Dr. Elizabeth Brandon

Education

• B.S., Delta State University
• Ph.D., University of Alabama

Dr. Brandon has been an instructor at Belhaven University since 2015. In addition to her previous teaching experience, Dr. Brandon was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Dr. Brandon holds a Ph.D. in cell biology from the University of Alabama.

Areas of Expertise

• Biology
• Medical Physiology
• Immunology
• Medical Research

Teaching Focus

• Cell & Molecular Biology
• Cancer Biology
• General Biology I and II
• Genetics
• Botany
• Science & Culture for Life Science
• Non-majors Microbiology
• Quantitative Biology
• Human Anatomy and Physiology
• Belhaven Basics

Memberships and Associations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Mississippi Academy of Science, Life Member
• Former Faculty Sponsor for Alpha Epsilon Delta, Mississippi Zeta Chapter
• American Physiological Society
• American Society for Cell Biology
• January 2005 - May 2006, Center for Excellence in Women's Health, Research Core, UMMC
• Beta Beta Beta, Biological Honor Society
• Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Mississippi Academy of Science, Life Member

Publications

• Identifying a novel functional domain within the p115 tethering factor required for Golgi ribbon assembly and membrane trafficking. Grabski R, Balklava Z, WyrozumskaP, Szul T, Brandon E, Alvarez C, Holloway ZG, Sztul E. J Cell Sci, 15;125(Pt 8):1896- 909, 2012.
• Obesity promotes melanoma tumor growth: role of Brandon EL, Gu JW, Cantwell L, He Z, Wallace G, Hall JE. Cancer Biol Therapy Oct;8(19):1871-9, 2009.
• Impact of obesity on renal structure and function in the presence and absence of hypertension: evidence from melanocortin-4 receptor-deficient do Carma JM, Tallam LS, Roberts JV, Brandon EL, Biglane J, da Silva AA, Hall JE Am J PhysiolRegul lntegrComp Physiol. 297(3):R803-12, 2009.
• Endogenous melanocortin system activity contributes to the elevated arterial pressure in spontaneously hypertensive da Silva AA, do Carma JM, Kanyicska B, Dubinion J, Brandon E, Hall JE. Hypertension. 51(4):884-90, 2008.
• Fetal insulin secretion in late gestation: does size matter? JS Gilbert, E Brandon, and T J Physiology, 585:651-652, 2007.
• Pathophysiology of obesity hypertension and target organ Comprehensive Hypertension. JE Hall, AA da Silva, E Brandon, DE Stec, Z. Ying, DW Jones. Edited by G.Y.P. Lip and JE Hall. Elsevier, New York, NY, 2007.
• On and off membrane dynamics of the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi tethering factor p115 in Brandon E, Szul T, Alvarez C, Grabski R, Benjamin R, Kawai R, Sztul E. Mo/ Biol Ce/117 :2996-3008, 2006.
• Dissection of membrane dynamics of the ARF-guanine nucleotide exchange factor Szul T, Garcia-Mata R, Brandon E, Shestopal S, Alvarez C, Sztul E. Traffic6:374-85, 2005.
• h-ERES-y in ER-Golgi Brandon E and Sztul E. Dev Ce/17 :6-8, 2004.
• Membrane targeting of p115 phosphorylation mutants and their effects on Golgi integrity and secretory Brandon E, Gao Y, Garcia-Mata R, Sztul E. Eur J CellBiol 82:411-420, 2003.
• COPI recruitment is modulated by a Rab lb-dependent Alvarez C, Garcia-Mata R, Brandon E, Sztul E. Mo/ Biol Ce// 14:2116-2127, 2003