Erin Nawrocki

Erin Nawrocki

Staff Scientist

University of Pittsburgh

Biography

Dr. Erin M. Nawrocki is a scientist in the Cooper Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include bacterial genetics, genomics, and molecular biology. Erin’s prior work in the Dudley Lab at Penn State involved characterization of an intraspecies interaction in which commensal E. coli enhanced the virulence of E. coli O157:H7. Erin also studied E. coli genes associated with adherence to bovine cells as part of a USDA-NIFA postdoctoral fellowship.

Erin completed her Ph.D. in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, where she researched the host range and mobilization of plasmids that encode botulinum neurotoxin.

Interests
  • Bacterial Genetics
  • Bacterial Genomics
  • Molecular Biology
Education
  • PhD in Microbiology, 2018

    University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • BS in Biology, 2013

    Allegheny College

Recent Publications

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(2022). Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates from Wild Birds in the United States Represent Distinct Lineages Defined by Bird Type. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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(2022). Mcc1229, an Stx2a-Amplifying Microcin, Is Produced In Vivo and Requires CirA for Activity. Infection and Immunity.

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(2020). A toxic environment: a growing understanding of how microbial communities affect Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shiga toxin expression. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

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(2020). Whole Genome Sequencing: The Impact on Foodborne Outbreak Investigations. Reference Module in Food Science.

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(2020). Whole-genome sequences of Salmonella isolates from an ecological wastewater treatment system. Microbiology Resource Announcements.

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