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
Christian Lorson, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bo Lu, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology
Wenjun Ma, PhD
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
Scott C. Peck, PhD
Biochemistry
Michael Petris, PhD
Biochemistry, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Adam G. Schrum, PhD
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Surgery, Bioengineering, Dermatology
Haval Shirwan, PhD
Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Jerod Skyberg, PhD
Veterinary Pathobiology
Hongmin Sun, PhD
Medicine
Emma Teixeiro-Pernas, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery
Steven R. Van Doren, PhD
Biochemistry
Xiu-Feng (Henry) Wan, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Biochemistry, Veterinary Pathobiology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
Gary A. Weisman, PhD
Biochemistry
Esma Yolcu, PhD
Pediatrics, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Habib Zaghouani, PhD
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Neurology, Pediatrics
