focus on the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. The group is particularly interested in examining metal ion homeostasis, including determining how iron-sulfur proteins are maturated, the mechanisms by which microbes protect themselves from toxic metal ions and how an intracellular imbalance of metal ions can cause toxicity. The group also studies the physiological changes that occur upon the transitions between respiratory and fermentative growth, including biofilm formation and toxin production. Their penultimate goal is the use the knowledge gained to decease the burden of pathogenic bacteria.