Alison Buchan

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Alison Buchan
Alma materUniversity of Georgia
Scientific career
Thesis Ecology and genetics of aromatic compound degradation in the roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria  (2001)

Alison Buchan is the Carolyn Fite Professor at the University of Tennessee. She is known for her work on bacteria in natural environments, especially bacteria within the Roseobacter group. In 2022 she was named as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

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Education and career

Buchan received a B.Sc. from James Madison University in 1994. She then moved to the University of Georgia where she earned a M.Sc. (1997) and a Ph.D. (2001). She was a postdoctoral investigator at Yale University from 2003 until 2005 at which point she moved to the University of Tennessee. In 2016 she was promoted to professor, and as of 2022 she is the Carolyn Fite Professor. [1] [2]

Research

Buchan's early research examined biochemical pathways used by Roseobacter, a common marine bacteria, [3] [4] and the chemical compounds used by Roseobacter as they grow on surfaces. [5] Buchan's research revealed how viruses change the chemical compounds released by bacteria [6] and how heterotrophic bacteria alter the organic carbon produced by marine phytoplankton. [7] She has also examined the interactions between Roseobacter and the viruses that infect them. [8]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2022 Buchan was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. [9] . That same year she received the University of Tennessee SEC Faculty Achievement award [10] In 2025, she was inducated as a fellow of the American Assocatiion for the Advancement of Science [https://news.utk.edu/2025/03/27/four-researchers-honored-by-aaas-as-lifetime-fellows/ }The AAAS Council elects Fellows annually for their lifetime achievements.

References

  1. ↑ Buchan, Alison. "The Buchan Lab at UTK". Molecular Microbial Ecology. Alison Buchan. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Alison Buchan, Ph.D." ASM.org. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  3. ↑ Buchan, Alison; Neidle, Ellen L.; Moran, Mary Ann (2004). "Diverse Organization of Genes of the β-Ketoadipate Pathway in Members of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (3): 1658–1668. Bibcode:2004ApEnM..70.1658B. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1658-1668.2004. ISSN   0099-2240. PMC   368412 . PMID   15006791.
  4. ↑ Buchan, Alison; Collier, Lauren S.; Neidle, Ellen L.; Moran, Mary Ann (2000). "Key Aromatic-Ring-Cleaving Enzyme, Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase, in the Ecologically Important Marine Roseobacter Lineage". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66 (11): 4662–4672. Bibcode:2000ApEnM..66.4662B. doi:10.1128/AEM.66.11.4662-4672.2000. ISSN   0099-2240. PMC   92364 . PMID   11055908.
  5. ↑ Cude, W. Nathan; Mooney, Jason; Tavanaei, Arash A.; Hadden, Mary K.; Frank, Ashley M.; Gulvik, Christopher A.; May, Amanda L.; Buchan, Alison (2012-07-15). "Production of the Antimicrobial Secondary Metabolite Indigoidine Contributes to Competitive Surface Colonization by the Marine Roseobacter Phaeobacter sp. Strain Y4I". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (14): 4771–4780. Bibcode:2012ApEnM..78.4771C. doi:10.1128/AEM.00297-12. ISSN   0099-2240. PMC   3416362 . PMID   22582055.
  6. ↑ Ankrah, Nana Yaw D.; May, Amanda L.; Middleton, Jesse L.; Jones, Daniel R.; Hadden, Mary K.; Gooding, Jessica R.; LeCleir, Gary R.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Campagna, Shawn R.; Buchan, Alison (2014). "Phage infection of an environmentally relevant marine bacterium alters host metabolism and lysate composition". The ISME Journal. 8 (5): 1089–1100. Bibcode:2014ISMEJ...8.1089A. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.216. ISSN   1751-7370. PMC   3996693 . PMID   24304672.
  7. ↑ Buchan, Alison; LeCleir, Gary R.; Gulvik, Christopher A.; González, José M. (2014). "Master recyclers: features and functions of bacteria associated with phytoplankton blooms". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 12 (10): 686–698. doi:10.1038/nrmicro3326. ISSN   1740-1534. PMID   25134618. S2CID   26684717.
  8. ↑ Cookson, Clive (2019-02-18). "Researchers plan to enlist ocean viruses in climate change fight". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  9. ↑ "65 Fellows Elected into the American Academy of Microbiology". February 15, 2022.
  10. ↑ "SEC Announces Dr. Alison Buchan Wins 2022 Faculty Achievement Award for University of Tennessee". SECU. March 28, 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
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