University of Pittsburgh
header image
Home › People › Alumni ›

Brian C. Russo, PhD








				

		Dr. Brian Russo	
		

		    	
        
Contact
        
	
		
			
        
		
		
        
                
        



	

	
Mentor
Dr. Gerard J. Nau, MD, PhD
	
	


	

	
Dissertation
Consequences of immune activation during infection with Francisella tularensis
	
	




	

	
Education
PhD in Molecular Virology and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013
MA in Biotechnology, Boston University, 2008
BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, 2008
	



    

























	

	
Why I chose Pitt
I chose the University of Pittsburgh because there was a diverse faculty with interesting research projects. There were many core facilities that would be able to enhance the research, such as the Center for Biological Imaging and the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory. The city of Pittsburgh seemed like a great place to live on the graduate student stipend.
After his graduation, Brian  accepted a  position as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Marcia  Goldberg at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
	
	




Publications
	

	
Schmitt D. M, O'Dee D. M, Horzempa J, Carlson P. E, Jr., Russo B. C, Bales J. M, Brown M. J, and Nau G. J. A Francisella tularensis Live Vaccine Strain That Improves Stimulation of Antigen-Presenting Cells Does Not Enhance Vaccine Efficacy. PLoS One. 7: e31172. |  View Abstract
Russo B. C, Horzempa J, O'Dee D. M, Schmitt D. M, Brown M. J, Carlson P. E, Jr., Xavier R. J, and Nau G. J. A Francisella tularensis locus required for spermine responsiveness is necessary for virulence. Infect Immun. 79: 3665-3676. |  View Abstract
Horzempa J, Shanks R. M, Brown M. J, Russo B. C, O'Dee D. M, and Nau G. J. Utilization of an unstable plasmid and the I-SceI endonuclease to generate routine markerless deletion mutants in Francisella tularensis. J Microbiol Methods. 80: 106-108. |  View Abstract