Jorge E Galan PhD, DVM
Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and Professor of Cell Biology; Chair, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Microbiology | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and DevelopmentCancer Immunology
Cell Biology: Cell Biology of the immune system | Cell biology of the host-pathogen interaction
Microbial Pathogenesis
Immunology and Immunotherapy
Research Interests
Microbial Pathogenesis; host/pathogen interaction
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Education
- D.V.M., National University of La Plata, Argentina , 1980
- Ph.D., Cornell University , 1986
Selected Publication
- Hernandez LD, Hueffer K, Wenk MR, Galan JE. (2004). Salmonella modulates vesicular traffic by altering phosphoinositide metabolism. Science 304: 1805-1807.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences(1990) , Pew Foundation
Articles
May/June 2009
Beyond bug-killing ‘nukes’
In the late 1960s, when antibiotics and vaccines had all but vanquished smallpox, polio, and rheumatic fever, Surgeon...
May/June 2011
Expert on food-borne infectious bacteria is recognized with a top microbiology prize
Jorge Galán, Ph.D., D.V.M., the Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, has won the 2011 Robert Koch...
June/July 2005
Salmonella “syringe” ready for its close-up
Salmonella bacteria are tiny, but they wreak mighty havoc on human health, causing serious, sometimes fatal, food...
May/June 2013
A microscopic syringe to deliver vaccines
Sometimes there’s a goof-up when bacteria divide, and one cell, called a “minicell,” contains no chromosomal DNA....
March 2013
Cracking one of Salmonella’s secrets
Some Salmonella bacteria are flexible—a mouse or a monkey is as good a host as a human. But Salmonella Typhi (S....
March/April 2011
Sorting out the steps in Salmonella infection
Salmonella bacteria invade the gut by piercing a needle-like structure through the intestinal lining to inject their...
June 2012
Scientists honored for research unveiling molecular machines
The month of May brought the good news that two School of Medicine scientists, each of whom have done pathbreaking work...
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