Dr. Tara Renbarger serves in the School of STEM, where she primarily teaches biology and microbiology courses. Her interests include pathogenesis, the gut microbiome, agricultural bacteria, and the integration of faith and learning. She enjoys helping students use science as a tool to better understand and appreciate God's creation.
PHD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Renbarger, Tara L., Baker, Jennifer M., & Sattley, W. Matthew. (2017).
Slow and steady wins the race: An examination of bacterial persistence.
AIMS Microbiology, 3(2), 171–185. https://doi.org/10.3934/microbiol.2017.2.171
- Ouyang, Zhiming, He, Ming, Oman, Tara L., Yang, X. Frank, & Norgard, Michael V. (2009).
A manganese transporter, BB0219 (BmtA), is required for virulence by the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(9), 3449–3454. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0812999106
- He, Ming, Oman, Tara L., Xu, Haijun, Blevins, Jon S., Norgard, Michael V., & Yang, X. Frank. (2008).
Abrogation of ospAB constitutively activates the Rrp2–RpoN–RpoS pathway (sigmaN–sigmaS cascade) in Borrelia burgdorferi.
Molecular Microbiology, 70(6), 1453–1464. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06491.x
- Sattley, W. Matthew, Swingley, Wesley D., Burchell, Brad M., Dewey, Emma D., Hayward, Mackenzie K., Renbarger, Tara L., Shaffer, Kathryn N., Stokes, Lynn M., Gurbani, Sonja A., Kujawa, Catrina M., Nuccio, D. Adam, Schladweiler, Jacob J., Touchman, Jeffrey W., Wang-Otomo, Zheng-Yu, Blankenship, Robert E., & Madigan, Michael T. (2022).
Complete genome of the thermophilic purple sulfur bacterium Thermochromatium tepidum compared to Allochromatium vinosum and other Chromatiaceae.
Photosynthesis Research, 151(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-021-00870-y
