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Erick Maosa, PhD

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

Research Associate

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY 14853

Email: ebm82@cornell.edu

Research Interest

  • Bio-electrochemistry: reactor design, cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. 
  • Molecular biology and bacterial genetics
  • Protein expression and purification
  • Chromatographic analytics: HPLC, GC-FID and GC-MS
  • High throughput reporter-gene fusion screening
  • Flow cytometry
  • Transcriptome Analysis (Nanopore long read RNAseq)
  • SILAC based proteomics

Education

  • Ph.D., Natural Science in Biology, RWTH University Aachen, Germany, 2017
  • M.S., Science (Immunology), Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010
  • B.S., Chemistry and Biology, Maseno University, Kisumu, Kenya, 2005

Biography/Professional Experience

  • 2023- Postdoctoral research associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Craig Altier lab.
  • 2020-2022 Postdoctoral research associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Jeongmin Song lab.
  • 2017-2019 Postdoctoral research associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Craig Altier lab.
  • 2012-2016 Doctoral fellow, RWTH University Aachen, Germany, Institute of Applied Microbiology, Dr. Miriam Rosenbaum lab.

Publications

  • Sohyoung Lee, Sean Inzerillo, Gi Young Lee, Erick M. Bosire, Saroj K. Mahato, and Jeongmin Song (2021). Glycan-Mediated Molecular Interactions in Bacterial Pathogenesis. Trends in Microbiology. 30(3). doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2021.06.011
  • Bosire E.M., Eade C.R., Schiltz C.J., Reid A.J., Troutman J., Chappie J.S. and Altier C. (2020). Diffusible signaling factors act through AraC-type transcriptional regulators as chemical cues to repress virulence of enteric pathogens. Infect. Immun. 88(10):e0026-20. doi:10.1128/IAI.00226-20 
  • J. Lection, T. Kapogiannis, E.M. Bosire, R. Franklin-Guild, P. Crane, M. Diel de Amorim, C. Altier, S.H. Cheong. (2020). Fungal growth is more likely to be affected by hormones in equine uterine isolates compared to isolates from non-reproductive sites. Clinical Theriogenology. 13(3).
  • Bosire E.M. and Rosenbaum M.A. (2017). Electrochemical Potential Influences Phenazine Production and Electron Transfer and Consequently Electric Current Generation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front. Microbiol. 8:892. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00892 
  • Bosire E.M., Blank L.M. and Rosenbaum M.A. (2016). Strain and substrate dependent redox mediator and electricity production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Environ Microbiol 82:5026 –5038. doi:10.1128/AEM.013 
  • Bosire E.M., Nyamache A.K., Gicheru M.M., Khamadi S.A., Lihana R.W. and Okoth V. (2013). Population specific reference ranges of CD3, CD4 and CD8 lymphocyte subsets among healthy Kenyans. AIDS Research and Therapy, 10(1): 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-6405-10-24

Professional/Academic Affiliations

  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM) (since 2015)
  • International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET) (since 2014)
  • Kenya Society of Immunology (KSI) (since 2009)