Microbiology Faculty
Agaisse, Herve
Research Interests:Host/pathogen interaction, microorganisms; infection; cell-to-cell spread; Listeria; Shigella; Chlamydia; Rickettsia; Vaccinia; Drosophila melanogaster; immune response; stem cells; JAK/STAT signaling; aging
Aksoy, Serap
Research Interests:African trypanosomes; Bacterial symbionts of tsetse flies
Baserga, Susan
Research Interests:Ribosome biogenesis; rRNA processing; U3 RNP structure and function; RNA helicases; Polymerase I transcription and processing
Ben Mamoun, Choukri
Research Interests:Malaria
Cappello, Michael
Research Interests:Molecular parasitology; Hookworm pathogenesis & vaccine development; International child health
Cheng, Yung-Chi
Research Interests:Cancer; Viral chemotherapy; Chinese herbs; Chinese medicine
DiMaio, Daniel
Research Interests:Molecular Biology of Tumor Viruses; Mechanisms of Viral Carcinogenesis; Molecular Basis of Cell Growth Regulation and Senescence; Manipulating Cells and Viruses with Artificial Transmembrane Proteins; Oncogenes; Senescence ; Signal Transduction; Trans-membrane Proteins; Tumor Suppressor Genes; Virology; Virus
Fikrig, Erol
Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; Lyme disease; Human granulocytic ehrilichiosis; West Nile virus
Fish, Durland
Research Interests:Vector-borne diseases; ecology; evolution; epidemiology; prevention; climate change; borrelia; babesia; ticks; mosquitoes
Galan, Jorge
Research Interests:Microbial Pathogenesis; host/pathogen interaction
Goodman, Andrew
Research Interests:Microbiota; Microbiome; Genomics; Gnotobiotic; Germfree; Symbiosis; Gut; Flora; Bacteria; Pathogen
Groisman, Eduardo
Research Interests:bacterial genetics; signal transduction; infectious diseases; gene regulation; bacteria-host interactions; gut commensal bacteria
Iwasaki, Akiko
Research Interests:Innate immunity; Autophagy; Inflammasomes; sexually transmitted infections; Herpes simplex virus; human papillomavirus;respiratory virus infections; Influenza infection; T cell immunity; Commensal bacteria
Jacobs-Wagner, Christine
Research Interests:Cell division; chromosome segregation; cell cycle coordination; cell morphogenesis, cytokeleton, cell polarity
Kaech, Susan
Research Interests:Mechanisms of memory T cell development; Developmental Biology; Immunobiology; Immunology; Vaccine; Immunobiology; T-Cells; Vaccines; Adaptive immunity and immunological memory to viruses
Kazmierczak, Barbara
Research Interests:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; innate immunity; host-pathogen interactions; mucosal immunity
Kumar, Priti
Research Interests:RNA interference (RNAi)-based strategies for treating viral infections
Lindenbach, Brett
Research Interests:Cell Biology; Enveloped Viruses; Hepatitis; Hepatitis C Virus; Molecular Biology; Positive-strand RNA Viruses; RNA; Virology; Virus
MacMicking, John
Research Interests:Cell-autonomous immunity; Constitutive and inducible host defense programs; Inflammasomes; Interferons (IFNs); Intracellular pathogens; Single cell analyses; Vertebrate and bacterial genetics
McMahon-Pratt, Diane
Research Interests:Immune Response to Infectious Disease; immunotherapy; vaccine
Means, Robert
Research Interests:Viruses; Immune responses; AIDS-associated cancers; KSHV; Adverse pregnancy events; Oncogenesis; Cancer metabolism; Tumor virology; Herpesviruses
Miller, I George, Jr
Research Interests:Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV); Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV); Tumor virology
Modis, Yorgo
Research Interests:Bacterial Infections; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Disease Resistance; Immune System; Immune System Disorders; Immunology; Infectious Diseases or Agents; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Natural Processes Health Safety Medical; Pathogenesis; Receptors; Structural Biology; Structure or Function (Health or Safety or Medical); Vaccine
Moran, Nancy
Research Interests:Symbiosis; Genomics; Evolutionary Biology; metagenomics; metabolism
Mothes, Walther
Research Interests:cell biology; retroviral replication; retroviruses; immune; viral biology; genetic; biochemical; cell imaging; Viral entry and exit; Retroviruses including HIV
Pettigrew, Melinda
Research Interests:Infectious diseases
Robek, Michael
Research Interests:Virus-host interactions; viral immunology; hepatitis viruses; interferon
Rose, John
Research Interests:Virology; Vaccine and gene expression vectors based on rhabdoviruses; Membrane protein assembly, transport and targeting; Viral assembly
Roy, Craig
Research Interests:Molecular; cellular; microbial pathogens; bacteria; vesicular transport; Legionella pneumophila; Coxiella burnetii; macrophages; protozoan; proteins
Ruddle, Nancy
Research Interests:Cell trafficking and inflammation in autoimmunity and lymphoid organ development
Slayman, Clifford
Research Interests:Charge-dependent Transport; Proton Pumps; Potassium channels; Ribosomally Synthesized AntiMicrobial Peptides (RAMPs)
Soll, Dieter
Research Interests:Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthesis; Functional Genomics; Life Science Biological; Mechanism of Translation
Summers, William
Research Interests:History of molecular biology; Development of target theory; History of Manchurian Plague, 1910-1911
Sutton, Richard
Research Interests:HIV replication and the development of small animal models of HIV; HIV vectors; HIV replication and gene transfer into non-dividing cells
Sweasy, Joann
Research Interests:Genome Stability; Mutagenesis; DNA Replication; DNA Repair; Carcinogenesis
Tattersall, Peter
Research Interests:Biochemistry; Genetics; Parvoviruses; DNA replication; Gene therapy; Oncolytic virus; Vaccines; Vectors; Viral replication and vectors
Tschudi, Christian
Research Interests:African trypanosomiasis; Gene expression profiling; Gene discovery; Next-generation sequencing; RNA interference
Turner, Paul
Research Interests:Evolutionary biology; evolutionary medicine; experimental evolution; infectious disease; microbiology; phage therapy; RNA virus; vector borne disease; vesicular stomatitis virus; virology
Ullu, Elisabetta
Research Interests:eukaryotic cells
Wolin, Sandra
Research Interests:noncoding RNAs; RNA surveillance, RNA damage; autoimmune disease; environmental stress
