BMA Talent Network

Dr. Lisa-Marie Nisbett is intrigued by the various ways that bacteria can infect humans and is therefore interested in developing a comprehensive understanding of the molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis by characterizing bacterial signaling pathways that are implicated in pathogenesis. Dr. Nisbett received both her B.S. and M.S. in Biology from the LIU Post Campus of Long Island University in 2009 and 2012 respectively and completed her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Structural Biology from Stony Brook University in 2018. Her Ph.D research focused on the biochemical characterization of a novel nitric oxide-sensing domain, NosP, in two bacterial systems. Through this work, she established the involvement of NosP in cyclic-di-GMP signaling pathways and biofilm formation in Shewanella oneidensis and Burkholderia thailandensis. Dr. Lisa-Marie Nisbett is now an NIH IRACDA NY-CAPS Postdoctoral Scholar in the laboratory of Dr. Jessica Seeliger at Stony Brook University. Her research focuses on determining the role of the lipoprotein LprG in outer membrane biogenesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans.