Pamela L. C. Small
Professor Emeritus
Department of Microbiology
Tennessee State University
United States of America
Biography
Dr Pam Small and her research group are part of a 7 country (Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, United States, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon) consortium which has been awarded a 1 million dollars per year for three years to conduct research on Buruli Ulcer. Professor Small's share of this funding is $301,000. The research funds have been awarded by the Optimus Foundation. In addition, the McCord Research Foundation recently announced a $25,000 grant to be awarded to Professor Small for studies on Buruli Ulcer.The title of her part of this proposal is "Transmission of Buruli ulcer from the environment to humans."
Research Interest
Genome Sequence, DNA micro-array and proteomics
Publications
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Merritt RW, Walker ED, Small PL, Wallace JR, Johnson PD, Benbow ME, Boakye DA. Ecology and transmission of Buruli ulcer disease: a systematic review. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2010 Dec 14;4(12):e911.
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Stinear TP, Seemann T, Pidot S, Frigui W, Reysset G, Garnier T, Meurice G, Simon D, Bouchier C, Ma L, Tichit M. Reductive evolution and niche adaptation inferred from the genome of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer. Genome research. 2007 Feb 1;17(2):192-200.
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Stinear TP, Mve-Obiang A, Small PL, Frigui W, Pryor MJ, Brosch R, Jenkin GA, Johnson PD, Davies JK, Lee RE, Adusumilli S. Giant plasmid-encoded polyketide synthases produce the macrolide toxin of Mycobacterium ulcerans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004 Feb 3;101(5):1345-9.
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Stinear TP, Seemann T, Harrison PF, Jenkin GA, Davies JK, Johnson PD, Abdellah Z, Arrowsmith C, Chillingworth T, Churcher C, Clarke K. Insights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Genome research. 2008 May 1;18(5):729-41.
