Lee-Ann H. Allen, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Studies Helicobacter pylori and Francisella tularensis with a focus on pathogen manipulation of macrophage and neutrophil function and dysregulation of the inflammatory response. Our approach is multi-faceted and addresses fundamental questions in cellular microbiology which lie at the interface of bacterial pathogenesis, phagocyte cell biology and innate immunity.
James Amos-Landgraf, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Investigation of the molecular genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of colon cancer initiation and progression in mammalian model systems.
Deborah Anderson, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Study of host-pathogen interactions during plague, a disease caused by the bio-threat agent, Yersinia pestis.
Michael Baldwin, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Understanding the molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis with an emphasis on characterizing the role of bacterial toxins in the disease process.
Brenda Beerntsen, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: The focus of Dr Beerntsen's research is on mosquito-parasite interactions.
Charles Brown, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Host response to infectious disease.
Pamela Brown, PhD
Biological Sciences, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Molecular basis for polar growth in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Donald Burke, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Biochemistry and Bioengineering
Research: Understand the mechanism and evolution of catalysis by ribozymes and the molecular basis of retroviral inhibition by RNA-based drugs.
Michael Calcutt, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Molecular biology of mycoplasmas.
John Cannon, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Role of protein phosphatase in cell cycle regulation.
D. Cornelison, PhD
Biological Sciences
Research: Signaling and activity of skeletal muscle satellite cells.
Mark A. Daniels, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Research: T cell development and activation.
Dongsheng Duan, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Virology, Gene Therapy, Neuromuscular Biology
Aaron Ericsson, DVM, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Modulation of host health by the intestinal microbiota, mucosal immunology and metagenomics.
Craig Franklin, DVM, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Investigate the pathogenesis of chronic intestinal mucosal inflammation and inflammation-associated cancer that occurs in some, but not all, strains of mice colonized by Helicobacter hepaticus, so that new therapeutic and preventative strategies can be developed for similar conditions in humans and domestic animals (e.g. inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease in people).
Alexander W.E. Franz, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Focuses on interactions of arboviruses (i.e. dengue virus, Sindbis virus, chikungunya virus) with the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. One research effort focuses on the mosquito’s innate RNA interference (RNAi) pathway. We investigate how RNAi modulates arbovirus infections and how the RNAi pathway can be manipulated to block arbovirus replication in relevant mosquito tissues.
Diana Gil Pagés, PhD
Surgery, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Bioengineering
Research: Structure/function of antigen receptors of the adaptive immune system Development of novel immunotherapies based on manipulation of antigen receptors.
Bumsuk Hahm, PhD
Surgery, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Interplay between viruses and host immunity.
Marc Johnson, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Utilizes the model retrovirus HIV-1 to study the basic viral components targeted to viral assembly site, for the use of novel therapeutics against viruses.
Margaret J. Lange, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Utilizes nucleic acid technologies, including aptamers and the CRISPR/Cas9 system, to explore virus and host biology, identify novel host targets, modulate innate immune and cell death signaling pathways, and the probe the host response to viral infection
Guangfu Li, PhD
Surgery, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of tumor-induced immunotolerance, Immune-based therapeutic strategies against cancer
Christian Lorson, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy; RNA processing; gene therapy.
Wenjun Ma, PhD
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Dr. Ma's current research focuses on understanding mechanisms of pathogenesis and transmissibility, virus-host interaction and developing vaccines and antivirals for different zoonotic viral pathogens, such as Influenza virus, Rift Valley fever virus and other viral infections.
Susan C. McKarns, PhD
Surgery, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: T Cell Tolerance, Autoimmunity, Epigenetics, and Regulation of T Cell Differentiation.
Michael Petris, PhD
Biochemistry, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Dr. Petris Investigates how minerals are accumulated within the body at the right locations and in the right concentrations. Certain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and microbial infection disrupt the cellular balance of minerals that may exacerbate the pathology or improve outcome.
Adam G. Schrum, PhD
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Surgery, Bioengineering, Dermatology
Focusing on physiologic signaling networks and how they function in molecular and cellular immunity. A main goal is to increase understanding of how T cells of the immune system decide whether to destroy or tolerate healthy, infected or cancerous tissue, with an eye toward applying lessons learned to design immunotherapies.
Haval Shirwan, PhD
Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Research: The Shirwan lab develops safe and practical immunomodulatory approaches with applications to transplantation, autoimmunity, cancer, and infections.
Jerod Skyberg, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Immunity of the zoonotic, intracellular, bacterial pathogens Brucella and Francisella. Current projects are the immunity and immunopathology of Brucellosis and the immunity and immunotherapy of Tularemia.
Roger William Stich, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Research: Biology of ixodid ticks and tick-borne pathogens. This program is centered on understanding the mechanisms responsible for transmission and pathogenesis of tick-borne members of the bacterial order Rickettsiales, especially the family Anaplasmataceae.
Emma Teixeiro-Pernas, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Research: Regulation of T cell immune responses against infections and tumors.
Xiu-Feng (Henry) Wan, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Biochemistry, Veterinary Pathobiology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
Research: Understanding how zoonotic pathogens (especially influenza A viruses) emerge and re-emerge at the animal-human interface and to improve the effectiveness of the influenza vaccines in disease prevention and control by developing and applying systems biology based translational approaches.
Esma Yolcu, PhD
Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Research: Dr. Yolcu has significant interest in using hematopoietic stem cells as a powerful scheme for immunomodulation with main focus on the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, as well as bone marrow failure syndrome and hematological malignancies.
Habib Zaghouani, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Neurology, Pediatrics
Research: T cells in Immunity and Autoimmunity.
