Research and Research Themes
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Host-Pathogen Interactions: Research areas range from the study of how individual viral, bacterial, and parasite proteins co-opt host machinery to facilitate their own replication to the study of how eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes induce and evade immune responses. Deborah Anderson, John Connor, Rachel Fearns, Tom Geisbert, Rahm Gummuluru, Caroline Genco, Andy Henderson, Mark Klempner, Elke Mühlberger, Jack Murphy, John Samuelson, Greg Viglianti, Lee Wetzler.
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Immune Regulation: Research focuses include regulation of humoral and cell-mediated immunity, dysregulation of lymphocyte function in autoimmunity, signal transduction and gene expression in lymphocytes, and transcriptional control of the immune response. These faculty are members of the broader immunological community via the Immunology Training Program. Liliana Busconi, Ron Corley, Caroline Genco, Barb Nikolajczyk, Ian Rifkin, Ann Marshak-Rothstein, Dave Seldin, Jean Van Seventer, Greg Viglianti, Lee Wetzler.
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Virus Molecular Biology: Virology research involves studies of the mechanisms underlying virus replication at a molecular and cellular level, including virus entry and transport, gene expression and genome replication, and translational control. John Connor, Rachel Fearns, Rahm Gummuluru, Andy Henderson, Elke Mühlberger, Greg Viglianti.
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Prokaryotic Molecular Biology: Studies include investigation the regulation of toxin and pathogenic gene expression and regulation, nitrogen metabolism, and biofilm formation. Sue Fisher, Caroline Genco, Jack Murphy, Lew Wray.
