Areas of Research

MPHRG FACULTY - BACTERIA

Name Department Research Interests
Caitilyn Allen Plant Path Physiology and genetics of bacterial plant pathogens
Fred Blattner Genetics Molecular genetics / immunology
Richard Burgess Oncology Biochemistry and molecular biology of RNA polymerase and transcription factors
Michael Collins Pathobiol Sci Veterinary bacteriology
Chuck Czuprynski Pathobiol Sci Immunology and pathogenic bacteria
Joe Dillard MMI Molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Marcin Filutowicz Bact Regulation of DNA replication
Katrina Forest Bact Structural biology of pathogenesis
Heidi Goodrich-Blair Bact Nematode-bacteria symbiosis and stationary phase Escherichia coli molecular signals in microbial communication
Eric Johnson Food Micro Clostridium botulinum and its toxins; food and industrial microbiology
Nicole Perna AHABS Molecular epidemiology, bacterial genomics, molecular evolution
Rich Proctor MMI Regulation of staphylococcal toxins and macrophage activation by endotoxin, bacterial adhesion to biomaterials
Adel Talaat AHABS Microbial pathogenesis, microbial functional genomics, and vaccine development
Matyas Sandor Pathology Roll of T cells in infectious diseases
Ron Schell MMI Immune responses to Borrelia burgdorferi
David C. Schwartz Chemistry Optical genome mapping
Carol Spiegel Pathology Laboratory diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis, cost-effective use of the microbiology laboratory, clinical and in-vitro evaluation of antimicrobial agents, and evaluation of diagnostic kits and products
Gary Splitter AHABS Immunology of infectious diseases
Bernie Weisblum Pharmacology Molecular genetics of antibiotic action and resistance
Rod Welch MMI Molecular analysis of bacterial pathogens
Susan West Pathobiol Sci Molecular biology of infectious diseases