The Scientific Working Group (SWG) will serve as ERIC's primary advisory body - providing advice to the ERIC Team and NIAID on the needs of the enterobacterial research community to prioritize new tools and data, and provide feedback on the progress and success of ERIC. The SWG will also offer input on technological advances, scientific analysis techniques, and current trends in enterobacterial research. ERIC's SWG is composed of ten noted scientists, listed below, who are knowledgeable in a broad range of genomics and bioinformatics research areas and have relevant expertise in microbiology, immunology, and infectious diseases. The ERIC SWG will meet three times annually, once in person and twice by teleconference.

Enteropathogen Resource Integration Center (ERIC) BRC Scientific Working Group, 2007
Name	Affiliation	Research Interests
Fiona Brinkman, Ph.D.	Simon Fraser U., Canada	Research Director, Bioinformatics, for the Genome Canada Pathogenomics Project; Coordinator of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Community Annotation Project and Pseudomonas Genome Database. Expertise in genome analysis, bioinformatics, and systems biology.
Thomas Cebula, Ph.D.	FDA; Director, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment.	Genomic variability and mutations in E. coli and Salmonella; safety and compliance; antibiotic resistance; epidemiology.
Valerie de Crecy-Lagard, Ph.D.	University of Florida, Gainsville	Identification of "missing" genes by comparative genomics is a powerful way to link genes to function. By combining comparative genomics approaches with experimental verification, new enzymes, pathways, subsystems, and chemistries that had previously evaded identification are revealed. Several new tRNA modification families have been identified that are now under study.
Julian Davies, Ph.D.	U. British Columbia, Canada	World recognized expertise in microbial resistance, microbial ecology, and bacterial diversity.
James Kaper, Ph.D.	U. Maryland, Baltimore	Leader in the fields of E. coli (EPEC, EHEC) pathogenicity, genomics; epidemiology, and vaccine development.
Mary Lipton, Ph.D.	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Proteomics of Yersinia pestis using FTICR mass spectrometry resources; ultra-sensitive approach for globally and quantitatively monitoring gene product expression; host-pathogen interaction of Salmonella typhimurium with a bovine model.
Samuel Miller, M.D.	U. Washington	Studies molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis via models of infection using Salmonella and Yersinia; assembly and regulation of the type III secretion system of Salmonella typhimurium; analysis of bacterial genes and proteins using bioinformatics.
Shelley Payne, Ph.D.	U. Texas, Austin	Shigella expertise; Expert on iron-regulated pathogenicity in Shigella and Vibrio.
Robert Perry, Ph.D.	U. Kentucky, Lexington	Dr. Perry is a leading expert on the Y. pestis genome, its pathogenicity, and genetics.