Kent L. Buchanan, Ph.D.
Dr. Buchanan received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He joined the OCU faculty in 2006.
Currently Teaching:
General Biochemistry; Introductory Genetics Introductory; Genetics Laboratory; Science, Technology and Society – Ecological Sustainability; Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology; Selected Concepts in Biology (for non-science majors); Directed Study – Microbial Genetics; Directed Study - Immunology
Research Interest:
Mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis; Immunity against mycotic pathogens; Effects of spaceflight on fungal virulence and morphology
Selected Publications:
Nielsen-Preiss, S., K.L. Buchanan,
C. Woolley, J. McCracken, A. Crabbe, J. Barrila, S.C. Searles,
C.M. Ott, M.-N. Gonzalez, J.W. Wilson, D. Pierson, H.
Stefanyshyn-Piper, L. Hyman, and C.A. Nickerson. (in
preparation) Spaceflight alters the morphology and global
gene expression of Candida albicans.
Wilson, J., et al. 2007.
Spaceflight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and
reveals role for global regulator Hfq. PNAS (USA)
104(41):16299-16304.
Olson, Gillian M., Deborah S. Fox,
Ping Wang, J. Andrew Alspaugh, and Kent L. Buchanan.
2007. Role of protein O-mannosyltransferase Pmt4 in the
morphogenesis and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans.
Eukaryotic Cell 6:222-234.
Uicker, W.C., J.P. McCracken, and
K.L. Buchanan. 2006. The role of CD4+ T cells in
a protective immune response against Cryptococcus neoformans
in the central nervous system. Med. Mycol. 44:1-11.
Buchanan, Kent L.
2005. Innate and acquired immunity in Cryptococcus
neoformans infections of the central nervous system.
In Fungal Immunology: From an Organ Perspective, P.L.
Fidel, Jr., and G.B. Huffnagle, Eds. Springer Publishers,
New York, NY.
Uicker, W.C., H.A. Doyle, J.P.
McCracken, M. Langlois, and K.L. Buchanan. 2005.
Cytokine and chemokine expression in the central nervous system
associated with protective cell-mediated immunity against
Cryptococcus neoformans. Med. Mycol.
43:27-38.
