Matthew Breuer

Graduate Student
Sachs Lab


Email: mbreuer@bio.tamu.edu

Education

  • B.S. Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Philosophy, Sam Houston State University, 2016.
  • M.S. Biology, Sam Houston State University.  2018.
  • Ph.D. Biology, In Progress, Texas A&M University.

Awards

  • Merit fellowship – College of Science TAMU
  • Cell biology
  • Mechanisms of antifungal drugs
  • Flow cytometry
  • Fluorescence microscopy

Presentations:

Breuer, M.R. Dasgupta, A.D. Sachs, M.S. 2019. Assessing the Antifungal Effects of Sertraline in the Human Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans Using Flow Cytometry. Poster presentation given at the Texas A&M Student Post-Doc Research Conference. College Station, Texas.

Breuer, M.R. Gaillard, A.R. 2018. Large-Scale Prediction of Programmed Cell Death Genes and Reverse Genetic Analysis of Mutant Strains in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Poster presentation given at the 18th International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas. Washington, D.C., Virginia.

Breuer, M.R. Gaillard, A.R. 2017. A Reverse Genetics Approach to Elucidating the Molecular Basis of Programmed Cell Death in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Poster presentation given at the fall meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. College Station, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Gaillard, A.R. 2017. Preliminary Analysis of Select Programmed Cell Death Genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Poster presentation given at the spring meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. New Braunfels, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Cho, H. Choudhary, M. and Gaillard, A.R. 2016. Potential Programmed Cell Death Genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Poster presentation given at the fall meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Dallas, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2016. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to isolate a potential p53-like protein from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Oral presentation given at the Sam Houston State University Undergraduate Research Symposium. Huntsville, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2016. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis to isolate a potential p53-like protein from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Oral presentation given at the Beta Beta Beta Annual Southwestern Conference. Cedar Hill, TX.

Gaillard, A.R. Breuer, M.R. and Keathley, A.R. 2015. Distinguishing between programmed cell death and necrosis in Chlamydomonas. Poster presentation given at the American Society for Cell Biology. Washington D.C.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2015. Population-level analysis of programmed cell death in Chlamydomonas. Poster presentation given at the fall meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Huntsville, TX.

Keathley, A.R. Breuer, M.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2015. Distinguishing between programmed cell death and necrosis in Chlamydomonas. Poster presentation given at the fall meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Huntsville, TX.

Keathley, A.R. Breuer, M.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2015. Is the amount of programmed cell death affected by genetic diversity in populations of Chlamydomonas? Poster presentation given at the fall meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Huntsville, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2015. Programmed cell death is distinct from necrosis in Chlamydomonas. Oral presentation given at the Sam Houston State University Undergraduate Research Symposium. Huntsville, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2015. Programmed cell death is distinct from necrosis in Chlamydomonas. Oral presentation given at the spring meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. New Braunfels, TX.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2015. Programmed cell death is distinct from necrosis in Chlamydomonas. Oral presentation given at the Beta Beta Beta Annual Southwestern Conference. Kingston, OK.

Breuer, M.R. Keathley, A.R. and Gaillard, A.R. 2014. Investigating the role of programmed cell death in unicellular organisms. Poster presentation given at the fall meeting of the Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology.