Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Faculty

Jeevan Jyot, Ph.D. Jeevan Jyot, Ph.D.
Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Scientist

e-mail: jyotj@medicine.ufl.edu

1600 SW Archer Road, Box 100277
Gainesville, FL 32610-0277
352-392-2945/FAX 392-392-6481

Brief History:

Dr. Jyot received her Bachelor Honors degree in Zoology from Delhi University, India. Her Master’s degree was from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and her doctorate on Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis was from Institute of Microbial Technology, India. Her post-doctoral training was at Institute of Microbial technology, Tata Energy Research Institute and at University of Florida in Microbial Pathogenesis.

Training:

Degree
Program		 Institution Field/Specialty
B.Sc. Delhi University, Delhi, India (Honours), Zoology
M.Sc. G. B. Pantnagar  University, Pantnagar, Nainital, India. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Ph.D Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India.

Molecular Biology
Post-Doctoral Training University of Florida Infectious diseases

Academic Interests:

Dr. Jyot’s academic interests include research on the pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the lungs and the role of the flagellum of Pseudomonas in disease.

Representative Publications:

  • Jeevan Jyot, Sonawane, A., Wu, W. and Ramphal, R. 2007 Genetic mechanisms involved in the repression of flagellar assembly by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in human mucus. aeruginosa in human mucus. Mol Microbiol. 63(4):1026-38.
  • Sonawane, A., Jyot, J., During, R. and Ramphal, R. 2006 Neutrophil elastase an innate immunity effector molecule represses flagellin transcription in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infect Immun. 2006 74(12):6682-9.
  • Sonawane, A., Jyot, J., and Ramphal, R. 2006 Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecB is involved in pilus biogenesis and protease activity but not in adhesion to respiratory mucins. Infect Immun. 74(12):7035-9.
  • Wolfgang MC, Jyot J, Goodman AL, Ramphal R, Lory S. 2004 Pseudomonas aeruginosa regulates flagellin expression as part of a global response to airway fluid from cystic fibrosis patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Apr 27;101(17):6664-8
  • Dasgupta N, Wolfgang MC, Goodman AL, Arora SK, Jyot J, Lory S, Ramphal R. 2003 A four-tiered transcriptional regulatory circuit controls flagellar biogenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol. Nov;50(3):809-24.
  • Jeevan Jyot, Dasgupta, N. and Ramphal, R. 2002. FleQ, the major flagellar gene regulator in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, binds to enhancer sites located either upstream or atypically downstream of the RpoN binding site. J Bacteriol. Oct;184(19):5251-60.
  • Frisk, A., Jyot. J, Arora S. K., Ramphal, R. 2002. Identification and functional characterization of flgM, a gene encoding the Anti-Sigma 28 Factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol. 184 (6) 1514-21.
  • Mishra, S. Jyot J, Kuhad R. C. Lal, B. 2001. Insitu bioremediation potential of an oily sludge-degrading bacterial consortium. Curr Microbiol. 43 (5):328-35.
  • Mishra S, Jyot. J, Kuhad, R.C. Lal, B. 2001. Evaluaion of inoculum addition to stimulate in situ bioremediation of oily-sludge-conatminated soil. Appl Environ Microbiol. 67 (4): 1675-81
  • Jeevan Jyot, J. K.Gautam, M. Raje and A. Ghosh. 1999. Localization of DnaK and GroEL in Vibrio cholerae. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 172:165-171.
  • Arnab Basu, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Charu Sharma, Jeevan Jyot, Naveen Gupta, Amit Ghosh, S. K. Bhattacharya, Yoshifumi Takeda, A. S. G. Faruque, M. John Albert and G. B. Nair. 1997. Heterogeneity in the organization of the CTX genetic element of strains of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bangal isolated from Calcutta, India and Dhaka, Bangaladesh and its possible link to the dissimilar incidence of the O139 serogroup in the two locales. 1998. Microbial Pathogenesis. 24:175-183.
  • JeevanJyot and A. Ghosh. 1995 Induction of heat shock response in Vibrio cholerae.. Microbiology, 141:2101-2109.

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