Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Biology & Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
B.S., Biochemistry, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
Dr. Haeusser is a Microbiologist with training in Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, and a member of the American Society for Microbiology. His research focuses on the effects of bacteriophage (viruses that infect bacteria) on bacterial cell division and morphology. He also holds an interest in microbiology in fiction and regularly reviews books and interviews authors for several outlets including World Literature Today and the Hugo Award-nominated SF/Fantasy fancast Skiffy & Fanty.
Awards
Rochester Academy of Sciences Research Fellowship to Canisius Undergraduate in Haeusser Lab
ASM-LINK Undergraduate Faculty Research Initiative Fellowship
Washington University in St. Louis School of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence
Publications
Naha, A., Haeusser, D.P., Margolin, W. (2023) Anchors: A way for FtsZ filaments to stay membrane bound. Mol. Microbiol. 120 (4): 525-538.
Bhambhani, A., Iadicicco, I., Lee, J., Ahmed, B.S., Belfatto, M., Held, D., Marconi, A., Parks, A., Stewart, C.R., Margolin, W., Levin, P.A., and Haeusser, D.P. (2020) Bacteriophage SP01 gene product 56 (gp56) inhibits Bacillus subtilis cell division by interacting with DivIC/FtsL to prevent Pbp2B/FtsW recruitment. J. Bacteriol. 203 (2): e00463-20.]
Zhou, X., Peters, H.K., Li, X., Costantino, N., Kumari, V., Shi, G., Tu, C., Cameron, T.A., Haeusser, D.P., Vega, D.E., Ji, X., Margolin, W., and Court, D.L. (2020) Overproduction of a dominant mutant of the conserved Era GTPase inhibits cell division in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 202 (21): e00342-20.
Haeusser, D.P. and Levin, P.A. (2019) Keeping Replication on Par with Division. Mol. Microbiol. 112 (3):747-750.
Haeusser, D.P. (2018) Bacteriophage Diversity: Schemes of Replication and Structures Splendidly Conceived. BioSci 68 (5): 381 – 3.