The Bacterial Pesticidal Protein Resource Center is a collaboration between the University of Sussex, Cardiff University, and the University of Florida.
Neil Crickmore
University of Sussex
Neil studied Biochemistry at Cambridge University, then received his PhD in bacterial genetics. In 1988, he started working with Bacillus thuringiensis in David Ellar's lab. In the mid-1990s, he worked with Don Dean and others to devise a new nomenclature for the growing number of Bt toxins, eventually chairing the committee that oversaw the naming of new toxins. Neil led the effort for the new 2020 classification system.
Bryony Bonning
University of Florida
Bryony received her BSc in Zoology from Durham University and PhD in Entomology from the University of London before transitioning to insect pathology at the Institute of Virology in Oxford. She worked on insect viruses at University of California, Davis and Iowa State University before starting work on pesticidal proteins for use against hemipteran pests in 2005. She moved to University of Florida in 2017.
Colin Berry
Cardiff University
Colin's work has focused on the genetics, structure and function of insecticidal proteins. His PhD research at the University of Bristol explored the mosquitocidal proteins of Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Following four years at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore he joined Cardiff University as the E. Alan Johnston Royal Society Research Fellow in 1992.
Suresh Pannerselvam
University of Florida
Suresh earned his PhD in Molecular Science and Technology from Ajou University, South Korea. As a bioinformatician, Suresh was funded by CAMTech to improve the classification algorithm and develop the new pesticidal protein database and associated features.
Leopoldo Palma
University of Valencia
Leopoldo obtained his PhD in Biotechnology at the Public University of Navarra in Primitivo Caballero's lab, on Bt and its insecticidal proteins. As faculty at the National University of Villa María (UNVM) and Associate Researcher in the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), he worked to discover autochthonous Bt strains that may harbor new insecticidal proteins. His focus is now on receptors of Bt insecticidal proteins in the Biotechnological Control of Pests research group.
Ruchir Mishra
University of Florida
Ruchir began work with Bacillus thuringiensis during his MS under Neil Crickmore at the University of Sussex. His association with this bacterium continued during his PhD with Mike Adang at the University of Georgia and his postdoc in the Bonning lab.
Tom Connor
Cardiff University
Tom studied Biochemistry and Genetics at the University of Nottingham, followed by an MSc in Bioinformatics and PhD in Molecular Epidemiology and Population Genetics of Bacterial Pathogens, both at Imperial College London. At Cardiff, he is part of the Microbiomes, Microbes and Informatics (MMI) group.
Grace Crummer
University of Florida
Grace translated the previous version of the BPPRC website materials into a new template as part of her role as Coordinator of the Center for Arthropod Management Technologies.
Annis Ferrey
Website designer
Annis constructed the initial BPPRC website as part of her studies under Neil Crickmore at the University of Sussex.
This project is supported by the National Science Foundation I/UCRC Center for Arthropod Management Technologies under grant Nos. IIP-1338775 and 1821914, and by industry partners. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.