RESEARCH INTERESTS OF THE PROGRAM FACULTY

The faculty included in this list are the members of the Graduate Program in Microbiology. The current research interests and representative publications are listed for each of the faculty members. Any of the individuals listed may serve as laboratory rotation mentors and thesis advisors for Microbiology Graduate Program students.

David J. Barton, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of picornavirus replication

Thomas Campbell, M.D. Human Herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma; reservoirs of latent HIV-1; and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase as an RNA chaperone

Sonia Flores, Ph.D. HIV viral protein-pulmonary endothelial cell interactions and viral disease pathogenesis

Robert Garcea, M.D. Mechanisms of papovavirus assembly

Donald H. Gilden, M.D. Varicella zoster virus latency in the human nervous system; human immune response in multiple sclerosis

Ronald E. Gill, Ph.D. Regulation of gene expression by intercellular interactions during the development of Myxococcus xanthus

Kathryn V. Holmes, Ph.D. Molecular biology and pathogenesis of coronavirus infections; coronavirus-receptor interactions

Randall K. Holmes, M.D., Ph.D. Structure-function relationships of bacterial toxins

Dirk Homann, M.D. Persistent viral disease, immunological memory, autoimmunity

Edward N. Janoff, M.D. Mucosal immunity; HIV transmission and vaccine; pneumococcal infections and vaccine; B cell regulation

Caroline A. Kulesza, Ph.D. Molecular mechanisms of viral persistence and pathogenesis associated with cytomegalovirus infection; functional analysis of viral noncoding RNAs

Laurel Lenz, Ph.D. Bacterial pathogenesis and regulation of inflammation and immunity

Martin L. Pato, Ph.D. Mechanism of transposition in prokaryotes: biology of bacteriophage Mu

Jerome Schaack, Ph.D. Adenovirus gene therapy vectors

Michael J. Schurr, Ph.D. Bacterial pathogenesis and regulation of virulence factors 

Kenneth L. Tyler, M.D. Molecular and genetic basis of virus-induced cell death (apoptosis) and pathogenesis using the reovirus model

Linda van Dyk, Ph.D. Pathogenesis of the gamma- herpesvirus; viral and host mechanisms that regulate latency and reactivation

Michael L. Vasil, Ph.D. Mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis with emphasis on genetic regulation and biochemistry of virulence factors

Andres Vazquez-Torres, DVM Ph.D. Pathophysiology and immunology of the interaction of macrophages with pathogenic microorganisms

Martin I. Voskuil, Ph.D. Mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for survival during latent disease