Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Select a specialty below for links to researchers in these areas.

Bacterial Cell Biology and Cell Division

William Margolin – Assembly of the bacterial cell division complex
Anna Konovalova – Bacterial outer membrane assembly
Danielle Garsin – Innate immune response, ethanolamine utilization
Mikhail Bogdanov – Folding and assembly of membrane proteins
Peter Christie – Bacterial macromolecular transport systems
Heidi Kaplan – Quorum signaling, biofilm formation

DNA/RNA/Protein Homeostatsis

Kevin Morano – Protein chaperones, heat shock response
Ambro van Hoof – Exosome mediated mRNA degradation
Nayun Kim – Mutagenesis and chromosomal rearrangements

Fungal and Parasitic Pathogenesis

Zyini Li – Trypanosoma brucei, sleeping sickness
Jayhun Lee – Stem cell, schistosome development, immune system evasion
Michael Lorenz – Fungal infections, innate immune system 
Christian Perez – Bacterial macromolecular transport systems
Amber Luong – Chronic rhinosinusitis, inflammation
Jennifer Walker – Medical device infections

Bacterial Genomics and Epidemiology

Anthony Flores – Infectious disease, group A/B streptococcus

Bacterial Pathogenesis

Danielle Garsin – Innate immune response, ethanolamine utilization
Steve Norris – Treponema pallidum, Lyme disease, spirochetes
Anne-Marie Krachler – Bacteria virulence mechanisms, drug resistance
Peter Christie – Bacterial macromolecular transport systems
Anthony Flores – Infectious disease, group A/B streptococcus
Anna Konovalova – Bacterial outer membrane assembly
Nicholas Delay – Small non-coding RNA, gene expression
Mikhail Bogdanov – Folding and assembly of membrane proteins
Jennifer Walker – Medical device infections

Infectious Disease Diagnosis/Prevention/Drug Resistance

Catherine Ambrose (Orthopedics)
Heidi Kaplan – Quorum signaling, biofilm formation
Anthony Flores – Infectious disease, group A/B streptococcus
Luis Ostrosky – Mycology research, fungal disease
Mikhail Bogdanov – Folding and assembly of membrane proteins

Viral Pathogenesis

Holger Eltzschig – Hypoxia, inflammation, acute tissue injury
Roberto Arduino – HIV research, antiviral drugs
Wenbo Li – Genomics, epigenomics, enhancer RNA, gene regulation

Host Pathogen Interactions

Peter Christie – Bacterial macromolecular transport systems
Danielle Garsin – Innate immune response, ethanolamine utilization
Anne-Marie Krachler – Bacteria virulence mechanisms, drug resistance
Mike Lorenz – Fungal infections, innate immune system 
Christian Perez – Transcriptional circuits, host-microbe interplay
Jennifer Walker – Medical device infections
Steve Norris – Treponema pallidum, Lyme disease, spirochetes