Faculty
Ulus Atasoy, MD
Surgery, MMI, Child Health
Associate Professor
Research: Posttranscriptional gene regulation and microarray analysis in asthma, breast cancer and recurrent hernia formation.
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Michael Baldwin, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Assistant Professor
Research: Understanding the molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis with an emphasis on characterizing the role of bacterial toxins in the disease process.
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Helen Braley-Mullen, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Professor
Research: Regulation of immune response, autoimmune disease, cellular immunology.
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Charles Brown, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Professor
Research: Host response to infectious disease.
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Donald Burke, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Professor
Research: Understand the mechanism and evolution of catalysis by ribozymes and the molecular basis of retroviral inhibition by RNA-based drugs.
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Michael Calcutt, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Professor
Research: Molecular biology of mycoplasmas.
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John Cannon, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Director of Graduate Studies for the Genetics Program
Chairman of MMI-VPB Graduate Program Admissions
Associate Professor
Research: Genetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Role of protein phosphatase in cell cycle regulation.
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Mark A. Daniels, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Assistant Professor
Research: T cell development and activation.
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Dongsheng Duan, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor in Medical Research
Professor
Research: Application of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) in gene therapy.
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Bumsuk Hahm, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Assistant Professor
Research: Interplay between viruses and host immunity.
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Marc Johnson, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Professor
Research: Retrovirus assembly.
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David Lee, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Professor
Research: Differential activation of human dendritic cells and their subsequent effect on CD4+ and CD8+ T cell activation and differentiation; Major histocompatibility complex class I and II antigen presentation; Human immune responses to influenza virus.
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Shan-Lu Liu, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Professor
Research: Retroviral oncogenesis and entry; HCV entry pathways; molecular virology of XMRV and interactions with the host; HIV lentiviral vectors and gene therapy.
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Christian Lorson, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Professor
Research: Molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy; RNA processing; gene therapy.
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Mark McIntosh, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Professor and Chairman
Research: Iron-mediated regulation of gene expresssion; bacterial membrane transport processes using energy-driven receptors; molecular biology of mycoplasmas.
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Susan C. McKarns, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Assistant Professor
Research: T Cell Tolerance, Autoimmunity, Epigenetics, and Regulation of T Cell Differentiation.
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Michael Misfeldt, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Professor
Research: Innate immunity; Toll-like receptors (TLRs).
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David Pintel, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Dr. R Philip and Diane Acuff Endowed Professor in Medical Research
Research: Analysis of eukaryotic gene expression using parvovirus model systems.
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Stefan G. Sarafianos, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Professor
Chancellor's Chair of Excellence in Molecular Virology
Research: Molecular mechanisms of drug resistance and inhibition of HIV, SARS, and other viral and bacterial pathogens.
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Emma Teixeiro-Pernas, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Assistant Professor
Research: Regulation of T cell immune responses against infections and tumors.
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Judy Wall, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry
Professor
Research: Genetics of uranium reduction by sulfate-reducing bacteria.
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Habib Zaghouani, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Neurology, Child Health
J. Lavenia Edwards Chair in Pediatrics
Professor
Research: T cells in Immunity and Autoimmunity.
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