Peter P. Sheridan
Professor
Biological Sciences
Idaho State University
United States of America
Biography
Peter P. Sheridan, Ph.D.Professor Microbial Biochemistry Education 1996, Ph.D. Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 1991, M.S. in Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1984, B.A. Biochemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1984, B.A. Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1996-2001, Postdoctoral fellow, Molecular adaptations of novel cold-active enzymes, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Research Interest
Dr. Sheridan has a wide variety of interests within the fields of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Bioinformatics. Although a Biochemist at heart, Dr. Sheridan and his students have active research projects encompassing the molecular adaptation of enzymes to extreme conditions (especially cold), the diversity and activity of microbial populations in extreme environments, the production of bioactive compounds by microorganisms that could be useful in industry and biotechnology, and the pathogenesis and control of various disease-causing organisms. Dr. Sheridan has been at Idaho State University since 1991. Outside of his teaching and research interests.
Publications
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Shumway, M.V. and P.P. Sheridan. 2012. Site-directed mutagenesis of a family 42 β-galactosidase from an Antarctic bacterium. International Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 3:209-218.
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Li, Z., B.R. Briggs, P.P. Sheridan, and M.S. Shields. 2013. An Anion-exchange Method to Concentrate Dissolved DNA from Aquifer Water. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 93:1-8.
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Liu, T., A. Dean, S. Ashwini, P.P. Sheridan, A. Bhushan, J.C.K. Lai, S. Cao, and C.K. Daniels. 2013. Identification and characterization of a 66-68-kDa protein as a methotrexate-binding protein in murine leukemia L1210 cells. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 18:223-234.
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Park, S.T, A.M. Collingwood, S. St-Hilaire, and P.P. Sheridan. 2014. Inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis caused by bacteria isolated from the skin of boreal toads, Anaxyrus (Bufo) boreas boreas, from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA. Microbiology Insights. 7:1-8.
