Erin Brazel

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• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2020	Level A Postdoctoral Research Associate	University of Adelaide
  2019 - 2020	Level A Research Associate	University of Adelaide

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2016 - 2020	University of Adelaide	Australia	Doctor of Philosophy (Biological Sciences)
  2015 - 2015	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Honours)
  2010 - 2014	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science)

• Research Interests

  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medical Microbiology Microbiology Receptors and Membrane Biology Transition Metal Chemistry

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2020	Kelliher, J. L., Brazel, E. B., Radin, J. N., Joya, E. S., Párraga Solórzano, P. K., Neville, S. L., . . . Kehl-Fie, T. E. (2020). Disruption of phosphate homeostasis sensitizes Staphylococcus aureus to nutritional immunity. Infection and Immunity, 88(6), 1-12. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2020	McLean, K. T., Tikhomirova, A., Brazel, E. B., Legendre, S., Haasbroek, G., Minhas, V., . . . Trappetti, C. (2020). Site-specific mutations of GalR affect galactose metabolism in streptococcus pneumoniae. Journal of Bacteriology, 203(1), 12 pages. DOI
  2019	Eijkelkamp, B. A., Morey, J. R., Neville, S. L., Tan, A., Pederick, V. G., Cole, N., . . . McDevitt, C. A. (2019). Dietary zinc and the control of Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. PLoS pathogens, 15(8), 1-26. DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC3
  2019	Radin, J. R., Zhu, J., Brazel, E. B., McDevitt, C., & Kehl-Fie, T. E. (2019). Synergy between nutritional immunity and independent host defenses contributes to the importance of the MntABC manganese transporter during Staphylococcus aureus infection. Infection and Immunity, 87(1), 1-14. DOI Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC10
  2018	Bohlmann, L., De Oliveira, D. M. P., El-Deeb, I. M., Brazel, E. B., Harbison-Price, N., Ong, C. L. Y., . . . Walker, M. J. (2018). Chemical synergy between ionophore PBT2 and zinc reverses antibiotic resistance. mBio, 9(6), e02391-18-1-e02391-18-12. DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC5
  2017	Martin, J., Edmonds, K., Bruce, K., Campanello, G., Eijkelkamp, B., Brazel, E., . . . Giedroc, D. (2017). The zinc efflux activator SczA protects Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 2 D39 from intracellular zinc toxicity. Molecular Microbiology, 104(4), 636-651. DOI Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC10
  2017	Grim, K., San Francisco, B., Radin, J., Brazel, E., Kelliher, J., Párraga Solórzano, P., . . . Kehl-Fie, T. (2017). The metallophore staphylopine enables Staphylococcus aureus to compete with the host for zinc and overcome nutritional immunity. mBio, 8(5), 1-16. DOI Scopus40 WoS41 Europe PMC22
  —	Adams, F. G., Trappetti, C., Waters, J. K., Zang, M., Brazel, E. B., Paton, J. C., . . . Eijkelkamp, B. A. (n.d.). To make or take: bacterial lipid homeostasis during infection. DOI

Practical Demonstrator, Infection and Immunity IIIA (MICRO 3000), 2016-2018

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• Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2021	Co-Supervisor	Investigating Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogenicity	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Miss Hannah Naomi Agnew

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• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2019 - ongoing	Chair	Adelaide Protein Group	Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Australia
  2019 - ongoing	Representative	Professional Development Standing Committee	Australian Society for Microbiology	Australia
  2019 - ongoing	Representative	Faculty of Sciences Gender Equity and Diversity	The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2019 - 2019	Secretary	Adelaide Protein Group	Australian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Australia
  2018 - ongoing	Representative	Australian Society for Microbiology SA/NT Branch	Australian Society for Microbiology	Australia
  2018 - ongoing	Representative	Institutional Biosafety Committee	The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2017 - ongoing	Member	Adelaide University Biosciences Network	The University of Adelaide	Australia
  2016 - ongoing	Representative	Adelaide Protein Group	-	Australia

• Email: erin.brazel@adelaide.edu.au