Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Kraus Natural Science Building
830 North University Avenue
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
(734) 615-9099 (office)
pvdunlap@umich.edu
Research Interests
Symbiosis, systematics, and evolution of Photobacterium, Aliivibrio, and Vibrio (Vibrionaceae)
Quorum sensing in marine luminous bacteria
Academic Training
Cornell University, Microbiology (post-doctoral), 1984-1986
UCLA, Biology, Ph.D., 1984
Oregon State University, Microbiology, B.Sc., 1975
Professional Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2002-present)
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2001-2002)
Associate Professor, Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD (1996-2000)
Associate Scientist, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (1992-1996)
Assistant Scientist, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (1989-1992)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (1987-1989)
Publications (2003 – 2008)
Madigan, M.T., J.M. Martinko, P.V. Dunlap, and D.P. Clark. 2008. Brock Biology of Microorganisms,
12th edition, Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, CA (in production for March, 2008).
Dunlap. P.V. 2008. Microbial bioluminescence, pp. 00-00. In M. Schaechter (ed.), Encyclopedia of
Microbiology, 3rd edition. Elsevier, San Diego, CA (in press).
Urbanczyk, H., J.C. Ast, M.J. Higgins, J. Carson, and P.V. Dunlap. 2007. Reclassification of Vibrio
fischeri, Vibrio logei, Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio wodanis as Aliivibrio fischeri gen. nov., comb.
nov., Aliivibrio logei comb. nov., Aliivibrio salmonicida comb. nov., and Aliivibrio wodanis comb.
nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57:2823-2829.
Dunlap. P.V., J.C. Ast, S. Kimura, A. Fukui, T. Yoshino, and H. Endo. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of
host-symbiont specificity and codivergence in bioluminescent symbioses. Cladistics 23:507-523.
Ast, J.C., Urbanczyk, H., and P.V. Dunlap. 2007. Natural merodiploidy of the lux-rib operon of
Photobacterium leiognathi from coastal waters of Honshu, Japan. Journal of Bacteriology
189:6148-6158.
Ast, J.C., I. Cleenwerck, K. Engelbeen, H. Urbanczyk, F.L. Thompson, P. De Vos, and P.V. Dunlap. 2007. Photobacterium kishitanii sp. nov., a luminous marine bacterium symbiotic with deep-sea
fishes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57:2073-2078. (Cover
photograph)
Qin, N., S.M. Callahan, P.V. Dunlap, and A.M. Stevens. 2007. Analysis of LuxR regulon gene
expression during quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri. Journal of Bacteriology 189:1427-1434.
Kaeding, A.J., J.C. Ast, M.M. Pearce, H. Urbanczyk, S. Kimura, H. Endo, M. Nakamura, and
P.V. Dunlap. 2007. Phylogenetic diversity and co-symbiosis in the bioluminescent symbioses
of Photobacterium mandapamensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:3173-3182.
Dunlap, P.V. 2006. Book review of "Tsukiji: the Fish Market at the Center of the World". Ichthyological
Research 53:203-204.
Dunlap, P.V., and K. Kita-Tsukamoto. 2006. Luminous bacteria, pp. 863-892. In M. Dworkin, S.
Falkow, E. Rosenberg, K.-H. Schleifer, and E. Stackebrandt (ed.), The Prokaryotes, a handbook on
the biology of bacteria, 3rd Ed., vol.2 (Ecophysiology and Biochemistry). Springer, New York, NY.
Ast, J.C., and P.V. Dunlap. 2005. Phylogenetic resolution and habitat specificity of the Photobacterium
phosphoreum species group. Environmental Microbiology 7:1641-1654.
Sparks, J.S., P.V. Dunlap, and W.L. Smith. 2005. Evolution and diversification of a sexually dimorphic
luminescent system in ponyfishes (Teleostei: Leiognathidae), including diagnoses for two new
genera. Cladistics 21:305-327. (Cover photograph)
Kimura, S., T. Ito, Y. Iwatsuki, T. Yoshino, and P.V. Dunlap. 2005. Revision of the Leiognathus
splendens complex (Perciformes: Leiognathidae). Ichthyological Research 52:275-291.
Dunlap, P.V., and J.C. Ast. 2005. Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of the luminous bacteria
symbiotic with the deep-sea fish Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae).
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:930-939. (Cover photograph)
Sparks, J.S., and P.V. Dunlap. 2004. A clade of non-sexually dimorphic ponyfishes (Teleostei:
Perciformes: Leiognathidae): phylogeny, taxonomy, and description of a new species.
American Museum Novitates 3459:1-21.
Ast, J.C., and P.V. Dunlap. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the lux operon distinguishes two
evolutionarily distinct clades of Photobacterium leiognathi. Archives of Microbiology 181:352-361.
Dunlap, P.V., A. Jiemjit, J.C. Ast, M.M. Pearce, R.R. Marques, and C.R. Lavilla-Pitogo. 2004.
Genomic polymorphism in symbiotic populations of Photobacterium leiognathi.
Environmental Microbiology 6:145-158. (Cover photograph)
Kimura, S., P.V. Dunlap. T. Peristiwady, and C.R. Lavilla-Pitogo. 2003. The Leiognathus aureus
complex (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) with the description of a new species. Ichthyological
Research 50:221-232.
Miyamoto, C.M., P.V. Dunlap, E.G. Ruby, and E.A. Meighen. 2003. LuxO controls luxR expression in
Vibrio harveyi; evidence for a common regulatory mechanism in Vibrio. Molecular Microbiology
48:537-548.
Funding
NSF DEB-0413441 Phylogeny of Photobacterium, a clade of luminous bacteria ($576,000; 2004-2008).
Service
EEB Department Space and Facilities Coordinator (2005-present)
EEB Department representative, Inter-College Microbiology Concentration Program, EEB (2005-present)
Teaching
BIO 207, Introductory Microbiology (lecture and laboratory course), fall term
EEB 470, Microbial Diversity, winter term, alternate years (e.g., 2007, 2009)
Mentoring
EEB Ph.D. committee chair: Tory Hendry (2006-present)
EEB Ph.D. committee member: Heather Adams (2005-present)
MCDB M.Sc. co-advisor: Kimberly Davis (2005-2006)
Postdoctoral research mentor: Henryk Urbanczyk (2005-2007), Jennifer Ast (2002-2007), John Sparks (2001-2002)
Undergraduate research mentor: Allison Kaeding (2004-2006), Kimberly Davis (2004-2005), Meghan Pearce (2002-2003), Lori Speckhals (2001-2004) |
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