Julie A. Maupin-Furlow

Associate Professor, Ph. D.

Dept. of Microbiology & Cell Science 

University of Florida 

Bldg. 981, Museum Rd., P.O. Box 110700 

Gainesville, FL 32611-0700

Tel: (352) 392-4095; Fax: (352) 392-5922

E-mail: jmaupin@ufl.edu

 

 
 

Julie A. Maupin-Furlow is a microbial physiologist and biochemist with an interest in regulation of cells by proteolytic enzymes and a specialization in proteasomes (multicatalytic nucleotide-dependent proteases) from the methanogenic and halophilic archaea.  Her interests also include metabolic engineering of bacteria with emphasis on the structure-function of pyruvate decarboxylase for optimization of its activity in organisms growing at high temperature and low pH.  Her research employs biochemical, molecular, genomic, and structural biology techniques to investigate fundamental aspects of microbial metabolism and physiology.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida and conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Anaerobic Microbiology at Virginia Tech and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State University.  She and her research group are part of the Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels at the University of Florida. 

PEOPLE
 

RESEARCH FOCUS

    Archaeal PROTEASOMES

    Metabolic Engineering of Bacteria: PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE
 

TEACHING

    MCB4403  Prokaryotic Cell Structure and Function

    MCB5408  Anaerobic Microbiology and Biotechnology