Mailing Address:
Dr. Brian Binder
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3636

Office Phone: (706) 542-6408
Lab Phone: (706) 542-7099
FAX Number: (706) 542-5888
E-Mail: bbinder@uga.edu

Education:

Ph.D. 1986, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program in Oceanography

B.S. 1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Emphasis:

Ecology and physiology of marine phytoplankton, with emphasis on the picoplankton; regulation of cell growth and division in cyanobacteria; dynamics of natural pico-cyanobacterial populations; combined application of flow cytometry and molecular biology to the taxonomy and physiology of marine phytoplankton and bacteria.

Selected Publications:

Burbage, C.D., and B.J. Binder.2007. Relationship between cell cycle and light-limited growth rate in oceanic Prochlorococcus (MIT9312) and Synechococcus (WH8103)(Cyanobacteria). J. Phycol. 43:266–274.

Moran, M.A., R. Belas, M.A. Schell, J.M. González, F. Sun, S. Sun, B. J. Binder, J. Edmonds, W. Ye, B. Orcutt, E. C. Howard, C. Meile, W. Palefsky, A. Goesmann, Q. Ren, I. Paulsen, L. E. Ulrich, L. S. Thompson, E. Saunders, and A. Buchan.2007. Ecological Genomics of Marine Roseobacters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73:4559–4569.

Worden, A.Z., and B.J. Binder.2003.Growth regulation of rRNA content of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus (marine Cyanobacteria) measured by whole-cell hybridization of rRNA-targeted peptide nucleic acids.J. Phycol. 39: 527-534.

Worden, A.Z., and B.J. Binder.2003. Application of dilution experiments for measuring growth and mortality rates among Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus populations in oligotrophic environments.Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 30(2):159-174.

Binder, B.J., and M.D. DuRand.2002.Diel cycles in surface waters of the equatorial Pacific.Deep-Sea Research II 49:2601-2618.

Chen F., J.-r. Lu, B.J. Binder, Y.-c. Liu, and R.E. Hodson.2001.Enumeration of marine viruses stained with SYBR Gold: Application of digital image analysis and flow cytometry.Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:539-545.

Binder, B.J.2000.Cell cycle regulation and the timing of chromosome replication in a marine Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria) during light- and nitrogen-limited growth.J. Phycol. 36:120-126.

Chen, F., B.J. Binder, and R.E. Hodson.2000.Flow cytometric detection of specific gene expression in prokaryotic cells using in situ RT-PCR.FEMS Microbiology Letters 184:291-295.

Worden, A.Z., S.W. Chisholm, and B.J. Binder.2000.In situ hybridization of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus (marine Cyanobacteria) spp. with rRNA-targeted peptide nucleic acid probes.Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:284-289.

Binder, B.J.1999.Reconsidering the relationship between virally-induced bacterial mortality and frequency of infected cells.Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 18:207-215.

Binder, B.J. and Y.C. Liu.1998.Growth rate-regulation of ribosomal RNA content in a marine Synechococcus (Cyanobacterium) strain. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:3346-3351.