
Matthew Anderson
Phase 1 First Year Student
Locations
- Medical Scientist Training Program
Contact Information
Education
Research Interests
Host-pathogen interactions, adaptive immunity, auto-immunity
Research Experience
Postbaccalaureate Research Fellow - Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, 2023-2025
Advisor: Carrie Mae Long, PhD
Project: A) Coxiella burnetii (BSL/ABSL-3), Q fever, post vaccination hypersensitivity (PVH); B) Development of Burkholderia culturing and laboratory techniques
University of Iowa MSTP Research (SUMR) Program, Summer 2022
Advisor: Mary Wilson, MD
Project: Investigating the effects of ketoconazole on Leishmania infantum growth and proliferation
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Summers 2021, 2020
Advisor: George Calin, MD, PhD
Project: The role of MicroRNAs in sepsis
Publications
Long CM, Beare PA, Cockrell D, Binette P, Tesfamariam M, Richards C, Anderson M, et al, Heinzen RA. Natural reversion promotes LPS elongation in an attenuated Coxiella burnetii strain. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 24;15(1):697. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43972-y. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 12;15(1):1299. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45637-w. PMID: 38267444; PMCID: PMC10808227.
Anderson MW, Binette P, Richards C, Beare PA, Heinzen RA, Long CM. A simple method for enrichment of phase I Coxiella burnetii. J Microbiol Methods. 2023 Aug;211:106787. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106787. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PMID: 37453478; PMCID: PMC10529119.
Beare PA, Lack J, Anderson M, Cockrell DC, Heinzen RA, Long CM. Whole genome sequence of Coxiella burnetii Nine Mile II, clone 4, ∆cbu0533 mutant strain, an alternative for safer laboratory use. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Apr 10;14(4):e0073024. doi: 10.1128/mra.00730-24. Epub 2025 Mar 10. PMID: 40062763; PMCID: PMC11984202.
Meeting Abstracts
Anderson MW, Long CM. Natural Reversion Promotes LPS Elongation in an Attenuated Strain of Coxiella burnetii. - In Depth Oral Abstract Presentation: Survival of the Stealthiest: Unraveling Bacterial Pathogen Within-Host Adaptation Symposium - ASM Microbe. Atlanta, GA. June 2024. [Poster]
Anderson MW, Long CM. Fluorescent Labeling of Coxiella burnetii to Monitor Dissemination: Methods in Progress. Poster - American Society for Rickettsiology (ASR) Meeting, Williamsburg, VA. July 2024. [Poster]
Anderson MW, Richards C, Binette P, Long CM. Development of a Lipid-based Method for Fluorescent Labeling of Coxiella burnetii: A Work in Progress. NIH Research Festival, Bethesda, MD. Sept 2023. [Poster]
Anderson MW, Richards C, Binette P, Long CM. Development of a Lipid-based Method for Fluorescent Labeling of Coxiella burnetii: A Work in Progress. American Society for Rickettsiology (ASR) Meeting. Snowbird, UT. July 2023. [Poster]
Anderson MW, Richards C, Binette P, Long CM. Characterization of the ROS Response in Coxiella burnetii. Laboratory of Bacteriology Symposium Celebrating Discovery in Borrelia, Coxiella, and Yersinia Biology: Contributions from RML and Beyond, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID/NIH, Hamilton, MT [Poster]
Anderson MW, Richards C, Binette P, Long CM. Characterization of the ROS Response in Coxiella burnetii. NIH Postbac Poster Day, NIH, Bethesda, MD. April 2023. [Poster]
Anderson MW, Conceição J, Dwyer C, Wilson M. Impaired Leishmania infantum proliferation after treatment with ketoconazole. University of Iowa Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. [Poster]
Anderson MW, Winkle M, Calin G. Evaluating microRNA Binding Using Luciferase Constructs. Poster - CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. [Poster]
General Interests
Classic literature (realism), swimming, playing clarinet, trying new foods/cuisines, attending concerts