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Briana Burton is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her B.A. with honors in Integrated Science from Northwestern University in 1998 and completed her Ph.D. in Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003. Following her doctoral studies, she pursued postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School. Burton's research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms of membrane-associated macromolecular transport machines, particularly in bacteria. Her lab investigates how bacteria translocate large hydrophilic biological molecules across hydrophobic membrane barriers, which has significant implications for understanding antibiotic resistance, spore formation, and chromosome segregation during bacterial growth. She employs a variety of techniques, including in vitro and in vivo biochemistry, microscopy, and microbiology, to study DNA transport complexes and their essential roles in bacterial cell division and development. Burton has contributed extensively to the field of microbiology through her research publications and has been involved in teaching various courses related to microbiology and molecular genetics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences