Brad C. Bennett, PhD

I use a blend of molecular tools to answer questions related to microbial physiology and evolution. Often, bioinformatics serves as the bookends of a project, provoking a new research question or showing us a new path our research can go. In my lab, we commonly use techniques such as PCR, cloning, electrophoresis, cell growth and cell culture, microscopy and staining, protein expression and purification, immunoblotting, and spectrophotometry. We have access to instrumentation such as thermal cyclers, a Li-Cor scanner, a gel imaging system, a microplate reader, a fluorescence microscope, as well as mass spectrometry and NMR in the Chemistry department.

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We are a collegial, friendly group that tries not to take the work too seriously. If you are interested in working on any of the projects, please contact Dr. Bennett (bbennet1@samford.edu).