Schuyler Chambers received her BS in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2016) and her PhD in Organic Chemistry from Vanderbilt University (2021). She then worked as an NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University (2021-2025), before joining the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Creighton University in Fall 2025.
Research Focus
Research in the Chambers Lab harnesses synthetic carbohydrate chemistry to interrogate the biology of bacterial communities and bacterial polysaccharides. Broadly, the research program has two major facets: 1) the design and synthesis of carbohydrate-based tools to study glycobiology and antimicrobial resistance, and 2) the development of non-perturbative biochemical isolation methods to characterize unknown bacterial polysaccharides and biopolymers. Our research reveals the structural composition of biofilm communities and extracellular polysaccharides produced by pathogenic microbes, so that we can better translate our chemical understanding of these biopolymers into the design and synthesis of drug-delivery agents and antibiotic adjuvants to combat antibiotic resistant infections.
Nature Communications Verma Preeti, etal Insights into phosphoethanolamine cellulose synthesis and secretion across the Gram-negative cell envelope 15:1 2024
ACS Central Science Moore Rebecca E., etal The Utility of Human Milk Oligosaccharides against Group B Streptococcus Infections of Reproductive Tissues and Cognate Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes 9:9 2023
ChemBioChem Visser Joshua A., etal Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid (NDGA) Inhibits CsgA Polymerization, Bacterial Amyloid Biogenesis, and Biofilm Formation 24:18 2023
ACS Infectious Diseases Stephens Victoria R., etal Environmental Toxicant Exposure Paralyzes Human Placental Macrophage Responses to Microbial Threat 9:12 2023
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology Lu Jacky, etal Cover Feature: The Innate Immune Glycoprotein Lactoferrin Represses the Helicobacter pylori cag Type IV Secretion System (ChemBioChem 18/2021) 22:18, p. 2737 - 2737 2021
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology Lu Jacky, etal Front Cover: Antibacterial and Anti‐biofilm Activity of the Human Breast Milk Glycoprotein Lactoferrin against Group B Streptococcus (ChemBioChem 12/2021) 22:12, p. 2010 - 2010 2021
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Lu Jacky, etal Analysis of Susceptibility to the Antimicrobial and Anti-Biofilm Activity of Human Milk Lactoferrin in Clinical Strains of Streptococcus agalactiae With Diverse Capsular and Sequence Types 11 2021
ChemBioChem Lu Jacky, etal The Innate Immune Glycoprotein Lactoferrin Represses the Helicobacter pylori cag Type IV Secretion System 22:18 2021
Journal of Organic Chemistry Moore Rebecca E., etal Leveraging Stereoelectronic Effects in Biofilm Eradication: Synthetic β-Amino Human Milk Oligosaccharides Impede Microbial Adhesion As Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy 85:24 2021
ChemBioChem Lu Jacky, etal Antibacterial and Anti-biofilm Activity of the Human Breast Milk Glycoprotein Lactoferrin against Group B Streptococcus 22:12 2021
BMC Microbiology Boone Ranashia L., etal Analysis of virulence phenotypes and antibiotic resistance in clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in Nashville, Tennessee 21:1 2021
ACS Infectious Diseases Avery Tyra M., etal Analysis of Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Human Milk Lactoferrin Compared to Bovine Lactoferrin against Multidrug Resistant and Susceptible Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates 7:8 2021
ACS Infectious Diseases Noble Kristen, etal Group B Streptococcus cpsE Is Required for Serotype v Capsule Production and Aids in Biofilm Formation and Ascending Infection of the Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy 7:9 2021
Carbohydrate Research Chambers Schuyler A., etal Bioorthogonal human milk oligosaccharide probes for antimicrobial target identification within Streptococcus agalactiae 488 2020
mBio Chambers Schuyler A., etal A solution to antifolate resistance in group B streptococcus: Untargeted metabolomics identifies human milk oligosaccharide-induced perturbations that result in potentiation of trimethoprim 11:2 2020
MethodsX Chambers Schuyler A., etal Two-step conversion of unprotected oligosaccharides to generate bioorthogonal oligosaccharide tool compounds 7 2020
ACS Infectious Diseases Guevara Miriam A., etal Vitamin D and Streptococci: The Interface of Nutrition, Host Immune Response, and Antimicrobial Activity in Response to Infection 6:12 2020
Chemistry - A European Journal Chambers Schuyler A., etal Synthetic Ellagic Acid Glycosides Inhibit Early Stage Adhesion of Streptococcus agalactiae Biofilms as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy 26:44 2020
ACS Infectious Diseases Lu Jacky, etal Lactoferrin: A Critical Mediator of Both Host Immune Response and Antimicrobial Activity in Response to Streptococcal Infections 6:7 2020
Biochemical Society Transactions Chambers Schuyler A., etal Like mother, like microbe: Human milk oligosaccharide mediated microbiome symbiosis 48:3 2020
ACS Chemical Neuroscience Chambers Schuyler A., etal The DARK Side of Total Synthesis: Strategies and Tactics in Psychoactive Drug Production 9:10 2018