Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Faculty & Research Focus

• Paula Traktman, PhD (Chairman)
  Vaccinia Virus: Kinases, Phosphatases, and Polymerases
   
• Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD
  Microbial Pathogenesis
   
• Michael B. Dwinell, PhD
  Mucosal Immunity; Immune Regulation in Cancer
   
• Dara W. Frank, PhD
  Genetic Regulation of Exotoxin Synthesis
   
• Robert B. Fritz, PhD
  Cellular Immunology, Experimental Autoimmunity
   
• Sidney E. Grossberg, MD
  Studies of Retroviruses and Interferon
   
• Amy Hudson, PhD
  Viral Immune Evasion
   
• William Jackson, PhD
  Viral Genetics, Virus-Host Cell Interactions
   
• Christopher J Kristich, PhD
  Signal Transduction and Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria
   
• Roy M. Long, PhD
  RNA Localization in Yeast
   
• Mark T. McNally, PhD
  RNA Processing (splicing and polyadenylation) in Cells and Viruses
   
• Vera Tarakanova, PhD
  Virus-associated Tumorigenesis, Virus-host Interactions
   
• Scott Terhune, PhD
  Human Cytomegalovirus-Host Cell Protein Interactions during Infection
   
• Li Wu, PhD
  HIV Interactions with Dendritic Cells
   
• Thomas C. Zahrt, PhD
  Bacterial Pathogenesis and Host-Cell Interactions