Verified locator: 2008 institutional report of the original calprotectin Science work: imaging mass spectrometry and named Brian Corbin photograph by Neil Brake. Image news.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbiltmagazine/i/2008-summer/brightideas/Skaar38_2.jpg . Identity also directly linked as lead Science author in news.vumc.org/reporter-archive/protein-helps-starve-staph-bacteria-study/ . No later career claims reused.
Metal chelation and inhibition of bacterial growth in tissue abscesses by Brian D. Corbin and others 2026-11-05
Primary research by Brian D. Corbin and coauthors, Science 319(5865), 962–965 (15 February 2008). The abstract reports calprotectin-dependent restriction of manganese and zinc in Staphylococcus aureus abscesses, inhibition of bacterial growth by metal chelation, and metal enrichment and increased bacterial proliferation in mice lacking calprotectin.