Department of Biology

Research

My research interests focus on the areas of chlorophyll biosynthesis in plants and bacteria and of the isolation and characterization of novel bacteriophages.

Courses Taught

BIOT-T 105 Introduction to Biotechnology
BIOT-T 301 Seminar in Biotechnology
BIOT-T 501 Biochemistry Instrumentation

Industry Experience

Summer worker, Funk Seeds International
Visiting scientist, Carlsberg Research Laboratories

Awards

Miner Linnaeus Sherff Professor of Botany Emeritus

Select Publications

• Rapala J, Miller B, Garcia M, Dolan M, Bockman M, Hansson M, Russell DA, Garlena RA, Cresawn SG, Westbye AB, Beatty JT, Alvey RM, Bollivar DW. (2021) Genomic diversity of bacteriophages infecting Rhodobacter capsulatus and their relatedness to its gene transfer agent RcGTA. PLoS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255262
• Stuart D, Sandström M,Youssef HM, Zakhrabekova S, Jensen PE, Bollivar D, Hansson M. (2021) Barley Viridis-k links an evolutionarily conserved C-type ferredoxin to chlorophyll biosynthesis. The Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab150
• Wiesselmann M, Hebecker S, Borrero-de Acuña JM, Nimtz M, Bollivar DW, Jänsch L, Jahn D, Moser J. (2021) Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester cyclase from Rhodobacter capsulatus: Radical SAM-dependent synthesis of the isocyclic ring of bacteriochlorophylls. Biochem J. 2020 Dec 11;477(23):4635-4654. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20200761
• Stuart D, Sandström M, Youssef HM, Zakhrabekova S, Jensen PE, Bollivar DW, Hansson M. (2020) Aerobic Barley Mg-protoporphyrin IX Monomethyl Ester Cyclase is Powered by Electrons from Ferredoxin. Plants 9(9): 1157. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091157
• Bollivar DW, Bernardoni B, Bockman MR, Miller BM, Delesalle VA, Krukonis GP, Cross MR, Szewczyk MM, Eppurath A, Russell DA, Hatfull GF. (2016) The complete genome sequence of five bacteriophages that infect Rhodobacter capsulatus. Genome Announcement. Published online 2016 May 26. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00051-16
• Liotenberg S, Steunou A-S, Durand A, Bourbon M-L, Bollivar D, Hansson M, Astier C, Ouchane, S. (2015) Oxygen-dependent Copper Toxicity: Targets in the Chlorophyll Biosynthesis Pathway Identified in the Copper Efflux ATPase CopA Deficient Mutant. Environ Microbiol. 17(6):1963-76.