Bowen Meng, MS
Education
- M.S. in Microbiology, University of Georgia
- B.S. in Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Courses Taught at ACPHS
- General Biology I Lab
- General Biology II Lab
- Anatomy and Physiology I Lab
Research Interests
- Determining how methylation affects gene expression in Helicobacter pylori utilizing a variety of molecular biology approaches including mutagenesis of bacterial strains, genomics, proteomics and phenotypic studies of various H. pylori strains.
Awards
- 2021-2022 ACPHS Teacher of the Year
Selected Publications
Meng, B., Epp, N., Wijaya. W., Mrázek, J., & Hoover, T. 2021. Methylation motifs in promoter sequences may contribute to maintenance of a conserved m5C methyltransferase in Helicobacter pylori. Microorganisms, 9(12):2474. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9122474
Majerciak, V., Ni, T., Yang, W., Meng, B., Zhu, J., & Zheng, Z.-M. 2013. A Viral Genome Landscape of RNA Polyadenylation from KSHV Latent to Lytic Infection. PLoS Pathogens, 9(11), e1003749. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003749